Is this racism?

[cooooola]

Basically I was at the pub in the pub and nobody was behind the bar.

I was first in line.

An elderly couple come and and then another man who slams his glass down.

When the bar lady asks "who is first"? I replied me.

The elderly couple say "we have been waiting ages".

And the man next says "I didn't see her".

I felt this was due to me being mixed race.
I felt quite intimidated.

I only popped in for a drink whilst OH has the kids.

I feel any shaken up as the only ethnic person in the place.
AIBU

Don't be ridiculous, we live in one of the most inclusive, none racist countries in the world.

It happens to us all the time.
My DH and I are both white british, but if DH is at the bar, the whole world will get served first. It's so infuriating.
If I am there at the bar with him, I'll say something, for the simple reason is that it gets so infuriating for others to get served first.
In our case, it could be Ageist (we're both retired), except it's happened all the time we've been together. I've concluded it's something about DH; maybe an unassuming attitude etc

Even if it was, don’t take it personally

Opinions may vary.

So you say. I disagree.

He was there first, he wanted serving first.

End of.

You 'stared them out.' Honestly, this is how I hear 14 year olds speaking.

You were the problem here @cooooola not them.

Stop looking for a reason to be offended. They did nothing wrong.

No I was there first. End of.
I even asked the bartender to look at the CCTV.

You think we're a very racist country? Which countries are so much better than the UK and other Western European countries then?

Of course you did.

I think YABU to assume that it's racism. It could be. It could also be because you're younger, or on your own and not part of a couple or group, or just one of those things: sometimes people don;t get noticed when they should be.

I’m starting to think this isn’t real now…

🤣 for what?!

Possibly, But that may not be saying much, considering what some other countries are like.

Sorry the UK is a racist country.
It has gotten worse in the last 5 years.

The same racists who call non white people all the names under the sun but then probably cheered when Jude Bellingham scored against Mexico on Monday 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

I was there first, simple.

The idiot next to me poked his big nose when it had nothing to do with him.

I was served first and asked them to review the CCTV.

I agree. I get sick of all the accusations of the UK being a racist country. Utter load of nonsense. Try moving to a few of the Eastern European countries, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus etc, or America, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Finland Australia............. Live in one of them ^ for a year, and then come back and tell me that the UK is a racist country.

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Are you OK?

Why? Lots of people write as they speak in a relaxed atmosphere like a chat forum.

In the last 5 years there has been a growing unease around a certain culture that doesnt blend well with ours, not race. If this example is what you call 'growing racism' though, I think we'll be ok.

So the pub was short staffed and you decided to make it worse by trying to get the staff member to look at the CCTV so he could decide whether to serve you a Pepsi first? You sound like the problem here.

Rude maybe, a bit preoccupied and didn't notice anyone else certainly, but racist? I don't think so

Such a shame they're not allowed to then.

If it was racism at play surely he wouldn’t of asked in the first place and just ignored you

I’m white and couldn’t even tell you how many times it’s happened to me

and having worked behind a bar I’ve often shouted who’s next myself

I dunno, I reckon the OP may have asked the bartender to look at the cctv, but he probably told her to get over herself and grow up.

what a load of nonsense.

not everything is racist . In fact most things aren’t.