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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: Ilaine who wrote (34717)	4/13/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: epicure	of 108807

Of course we are prejudiced. It MERELY means to pre-judge. Anyone with any intelligence generalizes. The good people simply recognize that there ARE people who do not fit the stereotypes, nasty people cannot see outside the box much less think outside it. Now as for middle Eastern people, I come across them regularly in the antique business. They do the estate sales, garage sales and flea markets just like I do. They are universally despised by anglos and others because of their incredible pushiness. They cannot help but bargain. Even if its 25 cents, they'll say "I give you 5 cents, ok ok?" Now I maintain this is cultural. And I think it works. Anglos are too polite to maintain their prices after a 10 minute onslaught of haggling. They give in, and harbor a grudge. Me, I haggle right back now, and I push (you must push when amongst the Middle Easterners or they will stomp all over you and buy all the best stuff- and they use their kids to act as linemen). What I do not like is that some of them steal at garage sales- but I hope this is merely because they are marginal economically right now. I hope its not a cultural thing.

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