I have just started a new job. This week I was in my office which adjoins the main open-plan office. I overheard a group conversation which went like this:
'My aunty puts stuff in her bins and Indians come and take it'
'Indians always come and do that.'
'You leave something outside and its gone in an hour.'
'One of them offered her 20 quid for it but she said she'd rather pay 20 quid to take it to the tip'
(general agreement ensued)
'hahahah Indians, they even come over from xxx nearby town just to see what they can get from bins'
'Pakistanis do it too'
All said in a mocking way.
I didn't run out there and say anything to them. Now I feel bad and unsure what, if anything I should do. What they were saying was really derogatory. But if I bring it up, things will not go well for me in that job, especially since I'm new. I don't want to let it slide either though. The team is very small and it will be obvious who flagged it, if I do. If I'd been in the room I would have had to speak up but I was just overhearing and it will be my word against theirs.
It's not too late to flag it up to management as it just happened on Friday.
WWYD? AIBU to say nothing? Or to say something?