chip@t4test.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) (04/10/84)
Last Sunday was a beautiful day around here, so my roommate and
myself decided to take out our cycles while looking for a new
place to live.
The agent of one place had already spoken to my roommate, and
was interested in renting to us. I wanted to take a look at it
for myself. So we cruise up and wait for the agent. Shortly
another group comes by to look at the house as well. A little
later the agent shows up.
When she gets there her first comment is, "Who's motorcycles
are these." My roomate and myself proudly claim ownership.
So, she responds, "I'm sorry. The owner won't rent to bikers."
My roomate's comment was, "But we wear brown leather, not black."
I found this to be really funny, because we were "desirable
tenants" until it was known that we own cycles. Suddenly we
are undesirables. This is a very ignorant and prejudicial
attitude. It didn't bother me to lose the place, because
I figure that having a landlord with attitudes such as that
is nothing but an invitation to problems.
Have the people out there often run into similar biker's
prejudice?
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Chip Rosenthal, Intel/Santa Clara
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