I had many interesting experiences in my years living and working in the USA. Mostly good. So.. I took a job on a shut down of a truck plant, interesting and with lots of overtime. The general foreman asked if any of us wanted to work together. Rick asked to work with me; I thought because we'd talked at the Union Hall. He was from OKC a…
I had many interesting experiences in my years living and working in the USA. Mostly good. So.. I took a job on a shut down of a truck plant, interesting and with lots of overtime. The general foreman asked if any of us wanted to work together. Rick asked to work with me; I thought because we'd talked at the Union Hall. He was from OKC and we got along great and did a lot of work and had a lot of fun. I asked him one day why he asked to "buddy up" with me. The answer.. ah don't mind working with a Canadian but ah won't work with a Yankee... this was ~25 year's ago and I couldn't have asked for a better "tool buddy"! I didn't understand it then and I don't understand it now. Never did I hear anything remotely racist from him and in fact, it was very rare when I did in the country.
I had many interesting experiences in my years living and working in the USA. Mostly good. So.. I took a job on a shut down of a truck plant, interesting and with lots of overtime. The general foreman asked if any of us wanted to work together. Rick asked to work with me; I thought because we'd talked at the Union Hall. He was from OKC and we got along great and did a lot of work and had a lot of fun. I asked him one day why he asked to "buddy up" with me. The answer.. ah don't mind working with a Canadian but ah won't work with a Yankee... this was ~25 year's ago and I couldn't have asked for a better "tool buddy"! I didn't understand it then and I don't understand it now. Never did I hear anything remotely racist from him and in fact, it was very rare when I did in the country.