Did I just get Ethnic Sterotyped?

[Moon Jump]

Hey folks, I just had a story to share. I finally got health insurance and I went in for a check up, Doc told me I was fine but I told him I had a slight pain on my right side. My doc hooked me up with a place to get an x-ray so I went in today to get it.

I wait in the room and the girl calls my name, I walk into the room and she goes to take me into the room to get the x-ray. She says,

Yes, what's your last name again?

I say "Lombardo"

Then she says to me, "Do you have any gold chains on, or necklaces? Because you'll have to take them off before we do the x-ray..."

So because I have an Italian last name I wear gold chains like a mobster? I don't even look like that type of guy. I'm a chunky nerd, I wear t-shirt and jeans and have Vans on, I'm not a Gotti.

I was going to say something to her, but I just wanted to get out of there after that. Hopefully the x-ray came out alright so I don't have to go back there.

[Nerfed]

Don't worry about it too much... I have a germanic sounding name and I got the same thing for my last x-ray and MRI. "Gold chains and necklaces" was followed by "or piercings and other jewelry," with me. Piercings?? Did I look like I might be hiding something like that? No, not even remotely.

Its just standard procedure.

[Kinetix]

I have a Spanish/Mexican last name and a Mexican cashier at an art store asked "Habla Espanol?" while I was paying for some stuff. Meh, it happens. I just laughed it off and in Spanish said "No."

[Yin]

My frat brothers were in McDonalds' drive-thru and the one hopped out of the car to go to the other for money. The lady said, "Please don't make any drug transactions while at the window. Thank you," and was dead serious. I laughed, but they called the manager in and all that. It happens. lol

[iggy880]

Yin, you know that is so horrible that is also seriously funny

[Joe Schmoe]

My last name rhymes with "Earlobe". Or I guess robe. I hate you all.

[Dr Jack Wolfe]

My frat brothers were in McDonalds' drive-thru and the one hopped out of the car to go to the other for money. The lady said, "Please don't make any drug transactions while at the window. Thank you," and was dead serious. I laughed, but they called the manager in and all that. It happens. lol

That is seriously ****ed up man. I probably would have faked one right there just because of that. I had been behind you guys and heard that I mighta asked if you had any weed. "Like dude, you guys got drugs, whoa how much?"

[Krypto]

Hey folks, I just had a story to share. I finally got health insurance and I went in for a check up, Doc told me I was fine but I told him I had a slight pain on my right side. My doc hooked me up with a place to get an x-ray so I went in today to get it.

I wait in the room and the girl calls my name, I walk into the room and she goes to take me into the room to get the x-ray. She says,

Yes, what's your last name again?

I say "Lombardo"

Then she says to me, "Do you have any gold chains on, or necklaces? Because you'll have to take them off before we do the x-ray..."

So because I have an Italian last name I wear gold chains like a mobster? I don't even look like that type of guy. I'm a chunky nerd, I wear t-shirt and jeans and have Vans on, I'm not a Gotti.

I was going to say something to her, but I just wanted to get out of there after that. Hopefully the x-ray came out alright so I don't have to go back there.

Haha, I'm pretty sure it's standard procedure. They've mentioned that every time I've ever had to have x-rays done.

[TheImperial]

I wouldn't worry about it, MJ - it sounds pretty standard.

I mean, they still ask Yin about a Prince Albert, even though the sex change operation was a few years ago. Go figure!

[Gaia]

Its standard proceedure to ask if you have any jewelery and to remove it befor MRI's or X-Rays. On the MRI is very serious because say I have something that looks gold on the outside but is an iron alloy on the inside. How would you like to have your precious head stuck to the side of a giant electro magnet? Sort of why my cousin can't have them due to the way his nose piercing is. And on an X-Ray jewelery gives off weird readings. Three years in a back brace and X-rays every two weeks taught me that. (Still didn't get superpowers though. I was very disappointed. Though if you ran a geiger counter near me like my geology teacher did once. . .:lol: )

[TheImperial]

My frat brothers were in McDonalds' drive-thru and the one hopped out of the car to go to the other for money. The lady said, "Please don't make any drug transactions while at the window. Thank you," and was dead serious. I laughed, but they called the manager in and all that. It happens. lol

You're part of a clown fraternity - what did you honestly expect?

Damn circus vagrats. Take your drugs with you and get out of my town!

[Gold Rush]

I have a Spanish/Mexican last name and a Mexican cashier at an art store asked "Habla Espanol?" while I was paying for some stuff. Meh, it happens. I just laughed it off and in Spanish said "No."

I have decided people have these weird concepts and view of the world, at least in relation to me (and actually, my dad, too.)

I had a spanish friend (the one who just died) who was originally from Cuba; he's white spaniard, but many people thought he was jewish, even when he said his last name, "Botello".

As for me, people say I look like THIS person or THAT person or THAT nationality. I am 'mostly' spanish but there is a lot of mixture in me ("I calls myself "a mutt"). I've been mistaken for Mexican, Iranian, Iraqian, Pakistanian, Chinese (???), and a few other closer to my actual heritage, like Italian, Argentinian, Brazilian, etc. I could go on and on! It's funny, going into some convienence stores and the Arabic working there will look at me a certain way and try talking to me in their language just to see I am not one of them. My Dad gets this, too.

Hell, I like to look like "me", but people keep trying to peg me in a hole, and depending who you talk with, it's always a different hole! So, it bugs me a little, but it's happened so much I now laugh it off. :)

[Solario]

I get Jewish or Irish a lot. It's the hair and big nose I think. And someone said the humour. Which suits me just fine.

Then again I've been mistaken for American as well. In Denmark and in the US.