I know others have already commented on this, but i find this post so offensive I feel I have to stick my oar in.
Who's slagging anyone off??? Since when is it offensive to describe someone by their ethnic appearance or regional location? If I was to say that in my experience, most of my no-show clients are blonde, is this offensive to blonde women or is it just an observation?? Saying that in your experience, most clients who barter are from xx background is just stating a fact as you perceive it to be.
It really bl**dy anoys me that we live in a culture now where we are too scared to refer to someones skin colour, or cultural traits in case we are accused of being racist. I'm from Yorkshire and was not one bit offended by the post about yorkshire people, to be honest, yorkshire people are renowned for penny pinching for a good reason in my experience!
It is a fact that in asian culture, bartering when you make purchases is a normal practice, I know that some of us find it a bit strange when we get clients trying to barter, and I think that Katelisa was trying to point out that they find that Asian people tend to be the ones that barter because of this, not because they are cheeky or taking liberties.
I cringed when I read the comment that Katelisa made, not because I found it offensive, I thought it was very well written, but because she had used the "A" word I knew someone with an over developed sense of political correctness would jump all over her.
Lets keep it in perspective. Its not ofensive to describe someone by their ethnic background. It is offensive to to make derogatory comments about someone because of their ethnic background, and more to the point its offensive to accuse someone of making a racist comment when all they have done is describe their experiences by referring to someones ethnic background.