So today I was sitting on the subway minding my own business and trying to get to work. A girl sat beside me and started a conversation. About 2 minutes in she finally got to her point, she wanted to know if I could give her $7 to help her pay for a prescription (or so she says). I politely say no.
So this is when it gets interesting. She starts asking me about my life and what I do, etc. She asks if I was born here and I tell her, I was born in the USA and my family has been in America for several generations. I came to Canada from Texas years ago. I came here to Canada when I was 2.
The lunatic then asks me if my parents are from China. I tell her no, they are Japanese-but we have been here for a very long time! She then goes on to tell me (in retarded tone) what the word tax means. She says that, "I bet you did not pay for your education, the Canadian government probably did while real Canadians citizens starve". I tell her again, that like her I am a Canadian taxes are around everywhere and that even in Texas people pay tax (because she acted like taxes are something exclusive to Canada). She then begins to tell me how much of a hell it must have been living in China. And she makes it seem like Canadians are being tortured just so chinese can come here for a free ride. She gets so pissed off because I am supposedly, "Chinese trash taking away from Canadians" that i just get up and walk away.
I swear to god this lady must have been smoking some dope. What I have to do with China- I really do not know. Plus I paid my way through university and no one gave me a free ride. And nowadays working, a few hundred of my hard earned dollars goes to taxes every week.
And it brings this to another point- I am completely fed up with people who run their mouth to quickly and jump to conclusions because of how someone looks. To assume that I am not from north america and have no concept of taxes because I am asian just pisses me off.
Now what the TTC needs to do is get these loons off the bus/subway. I own a car, but I rarely use it. Loons like the lady I met today are what make the TTC unappealing to the people who own cars. I prefer public transit to using my car because I find it is a much healthier lifestyle- I walk more and spend less time stressed in traffic messes idling my car.
So this is when it gets interesting. She starts asking me about my life and what I do, etc. She asks if I was born here and I tell her, I was born in the USA and my family has been in America for several generations. I came to Canada from Texas years ago. I came here to Canada when I was 2.
The lunatic then asks me if my parents are from China. I tell her no, they are Japanese-but we have been here for a very long time! She then goes on to tell me (in retarded tone) what the word tax means. She says that, "I bet you did not pay for your education, the Canadian government probably did while real Canadians citizens starve". I tell her again, that like her I am a Canadian taxes are around everywhere and that even in Texas people pay tax (because she acted like taxes are something exclusive to Canada). She then begins to tell me how much of a hell it must have been living in China. And she makes it seem like Canadians are being tortured just so chinese can come here for a free ride. She gets so pissed off because I am supposedly, "Chinese trash taking away from Canadians" that i just get up and walk away.
I swear to god this lady must have been smoking some dope. What I have to do with China- I really do not know. Plus I paid my way through university and no one gave me a free ride. And nowadays working, a few hundred of my hard earned dollars goes to taxes every week.
And it brings this to another point- I am completely fed up with people who run their mouth to quickly and jump to conclusions because of how someone looks. To assume that I am not from north america and have no concept of taxes because I am asian just pisses me off.
Now what the TTC needs to do is get these loons off the bus/subway. I own a car, but I rarely use it. Loons like the lady I met today are what make the TTC unappealing to the people who own cars. I prefer public transit to using my car because I find it is a much healthier lifestyle- I walk more and spend less time stressed in traffic messes idling my car.
