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"Big Fat Black Lady" Angered by Gas Station Receipt
WTSP.com ^
| Sept 26 2009
| daniel trotter
Posted on 09/26/2009 10:01:56 AM PDT by Daffynition
SACRAMENTO, CA - Helen Hodges understood the need for a gas station clerk to write her identifying information on a sales receipt. She just wishes he had chosen a different phrase.
"It says 'black lady,' and I can understand that because I am a black lady," Hodges told News10. "But I don't get 'big fat.' I don't get that part."
Hodges, 31, said the offensive incident happened Thursday night after she was shorted $10 in a gas pump mix-up at a station on Marconi Avenue near the Capital City Freeway. When she returned to the station for a refund, a $10 bill was attached to a receipt with a handwritten notation "black lady big fat."
Hodges said it was her 6-year-old son who noticed the slight, which hurt even more. She tried contacting the manager, but is still waiting for an apology.
"The lesson they should learn is my money helps run that store," Hodges said. "And I won't be going back."
TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bigfatblacklady; fatladysings; napl
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To: TheOldLady; Allegra
Maybe if the clerk just described their customer's shirt's logo .......
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posted on
09/26/2009 12:17:14 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Kaiden sez, "If you have a problem and If explosives are an option then explosives are THE answer.")
To: Grizzled Bear
Be nice, people. She’s probably somebody’s Momma... Now, that's a really scary image.
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posted on
09/26/2009 12:42:50 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: Daffynition
Um, how ‘bout “Round Brown”? More better?
Years ago I went to a restaurant with my parents. Our name was put on the waiting list along with a descriptor for my dad, who had a receding hairline: “Bald”.
He was peeved, the rest of us thought it was hilarious.
To: Daffynition
At least the clerk didn’t write “Bigger ....”
To: library user
big means TALL... she could have been big and skinny.
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/26/2009 2:34:05 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: DogBarkTree
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posted on
09/26/2009 2:42:21 PM PDT
by
Miss Behave
(Lock and Load)
To: wxgesr
128
posted on
09/26/2009 3:20:19 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
You didn’t sue?
At the very least, a free meal. :D Just WOW!
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posted on
09/26/2009 3:25:41 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/26/2009 3:31:12 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
09/26/2009 3:54:18 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
132
posted on
09/26/2009 4:20:51 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Slings and Arrows; All
133
posted on
09/26/2009 4:43:21 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: JRios1968; All
134
posted on
09/26/2009 5:10:07 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: wastedyears
"The lesson they should learn is my money helps run that store," Hodges said. "And I won't be going back." Yep, that's the lesson
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posted on
09/26/2009 5:12:49 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: Stoat
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posted on
09/26/2009 5:19:29 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The best aid we could ever give Africa would be thousands of rifles to throw out their own dictators)
To: wastedyears
I’ll take the girl.Wrapped in bacon?
(((snicker)))
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posted on
09/26/2009 5:21:35 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
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posted on
09/26/2009 5:31:01 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The best aid we could ever give Africa would be thousands of rifles to throw out their own dictators)
To: Pharmboy
That is probably the most accurate description that I have seen posted..... The only other solution would have been a digital photo...let the viewer decide.
To: Stoat
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