yesterday I got upset with the one of the guys that works at carrefour (the ones that stock up the shelves) because he kept on getting in front of me, plonking down the produce and I had to keep getting out of his way. By the second time he did it, I told him off..........and then stopped and thought to myself, oh goodness now he's gonna think I'm racist, just because he's asian.

You see you don't win. I would have gotten equally upset if an italian guy did the same thing (and I told him that by the way). It's just that if I told an italian guy off, nobody would have thought anythiong of it. If I tell off an asian or an indian guy, I'm automatically racist. Why is that?

People always get labeled, it's human nature, and a sad fact of life. Cultural differences should enlighten not drive people apart, but it's not always so. I agree with Gypsy, on driving here. Half of the people that have licenses here would have them revoked if they were in Europe. Personally I wish they were tougher on drivers here, because every time I have my little girl in the car, I fear for her life.

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi