Incident this past Saturday:

The salesperson that handled the sale of a couch that I finally ordered..railed about terrible driving habits in Toronto (or it could have been VAncouver for that matter) of "people from other countries" who are just terrible drivers, cut her off, etc.etc.

Now, this young blonde, pleasant and university educated woman who said this. She was probably in her late 20's, early 30's.

Her boss is Chinese-Canadian (probably born in North America judging from his near non-accented English. Sorry I sense alot of nuances very easily in this area since I am myself a CBC.) who I assess by his personal style "assimilated" like myself.

Whenever I hear "people from other countries", especially when people just see other people..in a car...that = non-white / non-Western European looking.


I actually have heard this said several times by different people. It gets pretty tiring. It's like an old droning noise to me. Maybe they should be reminded to put their cellphone away while they're driving or whatever. Look out for the cyclists..