Black Robbers

[warsawdaddy]

ENJOy
For anyone who didn't see the episode of David
Letterman's show where this
story was told, read this: (And remember it's a true
story...
On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman won a
bucketful of quarters at
a slot machine. She took a break from the slots for dinner
with her husband
in the hotel dining room. But first she wanted to stash the
quarters in her
room. "I'll be right back and we'll go to
eat," she told her husband
and
carried the coin-laden bucket to the elevator.
As she was about to walk into the elevator, she noticed two
men already
aboard. Both were black. One of them was very tall and had
an intimidating
figure. The woman froze. Her first thought was: "These
two are going to
rob
me." Her next thought was: "Don't be a
bigot, they look like perfectly
nice gentlemen." But racial stereotypes are powerful,
and fear immobilized
her.
Avoiding eye contact, she turned around stiffly and faced
the elevator doors
as they closed. A second
passed, and then another second,
and then another.
Her fear increased! The elevator didn't move. Panic
consumed her. "My God
" she thought, "I'm trapped and about to be
robbed!" Her heart plummeted.
Perspiration poured from every pore.
Then one of the men said, 'Hit the floor.'
Instinct told her to do what they said.
The bucket of
quarters flew
upwards as she threw out her arms and collapsed on the
elevator floor. A
shower of coins rained down on her. "Take my money
and spare me," she
prayed. More seconds passed.
She heard one of the men say politely, "Ma'am, if

you'll just tell us what
floor you're going to, we'll push the
button."
The one who said it had a little trouble getting the words
out. He was
trying mightily to hold in a belly laugh. The woman lifted
her head and
looked up at the two men. They reached down to help her
up. Confused, she
struggled to her feet. "When I told my friend here to
hit the floor," said
the average sized one, "I meant that he should hit the
elevator button for
our floor. I didn't mean for you to hit the floor,
ma'am." He spoke
genially. He bit his lip. It was obvious he was having
a
hard time not
laughing.
The woman thought: "My God, what a spectacle I've
made of myself." She was
too humiliated to speak. The three of them gathered up the
strewn quarters
and refilled her bucket. When the elevator arrived at her
floor, they

insisted on walking her to her room. She seemed a little
unsteady on her
feet, and they were afraid she might not make it down the
corridor.
At her door they bid her a good evening. As she slipped
into her room she
could hear them roaring with laughter as they walked back
to the elevator.
The woman brushed herself off. She pulled herself together
and went
downstairs for dinner with her husband.
The next morning flowers were delivered to her room; a
dozen roses.
Attached to EACH rose was a crisp one hundred-dollar
bill!!
The card said: "Thanks for the best laugh we've
had in years."

It was signed: Eddie Murphy & Michael Jordan.

 

[jeff of pa]

although funny

see snopes

http://www.snopes.com/racial/mistaken/hitfloor.asp