Someone just crossed the line, and I'm not letting it go

I know Doubting Thomas, and I hate me being the reason of someone else's missing out on job or appointments, after all teachers are human and perents too. May I ask if anybody have reviews on iskandar garage in Ajman? Yes my car still broke down and I'm using rental car at the moment, I started hating this car, another poster not happy with my second hand car.

Gorobattie, you are a long time EW'er so you know that here we don't always get the responses we'd like, that's the beauty of an open forum, replies from all angles. But I think you do take a lot of things to heart including probably a lot of the responses you have received. Just try to take things with a pinch of salt. People say things without thinking some times. I am sure half us have been called fat or been told they haveput on weight since they arrived in the UAE. How have things been with Ms MiddleAge since your OP? She is being professional and I try not to interact with her at all, if it happen polite smile and I make sure that I'm extra polite so I don't leave anything for different interpretations

OP, maybe if you'd dress better you wouldn't be mistaken for a maid...:biggrin: Ok I'll show myself out... ? So you judge people as per what they dress? As per your comment you just degraded anyone who isn't up to your personal taste in weardrob choices... How about the old saying of " don't judge a book by it's cover"? And that is a classic micro aggression toward anyone you don't assume they are equal to you ?? As another poster said about mental note of dressing up to look like she own the shop, when she is going to shopping. I understand that you show up at school, grocery stores in your Sky high Louboutains, with tip top make up - don't forget the winged eyeliner- perfectly manicured nails, dvf iconic wrap dress and your totte bag from LV.... Please correct me if I'm wrong, becouse I never seen such classification for humans like that... Rant over it.

Quote: "[i'>Sorry I don't want to know about your misfortune, each one have his own misfortune, and we all deal with it.[/i'>" But you can come on here with your misfortune and expect us to sympathise, but when you are told (not by me...) to just deal with it, you throw a "you don't know what it's like" racism card at us. Seems fair... I never once spoke down to you, I did however maybe have the audacity to question a few things which seems to have got your back up. Seeing as you don't want to listen to anyone else's hardships because no-one has it as hard as you, (obviously), I shall just pop off and continue to quietly deal with my own misfortunes. I wish you the best for the future and I hope no-one is ever mean to you again. I am sorry if my post come as I'm saying that you talked down on me, becouse you didn't. You said that you have your own share of misfortune and don't want to talk about it and I just confirmed what you said. Again I'm not saying I have big time hard time and no one else did, everybody have his or her own share of the hard times, and each one deal with it, some need guidance, and some go throw it all, years back when I was naive and over here talked about it so many posters bashed me for that, I thought it was OK as long as I am just a username on screen, again I was stand corrected, I'm not saying I'm more important than anyone, I'm just important to myself, and everybody else have the same feeling like I do, in the past I used to wait for others to step in as we are all humans, but seeing the ugly side of humanity showed me that the shiny knite that will save me is me, no one else, I don't become mean just like that, I give that opportunity to others to be mean first, so when I catch them red handed, they have no one to blam but themselves. Have a good one CM

