Black Robbers

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schottsie Posted: 06-20-2007 6:19 PM

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This is a good one-

Black Robbers

For anyone who didn't see David Letterman's take on this: (And 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 tall...very tall...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.  She stood and stared at the two men. She felt
anxious, flustered and ashamed. She hoped they didn't read her mind but
gosh, they had to know what she was thinking!!!

Her hesitation about joining them in the elevator was all too obvious now.
Her face was flushed.  She couldn't just stand there, so with a mighty
effort of will she picked up one foot and stepped forward and followed with
the other foot and was on the elevator. 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 told her. 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.
She wanted to blurt out an apology, but words failed her. How do you
apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for behaving as though
they were going to rob you? She didn't know what to say. The three of them
gathered up the strewn quarters and refilled her bucket. When the elevator
arrived at her floor they then 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

PS - Pass this around so others can enjoy! Black Robbers - a true story

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schottsie replied on 06-22-2007 9:55 AM

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Story is fake, but I still love it.