So, the election may have affected me more than I thought.
So, the election may have affected me more than I thought. I did not handle something terribly well, although it turned out ok. tl;dr I unthinkingly assertively called out some people for not waiting on people of color who had been patiently waiting in line with the rest of us (us= all white people) and were the next people in line. It was the wrong way to do it, it was a risky area in which to do it, and I just didn't think before I opened my mouth. Fortunately, the person behind me backed me up. I mean, I didn't say hey, why aren't you waiting on the non-white people, but I was, especially for me, very assertive about the fact that they were next and they'd been waiting and that was not cool. Plus, I really don't usually just mouth off without thinking and there was a, shall we say, distinct air of tension after I did that before the person behind me spoke up. Awkward and actually a little scary. I need to do the thinking first so when I act it's a little more...