Thank You For The Turkey

Ahhh, once again feasting time is upon us! The only time of the year where I get to eat, eat, eat, eat some more, and just feel happy being in the company of my beloved family. I am truly blessed to have all of my family members with me this year. The Creator has given me another chance to get it right with the food this year (umm, correction, I'm not cooking). Okay, so the Creator, has given me another chance to eat all the food that I can. Yeah, that's it.........

On to some news that I'd like to share with my two fellow readers...
If you're Black and reading this, then you're alright
If you're White and reading this, then if you utter the words that will be spoken here, then that's not alright and I will tell you why in a minute..............

Yesterday at this soul draining and demoralizing place I call work, I was sitting at my desk trying hard to concentrate on doing my job (researching shit and all) and a group of men were in the breakroom adjacent to my desk making hella noise. Just laughing and talking all extra loud, you know typical rambunctious male behavior. Anyway, they were just living it up, when I heard someone say "it"............

"It" being a word that has become a word of endearment for many Black folks, yet is disturbingly the same word that is of a derogatory nature. Yes, the infamous "n" word...nigga.

When I heard them say it, it felt like someone had taken a knife and had their way with my chest cavity. First of all, it was totally inappropriate because it was being used in a professional setting and secondly because they were just so fucking loud with it. Everytime I heard them say it, I just wanted to melt in my chair. I can't believe that these fools were just saying that shit, like somebody saying "hey" or something. Just damn ignorant. I was so fucking embarrassed.

Now before y'all start saying to yourselves that I need to get up off of my high horse let me let you know that I too am guilty of using that word. I know that there is a time and a place for everything, but when you're at work, that's simply not the time nor the place for that type of language.

Well, that's all for now, I need to go take a nap under my desk............