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Originally Posted by sun

So I'm in line at Club Monaco with my girlfriend. Dude immediately ahead of us gets to the till. Cashier is female and asian.

Cashier asks "Did anyone help you today" (commission question)
Dude: "Yeah some guy... Asian... round glasses... kinda short-ish..."
Cashier: "Hehe oh, that's so and so..."

Help settle an argument between me and my gf. She thinks it was offensive to use the word "asian" as a way to describe the sales associate's appearance. I think it's fine, but who the hell knows these days.

For the record, the cashier (also Asian) didn't seem to have a problem with it. In fact, I heard her joke about something like "people are afraid to say... blahblah" (filling in the blanks, I'm assuming the next words were 'he's Asian') and both her and the customer chuckled/giggled and seemed friendly.

Thoughts?