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And, um, this was a fucking— this was, this was something else. This was an experience I will never fucking forget in my life. First of all, we went into the Mercedes dealership, right? It was 9 in the morning. We were the first customers there. So everyone was open, everyone on the floor was open to sell us a car. There's no one there. Um, and a guy came up to us and he goes, um, excuse me guys, hello. And we're like, hey, we're just, uh, we're looking for— we're looking to buy a car. And he goes, I'm actually really busy right now. Um, maybe, maybe you can look around and find someone else. And we're like, okay, well, where are, where are these, where are these Mercedes CLA 250s? And he's like, Somewhere over there on the east lot. And he like pointed with his hand like in like the most like vague direction. He's like, there's somewhere over there. And then he went to go sit at his desk and he was on his phone for like 4 fucking hours.

April 26, 201812:01David
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Jason11:54
Yes, congratulations. Thanks. Excellent.
David11:57
Thanks. Um, I, I surprised my friends with 3 cars.
Jason12:00
Yes.
David12:01
And, um, this was a fucking— this was, this was something else. This was an experience I will never fucking forget in my life. First of all, we went into the Mercedes dealership, right? It was 9 in the morning. We were the first customers there. So everyone was open, everyone on the floor was open to sell us a car. There's no one there. Um, and a guy came up to us and he goes, um, excuse me guys,…
Jason12:52
Really?
David12:52
And fucking did— he did nothing. He wasn't even filling out paperwork. He would, he would get up, go to the cooler, go back to his phone. He didn't fucking care about us at all because I was a kid and this was in a suburb, right? This was in a suburb of Chica…
Jason14:01
And that's what it's like to be African American.