Today in stupid clerk news brings us the story of an Asian woman in New York, New York who noticed the following on her receipt at a Papa John’s: lady chinky eyes.

Nice going, Papa John’s. 

I don’t know the woman personally, but she must have felt so proud of her Asian roots at that particular moment in time. I’m guessing that the pizza left a bitter taste in her mouth. As Gawker points out, this small instance  of racism against Asians isn’t the first; unfortunately, I’m guessing that it won’t be the last. 

Another recent, truthfully viral, and unfortunate instance of racism comes from UCLA student  Alexandra Wallace who had her constant library epiphanies interrupted by Asian students in the UCLA library. The annoyed Ms. Wallace posted a video on YouTube complaining about how hard it was for her to think when people were speaking languages that she could not understand.  (From Ms. Wallace’s video, which can be found HERE, it is clear to see that Ms. Wallace seems to think there is one regional language common to all Asians, a statement which puts her on par with the famed Ms. South Carolina from the Miss USA Teen beauty pageant of 2007.)

But it is probably true that Ms. Wallace had less epiphanies because of the distractions in the library. 

Before you sympathize too much for poor Alexandra Wallace, listen to the “ Ching Ching Means I Love You” song posted by an Asian American in response to her viral rant against the Asian community in Los Angeles. 

It’s entirely clear from the video, which also went viral, that Ms. Wallace is loved by at least one member of the Asian American community. (NOT)  Hopefully, now that the foreign words have been translated for the student, she will understand more fully what they mean. Love, is after all, what makes the world go round; attitudes like Ms. Wallace’s are altogether too easy spread. 

And, as for the offensive Papa John’s receipt, I’m just waiting for a viral video response. It’s harder to write a song in response to a receipt than to the face of an idiot on camera, but I’d like to challenge any aspiring songwriters out there to put the word out that this is the United States and that “chinky eyes” is inappropriate and in poor taste.