Shame

[jennyaxe]

Today at lunch I was sharing a table with seven other coworkers.

One of them made a racist joke.

I didn't say anything to discourage that sort of thing or show that I intensely dislike it.

I wish I had. I'm ashamed. I thought I was a stronger person.

Comments

[ailbhe]

Some days, you *are* a stronger person. I bet next time you'll have some kind of response worked out. You can't always know exactly what to say.

[jennyaxe.livejournal.com]

I spent quite a bit of time thinking about good responses that day, and I do have some worked out now... I somehow never expected to meet that kind of thing at this workplace, which was stupid of me - just because it's an exceptionally good environment doesn't mean everyone's perfect.