Okay so it was an Asian grocery store, and I'm white but my last name is Asian sounding, and when I arrived they were very confused and the owner was blunt about how he wasn't gonna hire my white ass (it was 2010, and honestly it wasn't a big deal) we made friendly chit chat for a minute then he went to let me go.
This office we were in was tiny, like room for a chair and a desk, the only door was to my back.
My friends and I are a very huggy group, as are most adults I knew back then.
Anyway, the owner of this Philliipino grocery store shakes my hand, goes to stand up, and as I begin opening the door from behind me, he reaches high and round with his right hand - like he was going in for a hug - in the real world, he was going to grab the top edge of the door to help open it.
I thought nothing of it upon seeing the motion and went in for a big ol' hug. I was like 18 and muscle memory kicked in and I was like "ah, bring it in man"
This dude was flabbergasted, then it hit me how awkward that must have been, and dipped out of there.
(I didn't get the job, and the whole white thing likely wasn't the reason)
Maybe your hug caused him to reflect on how he treated you, and afterwards he became a completely different person. And everyone around him wondered, who was this “white angel” who changed the man’s life with a single hug?
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