Excuse me, I was before him!

Ayako Sato
Washington DC

I often get passed up in line even though the person at the counter looks directly at me and knows I have not been helped. Sometimes I wonder if it is because I am an Asian-American female and the person at the counter has an image of a passive Asian as often portrayed in the media. I’m not that stereotype.


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