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To: stylin19a

True story. I was an accountant before I retired. One day before Thanksgiving, a black coworker asked me why they call the day after “black Friday”, thinking it was racist. I explained to him that was a good day for business, because that is the day many retailers go from “in the red”, or no profit, to “in the black”, or showing profit. It had nothing to do with race, never did.


31 posted on 08/04/2019 9:48:12 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: Rusty0604
because that is the day many retailers go from “in the red”, or no profit, to “in the black”, or showing profit. It had nothing to do with race, never did.

LOL, and even in that case being "in the black" is a good thing, so he should be happy about it.

32 posted on 08/04/2019 9:50:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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yikes...the co-worker was an accountant ?


37 posted on 08/04/2019 10:09:13 AM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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