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<blockquote data-quote="shredder1" data-source="post: 8916183" data-attributes="member: 658920">Maybe this is my experience exclusively but I thought I&#039;d share. &nbsp;Having been in the workforce for 30yr, I never knew of a Somali anywhere in the companies I was employed at. That said maybe its a cultural thing where the men don&#039;t work typically. I was in construction/production (heavy labor) btw. A local pizza shop in town is Somali owned and ran exclusively. I haven&#039;t felt so out of sorts and disrespected ever since I went in there for a order. The male sat behind the register, no greeting or smile while the women did the work. He was silent while casting occasional dark looks in my direction while the women chattered away in their language. Once the order was boxed up he couldn&#039;t be bothered to even run the register to be paid. I had to press him and make him put down his phone causing serious offense. When he collected the cash by the looks I got he just knew HE was the captain.I haven&#039;t been back since, it&#039;s been about 3.5yr now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shredder1, post: 8916183, member: 658920"] Maybe this is my experience exclusively but I thought I'd share. Having been in the workforce for 30yr, I never knew of a Somali anywhere in the companies I was employed at. That said maybe its a cultural thing where the men don't work typically. I was in construction/production (heavy labor) btw. A local pizza shop in town is Somali owned and ran exclusively. I haven't felt so out of sorts and disrespected ever since I went in there for a order. The male sat behind the register, no greeting or smile while the women did the work. He was silent while casting occasional dark looks in my direction while the women chattered away in their language. Once the order was boxed up he couldn't be bothered to even run the register to be paid. I had to press him and make him put down his phone causing serious offense. When he collected the cash by the looks I got he just knew HE was the captain. I haven't been back since, it's been about 3.5yr now. [/QUOTE]

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