Shower Scene

It was 4:15 p.m. on a Saturday. I was at the front desk at the YWCA with Will.

A little white guy named Mike came out the locker room in swim trunks saying “a big, black guy” had threatened him in the shower.

Will, Adrian, the manager on duty, and I went into the shower (sigh) to figure out what was up. A big, black guy named Steve was showering. Steve said the Mike was showering too close to him despite other showerheads being open. They started arguing but we settled them down.

Mike and Steven showered, got dressed and came to the front desk. Mike was agitated and hostile. All I kept hearing him say was “big, black guy.” It was a poor strategy considering between Steve, Will, Adrian and I, Mike was outnumbered 4-1 by “big, black guys.”

Mike asked us to call police. The police basically told them to grow up.

NOTE: Mike had some other questionable incidents. He told a black lifeguard he was arguing with to not “come at him with that D.C. talk.” He once told me not to call him sir because it would be like him calling me “boy.” However he particularly upset at the government's response to Hurricane Katrina and attributed it to racism.

Names have been changed to protect the innocent, ignorant and foolish.