In the dinner picking up food for lunch and this older man was insisting on a burger when he only had a doller and change. He seemed confused and I felt bad, so I bought it for... (more)

him. Anyway, turns out his name is Adolf and he has a German accent. I hope I didn't just buy lunch for a guy that killed off my family.

posted February 18th, 2012 at 2:19pm in Toddler

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You did a good thing, regardless. 2-18-2012 2:20pm
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He could have been a German Jew 2-18-2012 2:20pm
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- op: true. Or hid Jews during the war. It just creeped meet out a bit, to meet somone german from that generation - he must have been in his late 80s. 2-18-2012 2:21pm
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  - oh I know exactly what you mean. dh was up for a job there, we have good neighbors who are German, but at a certain point they said something about their gps & I was *sticking...(more) 2-18-2012 2:23pm
    fingers in ears, singing la la la*
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you just effed up a good deed by those thoughts 2-18-2012 2:20pm
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- Deeds matter, thoughts matter less. Besides, you're wrong. 2-18-2012 2:21pm
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I was all, wow, this poster is so kind! and then you had to go and show that you're a bigot. 2-18-2012 2:21pm
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- a bigot against Nazis...gee, how hateful 2-18-2012 2:22pm
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  - yes, because EVERYONE with a german accent who has the bad luck to be named Adolf is a Nazi. 2-18-2012 2:22pm
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    - I didn't say he was, nor did I suddenly take back my offer to buy him lunch or be anything but polite to him. But I found the possibility unsettling. It's not often that you meet...(more) 2-18-2012 2:24pm
      Germans pof that age, and I never had before.
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      - ok, truce. to be fair, my grandma is from germany and is 86, so I'm a bit defensive. hope you had a nice lunch. now let's get back to whitney. 2-18-2012 2:25pm
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  - assuming some old guy with a german accent is HITLER?!! 2-18-2012 2:25pm
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    - are you so uneducated that you don't understand that most of killing was done by ordinary Germans who joined the SS? Adolf was a common German name at the time. 2-18-2012 2:28pm
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