Gorobattie, you said (and I have copy and pasted as the rest of the section is too long) "[i'>This poor teacher as you describe, was aware of my phone call to the school, stating that my car broke down and couldn't be fixed by myself and got AAA to tow it to the garage, and gave them expected time of my arrival with taxi,[/i'> " If that is the case then the teacher would have known you were the parent, so why are you saying she thought you were the nanny... I think there is more to this story than you may even be acknowledging yourself. Also, for those saying that Gorobattie is not upset at being mistaken for being a nanny but that really she is only indignant that a nanny should be spoken to that way, I do not believe that is the case as she said (and again, I quote) " f[i'>or posters thinking it's not a problem to be mistaken for the help or nanny, it's clearly a statement from someone to tell" you are different and less than others" and want to tell these posters: count your blessings that you haven't reduced to be a second class human...[/i'>." She is actually saying that she thinks a nanny is a second class [b'>human[/b'> and is horrified at the teacher daring to surmise that she might be one!! CM, you might not be aware that English isn't my first language, but you keep playing with words, twisting it to showcase how bad I am, I don't have to prove myself to you, you can understand what you want to understand, English isn't my strong suite, but I try my best. To recognise rasist comment, treatments it's easy for anyone who've been subjected to it to recognise it/ identify it in a heart beat, again I can tell from you and whomever defend racist attitudes from white peoples who never been looked down and concederd second class human, I can tell from your words you never been on the receiving end of these words. Being a maid or nanny is not the problem, the telling off as the maid or nanny have to answer to ANY one lived and born into the white previlig, and you take it for granted you are better than anything else!!! I dare you, I double dare you or anyone who wants to cast the racism on me to tell me that since early life she haven't been looked down becouse of her background, skin colour, or called she is exotic - resembling you to an exotic animal you get on a safari trip ha!- or assumed you are less than other, even going to a club; always asked for ID but the white chick just right front of me no one bats an eyelid and let her go without stopping her to ask for an ID. When someone mistake you for a nanny in Europe is way different than ME, becouse only certain countries are allowed to have untrained labour to work these jobs, becouse not a North American, Australian, Europian country would allow their citizens to be " untrained labour" and occupation these jobs.... When you get into your villa, you'll find the Gardner coming in introducing himself to you and ask you if you would like to hire a Gardner, for me, it did happen that a Gardner come in leaned on the door and tried to struck a conversation with me and asked me about my madam.... Racism is everywhere, been practiced on daily bases among white privileged people and people of colour too. I try my best not to follow this cruel world, and set example to my children, becouse we are all humans, so side with your poor teacher please, say whatever you want to say about me, but again, think about the begging scams that done by people of colour and how you question yourself about how true it is, and that woman who called herself pillows that come over this board and started begging and many posters started giving her money, meds and all what she asked for, becouse she was white and appologitic - if you remember couple of years back on EW, and it went all ok until a poster said its illegal to give meds without prescription to people not intended to... And the scam been exposed and no one heard about her again. Rant over it Oh Gorabattie, your English is just fine, you manage to express yourself perfectly, please do not say I am twisting your words, you were the one who basically said a nanny was a second hand human, not me. That is not a lack of perfect english, that is you trying to take back your real thoughts and throw a racism card again.... And seriously, you know NOTHING about my life and the abuse I have been on the receiving end of. Just because my English is good... well, now who is assuming? Just because I choose not to talk about it, please do not assume I am just some white and therefore privileged woman, How hilarious can you be?! I am hilarious with people I know ? But I just don't like to be talked down from anyone think they are above me, you don't know me and I don't know you, seeing the ugliest side of humans made me pick the tone of being talked down, I just refuse to be victimised by anyone, if that made anyone feel uneasy with me, well I prefer to be away from harm than been harmed by anyone misunderstand my kindness as weakness, so yes, I don't play nice anymore, and don't want to be categorised as nice. Be proffissional and that's it. Sorry I don't want to know about your misfortune, each one have his own misfortune, and we all deal with it. Rant over it.

Gorobattie, you said (and I have copy and pasted as the rest of the section is too long) "[i'>This poor teacher as you describe, was aware of my phone call to the school, stating that my car broke down and couldn't be fixed by myself and got AAA to tow it to the garage, and gave them expected time of my arrival with taxi,[/i'> " If that is the case then the teacher would have known you were the parent, so why are you saying she thought you were the nanny... I think there is more to this story than you may even be acknowledging yourself. Also, for those saying that Gorobattie is not upset at being mistaken for being a nanny but that really she is only indignant that a nanny should be spoken to that way, I do not believe that is the case as she said (and again, I quote) " f[i'>or posters thinking it's not a problem to be mistaken for the help or nanny, it's clearly a statement from someone to tell" you are different and less than others" and want to tell these posters: count your blessings that you haven't reduced to be a second class human...[/i'>." She is actually saying that she thinks a nanny is a second class [b'>human[/b'> and is horrified at the teacher daring to surmise that she might be one!! CM, you might not be aware that English isn't my first language, but you keep playing with words, twisting it to showcase how bad I am, I don't have to prove myself to you, you can understand what you want to understand, English isn't my strong suite, but I try my best. To recognise rasist comment, treatments it's easy for anyone who've been subjected to it to recognise it/ identify it in a heart beat, again I can tell from you and whomever defend racist attitudes from white peoples who never been looked down and concederd second class human, I can tell from your words you never been on the receiving end of these words. Being a maid or nanny is not the problem, the telling off as the maid or nanny have to answer to ANY one lived and born into the white previlig, and you take it for granted you are better than anything else!!! I dare you, I double dare you or anyone who wants to cast the racism on me to tell me that since early life she haven't been looked down becouse of her background, skin colour, or called she is exotic - resembling you to an exotic animal you get on a safari trip ha!- or assumed you are less than other, even going to a club; always asked for ID but the white chick just right front of me no one bats an eyelid and let her go without stopping her to ask for an ID. When someone mistake you for a nanny in Europe is way different than ME, becouse only certain countries are allowed to have untrained labour to work these jobs, becouse not a North American, Australian, Europian country would allow their citizens to be " untrained labour" and occupation these jobs.... When you get into your villa, you'll find the Gardner coming in introducing himself to you and ask you if you would like to hire a Gardner, for me, it did happen that a Gardner come in leaned on the door and tried to struck a conversation with me and asked me about my madam.... Racism is everywhere, been practiced on daily bases among white privileged people and people of colour too. I try my best not to follow this cruel world, and set example to my children, becouse we are all humans, so side with your poor teacher please, say whatever you want to say about me, but again, think about the begging scams that done by people of colour and how you question yourself about how true it is, and that woman who called herself pillows that come over this board and started begging and many posters started giving her money, meds and all what she asked for, becouse she was white and appologitic - if you remember couple of years back on EW, and it went all ok until a poster said its illegal to give meds without prescription to people not intended to... And the scam been exposed and no one heard about her again. Rant over it