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Why do people keep asking where I'm from? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Up until I started working, I didn't really encounter that question. When I did start working, people started asking me that question.

Them: Where are you from?

Me: Canada.

Them: Where are your grandparents from?

Me: Canada.

Them: Ok, where are your great grandparents from?

Me: Canada.

It's irritating sometimes. I just want to exist, do my job and go home, like anyone else. Once is ok, twice is odd, three times is weird, and the fourth time is a pattern.

The only accent that I might have would probably be from Newfoundland, Canada, as I grew up with a lot of people from there. I also talk too fast sometimes.

Have you had similar experiences, and if so, how did you handle it? Can fast speech patterns cause this? Why do random people care so much?

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[โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

It is not the only answer to the question. "I'm from Saskatoon! Or "I live in the northwest" are also valid options. You just picked the first one that came to your head, maybe assumed racism, and didn't think of any other possibility. Maybe it was racism. Maybe they just wanted to all and get to know you. Regardless, you were probably as awkward to them as they were to you.

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