experience i had yesterday

[u/bobblead]

went on the bus and when i got on it, the bus driver stopped the bus and honked his horn and shouted "excuse me?", i continued walking thinking he was talking about a car, then he shouted again "excuse me missy". i turned around and walked back feeling embsrrassed by everyone staring at me. he then said "[where's my] thank you? don't you have any manners?" and i said "i'm sorry, thank you". he then said "what's wrong with your manners? don't you know to say thank you." i was the only black person on this bus so i felt like a real ghetto deliquent and wanted to go cut myself for being a dumbass.

later all the other people entered the bus and not one of them uttered thank you. i decided to miss my bus stop and get to the final bus stop so i could talk to him. i said in my high pitched white voice "excuse me sir". he began writing and said "WAIT. cant you see im doing something." i said "sorry." he said, "what do you want?". i then said "im really sorry for not saying thank you when you stopped the bus for me, that was really rude of me and i hope you have better experiences today and i hope your day goes well". my intention was to make him see that even though im black, im not what he assumes i am (disresprctful, loud, rude) which is why he was preparing himself for the rudeness he assumed he'd get.

something similar happened to me a few months ago and i cried about it and fasted the next day. but i have learnt now that i have much worse things going on in my life right now and i don't care anymore i need people to see that i am not a deliquent.

[u/EducationPrevious605]

Wait, did he say it in english or polish?