Disciple

I once was a valet here, and in the semi-circular driveway down the street at Columbia Country Club. I parked cars for both for years. I loved it. I met a lot of nice folks and the staff treated us exemplary. Those, were the days! But, 15 October 2022. Doorman. Accosted by him during the late evening, early night. Short of stature, seems to be ethiopian, elderly gent who wears glasses, not much weight on him. He bows, jokes, gregarious with people who seem to be members, upper crust, anglican. If you drive up, you already seem as though you are 'just a servant', if you seem to have stood out in the sun and are somewhat tanned. He shouts at you, orders you around, gets you 'out of the way' of the more 'notable' looking persons who seem to 'belong'. Demands you move out of their way, tries to get your attention from 80 feet away by shouting, slapping his hands together to make a loud sound to get your reactive response like a summons, begins to tell you what to do as if you work for him, walks up and asks "why are you behaving like this" when you ignore his rude, aggressive, obtrusive denigration of you because he only courteously 'serves' those who 'belong' and 'deserve respect' due to perceived affluence, notoriety, of the member persuasion and a possessor of money. Disgusting two faced individual. I find that most prejudice in the service industry, is engaged by people 'of color' on other 'people of color' when they don't seem to have affluence, money, notoriety or aren't anglican american and will pay them, if they are nice, otherwise they won't be. And when it is found out some one is celebrity, sports figure etc, then, they get an apology by the mortified because the mortified 'didn't know' they have money and can purchase respect, not get it based on humanity alone, and humiliate people like this fellow who seems to believe you don't belong, can be addressed curt and you should be coming in the back door still. 'Clearly', don't belong and aren't a member so you don't get his contrived greeting, hospitality based on your not having money, or don't deserve the respect that 'those who belong do'. You just get ordered around, told to do something because he is the great director or he can 'identify with you' because you are profiled and addressed as 'hey man, move'. I'm sorry but people like this disgust me more than those who are overtly racist.

If I do these reviews, I do these for you, the public at large, fellow humanity. So you will know my experiences, aren't the only experiences, but they are mine and they did happened to me. So they could happen to you. Be aware, be leery and patronize those who deserve your humanity, because they still have theirs. Cheers!