So, I know I live in NW Indiana, but I would have thought the Baby Bjorn had been out for quite some time. Mondays are my grocery shopping day, as I find that the store is quieter, and I'm not as rushed and in the way. So I strap Raf to me in the Baby Bjorn, and off we go. But in two consecutive visits, I've had the same comments.
6/22/09
I'm checking out, and an older man is bagging the groceries with a middle aged woman. I'm seriously 3 feet away.
Old Man: Well, lookie there. What's she got on, a papoose or something? Looks like an Indian thing.
Woman: Those? Um, those have been out since the 80's I think. See how he's been asleep the whole time she was shopping?
Old Man: Since when did we get our parenting ideas from the Indians?
Me: (thinking) I can HEAR you!
As Laura Collins pointed out, Native Americans are an underrepresented group in offensive comments this day in age, so I suppose he was trying to boost those numbers?
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So then, today. 6/29/09
Me: (in the fruit and vegetable aisle)
Old Lady: Nice lookin' papoose you got there!
I cannot be the only person shopping that occasionally straps their child to them. Can I?
Monday, June 29, 2009
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