Vu from Compton

Working in Compton = Low
Working at McDonalds in Compton = Lower than low

After an 11 hr day at the office, and no dinner at home, I had no other choice than to stop by the McDonalds by my house. 

Rolling up the drive through in my ‘67 pearl green cadilac, I ordered a #7 (Angus burger, Sprite, and fries)  with no onions and a carmel sundae.  Through the speaker, the attendant shouts “7.57, drive to the first window please.”

First sign of trouble:

I give the cashier $20.07 cents to make it easy for him and less change for me. Expecting $12.50 back, I get back 12 dollars and 43 cents in change. “I gave you $20.07,” I explained and handed the change back to him.  Whoops, he apologizes and gets the manager to reopen the cashier.  The manager opens the cashier, instead of giving me .50 cents, he gives me a dollar.  I don’t want to waste my time anymore, and drive to the next window.

At the 2nd window, I’m given my burger.  I confirmed if there wasn’t any onions in my burger, and went home.

Second Sign of Trouble:

I pull out my burger, and notice this on my box.

Double checked for accuracy?! WTF, only in Compton does a McDonalds put together a burger, hand it down the line, and someone else opens it up to make sure the order is accurate.  I don’t know about you, but I only want one airhead touching my burger, not two.

Third Sign of Trouble:

So I confirmed w/ the cashier, the person who put together my burger saw instructions not to put onions in, and the “quality assurance” person opened up my burger to make sure there wasn’t any onions.  3 levels of checks should equal no onions right?  Not in Compton!

Onions in my burger! Despite all of this, I will still eat at my MyDonald’s in Compton, b/c I’m not going to fault them for leading the village idiots.

As a person living in the jungle, every Sunday I give thanks and pray.  For an average blog reader like yourself, who doesn’t live in the ghetto, you don’t understand that Friday nights and Saturday nights are the most dangerous in the ghetto.  Friday and Saturday nights are usually reserved for:

• gang initiations (when average joe wants to join gang a)
• gang retaliations (when gang b goes after average joe from gang a)
• drug deals (when gang a sells baby powder at the local gas station)
• drug parties (when gang a and gang b let bygones be bygones, and throw baby powder on each other)
• drive-by shootings (when gang b sobers up and shots gang a)

When I first moved to the jungle, I would be awaken to what I thought was rocks being thrown at my window by a long lost lover.  Little did I know that they were gunshots.  For example, last night, when I heard “3 rocks at my window,” I checked myself to make sure I wasn’t bleeding, then I checked my girlfriend, and then I climbed under my bed, woke my dogs up from their sleep and made sure no stray bullets got to them.  When everyone is ok, I give the all clear,  say a little prayer and go to sleep.

Hello and welcome to my blog!

 My name is Vu and as you have guessed I live across the freeway from Compton, Californ-i-a.  Why did I create this blog you ask?  Well, I feel that it’s time that the white man understands the ghetto, and who better to explain it than an asian man who lives across the freeway from Compton.

A little bit about Compton, Ca.  (Taken from wiki)

Compton is often labeled as an “inner-city” community primarily due to poverty, the elevated crime rate found in the city, and its location in South Los Angeles.  Compton has the highest unemployment rate in the county with a quarter of its population, 100,000, living below the poverty level. Also known as the murder capital, this year the city has the lowest homicide rate in 20 years.

Despite the city’s mark on African-American culture, Compton has a multiracial and multi-ethnic population. The city boasts an equestrian club, an astronomy program for teenagers, and the Major League Baseball Academy.

 Despite Compton’s bad reputation, I am happy to report the following:

• It has been 13 days since the last murder in Compton. Definitely great news!
• This year the city has the lowest homicide rate in 20 years.
• TARGET opened, expecting to bring in $2 million in tax revenue and 1300 new jobs.  (Yay! It’s walking distance from my house)

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