Charlie's In The Trees!

I have a lovely co worker who is originally from Korea. Last night I ran some food to a table of his, a white haired couple in their 60's and this is what transpired:

I place a burger on the table. White haired man peers at the plate and frowns. And then he says

"That GOOK messed up my food!"

That actually happened. I took a quick step back so I wouldn't get any ignorance on me. I blink three times and say

"Excuse me??"

I must not have heard that right. He repeats it.

"That GOOK messed up my food."

I thought all those people died off. No such luck, there are still stragglers hanging on, like the last dodos wandering around the island. Who knew?

So I explain to him that:

 

1. That's not cool.

 2. His server is Korean, and I believe GOOK is a pejorative term for Vietnamese people, and perhaps by extension, Laotians but definitely not Koreans, so not only is it objectionable, but also highly inaccurate. 

 

It's not like his server shuffled over to the table wearing a rice hat and coolie shoes and  plucking a shamisen. This guy is such a 'bro' if you couldn't see his face you would assume he was from around the corner,which he is.

Old Man actually mumbles something about V.C.'s. Yes, we've stumbled into a bad movie.Charlie's in the trees!

"LET'S GET A BURGER!"