I'm not sure if I've got the wrong end of the stick here or if a woman in my office was racist to one of my colleagues earlier.
We have access cards to get in and out of the office and my colleague was coming back from lunch at the same time as another lady (she doesn't work on our team but in another one, sometimes in our office). She has to walk past our bank of desks to get to her own and from the amount I've seen her around, she must have also seen my colleague and I at some point.
Anyway, so my colleague gestured for other lady to go through the door first after using her card to open it. Other lady then says to colleague "I'm sorry but I've never seen you before in my life, how are you able to get in here? Can I please see your ID? I'm sure you'll understand me asking you what with everything going on in the world at the moment." My colleague showed her ID and said that she recognised her from the team she works in, did she not recognise her since she walks past her every time she's in? Other lady just said "no" and walked off through the door.
For context, my colleague is a lovely Indian lady and other lady is approximately 80 and very sour faced.
My colleague came back and told me all this and it was clear that IF this woman was being racist, it had completely gone over her head, as she just thought how strange she'd been to ask since she walks past us every day and hadn't recognised her.
AIBU to think this woman was racist to my colleague with the "everything going on in the world" comment and asking for ID, even though my colleague had a pass and used it to open the door? Or am I overthinking this? Should I have a word with our manager?
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Was this woman racist or am I thinking too much about this?
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BlondeGinger · 26/07/2017 21:42
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