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HONDA AFVM wrote:
CivicB18 wrote:
BachelorFrog wrote:
I bet the current owner is black or mexican...

First I'd like to apologize to HondaHFVM for hijacking his thread.

BachelorFrog, I just have to say this. I'm a 35 year old black male and I've been married to a beautiful 36 year old black/Japanese woman for 14 years. I'm a senior operations manager for a major lighting company (Osram Sylvania) and I'm a registered ASLA landscape architect for my own historical renovation/landscape design company of which I'm a co-owner. My younger brother (architect) is an owner as is my uncle (contractor/builder). My wife is a dentist and has her own practice and I have 2 degrees. We own an early 1900's fully restored 4200sqft Italianette and have 4 vehicles a 2002 Honda S2000, 2005 Honda S2000, 2008 Acura TL and a 2011 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite.

We have 5 children (2 sets of twins and a single) which range in age from 9 to 13 and we've always taught them to respect EVERYONE and to NEVER to live up to anyone's stereotypes no matter the circumstance. With that said, I'm unaware of your location but for future reference you may want to think about what you say before you saying whatever nonsense pops in your skull as people who think like yourself tend to try to make life a bit more difficult for people like myself or my family.

Instead of being ignorant your entire life you have the option to choose to be aware that there are plenty of minorities who have/are bettering themselves and educating themsves as even if you've never seen them, WE still exist.

~Patrick

LIKE!.........Since TOV has no "like" button brother, I am with you. It is difficult here in Cleveland not to stereo type, but being in the business I am in, I know so many people and some fit stereo types and some don't, and that goes with all races and religions..........

Quick story, I was on a test drive with a Japanese couple, older, 55+ years old. We were in a CRV and I said make a left at the light..........She made a left all right, down the WRONG side of the street, I kept telling her to pull up on the grass (very wide median) calm and cool......she was screaming and her husband was in the back seat YELLING at her.......so I grabbed the wheel and forced it up on the grass and popped it into neutral........As I was doing that, her husband slapped her in the back of the head, HARD!!!! I was shocked.......She was crying and I was feeling mighty angry, wanting to pop the man for hitting his wife..........

So I got in the drivers seat, asked him to stay in the back and she got in the passenger seat.........We get back to the dealer, I got out of the car and I said to him; "It is non of my business, but what I saw in the car in unacceptable, I never would hit a woman and my understanding YOUR CULTURE it is not a practice".......You apologize to her. So he turned to her and said something to her, made some sort of move......and walked behind her with his head down.......I left them in my office and as I walked back he was on his knees in front of her with his head berried in her knees crying talking Japanese, she looked in complete control. She put her hand up and made a 5 sign, as come back in 5 minutes........

So I come back in the time she requested and I sat down, he said to me "I am sorry for my actions, my lack of control was not a display of who I am, I was scared for her life and I thought she was in some sort of shock, so I hit her, I have never hit a woman in my life and I am sorry" I said, I hold woman in the highest respect. I would never harm a woman, no matter what the situation. Imagine if I would have slapped your wife......No, there is always a better route then slapping. I think we have all learned from this. As long as everyone is OK then I am OK.......I asked them both if they wanted to continue, I would understand if they wanted to go home.......They said NO, we want the car and we want to buy it from you. You showed a great amount of compassion and you spoke your mind to me as I made a huge mistake.........I asked that next time a situation like this happens, there must be a more understanding way to solve it.........She said, "It won't happen again, I can assure you it will not"

They are still married, seem happy, I see them in service, they make it a point to come see me.........I really think it was a fluke........but Off stereo type for sure........Living where I live, it is very hard.......

Patrick......Now I am going to have to make a trip down FOR SURE, I have to see that house.......... :-)