Disservice

Last night Stacy and I went on a long over-due date and had a wonderful dinner.

While enjoying our food a Chinese family came and sat down at a table near us. Here in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) there are very few minorities living in the country. Even though there are three ethnic groups in BiH their genes are more similar to each other than any two Americans outside their respective family trees. Basically everyone looks the same here in Bosnia, and there is very little diversity in the country.

So, now I'm getting to my story. The waiter comes to serve the Chinese family, and Stacy and I think to ourselves "oh no, not that waiter" (we've had previous experience with this guy). The waiter comes to take their order and we don't hear the full conversation, but we clearly hear the word, Kinez "Chinese". A few minutes later the waiter comes back with their soft drinks, and as he is handing it to them he keeps hold of one of the drinks as the Chinese customer tries to grab it. After the customer wrestles the drink from the waiter's hand the waiter throws a few kung-fu punches in the air. At this point, I smack my hand to my forehead and shake my head in disgust. Then a Bosnian customer chimes in to respond to the waiter's kung-fu moves, "oh Bruce Ree". I couldn't believe my eyes and ears!

If I didn't live in the capitol city I might have expected such ignorance, but there you go... respect for your fellow man regardless of race or religion isn't really a concept understood by the masses here in BiH.

Unfortunately while the picture I added to this blog is funny, if you practiced the philosophy in BiH, "I won't give any business to a place that treats me poorly". You'll find that you'll run out of places to shop/eat.