Me: We need more diversity in our staff. Boss: We are diverse! Staff should reflect our population. The percentage of Asians in Grand Rapids is 3%. You’re one out of 16 people on our team. That’s 6%! Me: (in my head) Guess I should cut myself in half to properly reflect our population. Me: (again in my head) I wasn’t just talking about Asians, asshole.
Me: We need more diversity in our staff.
Boss: We are diverse! Staff should reflect our population. The percentage of Asians in Grand Rapids is 3%. You’re one out of 16 people on our team. That’s 6%!
Me: (in my head) Guess I should cut myself in half to properly reflect our population.
Me: (again in my head) I wasn’t just talking about Asians, asshole.