Have you ever been "the only one" in an environment?

[terry78]

Not just for a one time thing, but either in school, at work, etc. Are you or have you ever been the only male, only female, only white guy, only black guy, only gay guy, etc. at functions, events, or the aforementioned work or school? Did you feel perfectly at ease, uncomfortable, or what? The little team group I work with here is pretty much all white guys, and we're cool and what not, but they make sure to note I am the "black guy" in the group, whenever things like rap or "urban slang or culture" is brought up or used.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Long ago I was a busser at this restaurant.
I worked circles around all the stupid teens, so they wanted to promote me.
So they made me a cook, but I hated the high speed/high stress/cramped/Hot environment, so I told 'em screw this.

So they made me the manager of the prep girls. For some reason, only girls did the prep, early in the morning. It was a blast, being in this tight little area, surrounded by girls all day, and ordering them around.

I did not get any prep girl action. I came close with one, but she was terrified of me and could not speak when we went out. But it was a constant environment of flirtation...with my little army of cute girls. That was an awesome job.

 

[Kyalesyin]

I was the only girl in the warehouse I worked in. I was the only person under 18 in the bar I was working in. I think thats probably all the major ones.

 

[C.F. Kane]

Last summer I took a summer course abroad. Out of nine students I was the only guy.

No really, it kinda sucked.

 

[bulok]

Only Asian in the whole division it seems like. Sometimes I feel like the only one in the company.

In my school (I went to a Catholic school) I was the only Asian in my year for years, and there were 5 black kids.

 

[Immortalfire]

I'm the only website moderator among my friends!

 

[Apollo]

i was the only one in the woods once....i farted freely...

 

[dpm07]

Only Asian in the whole division it seems like. Sometimes I feel like the only one in the company.

In my school (I went to a Catholic school) I was the only Asian in my year for years, and there were 5 black kids.

You had black kids in Catholic school?

I went to Catholic school and we didn't have any of those. We did have a lot of Latino/Hispanics (par for course in Catholic school), but we didn't have any blacks. I didn't think they were normally Catholic. In fact, I've never even seen one in a Catholic church. I know one doesn't need to be Catholic to go to Catholic school, but most people tend to be. However, we did have a few Hindus in Catholic School (Still trying to figure that one out).

 

[redmarvel]

As a programmer I worked for a company that specialized in Manufacturing Software... in one case I was sent out to a client's work site... I was the only woman there for a couple of weeks... Yes I was uncomfortable, the smell was awful and the "art work" on the walls was not to my taste in the least.

 

[DarthRekal]

i am the only one in here that was'nt the "only one"

 

[TheDeparted]

worked at a local eletronic store... American TV, as a phone operator for about 2 years... yeah, the only guy... hooked up with three of my co-workers....

 

[redmarvel]

Actually, I was also the only Canadian in a school in Germany for two months... THAT WAS FUN.

 

[The Squirrel]

I was the only white kid on my school bus for a while.

It was never that awkward. People left me alone, I left them alone.

No problems at all.

 

[TheDeparted]

I was the only kid on my bus... it was short.. and I had a drewl bib....

 

[Spider-Bite]

I'm part dutch, Irish, canandian, canadian Indian, Native American, Swedish, European, German, French, and Italian.

However I look plain old white caucasian.

My sister is a lesbian, and she's made friends with a lot of gay people, so there have been ocasions, where I was the only straight person in the group. It's never bothered me. I didn't even feel uncomfortable.

When I was younger I lived in all black neighborhoods, so the vast majority of my friends and peers were black. My two best friends were black. My non best friends were all black. My baby sitter was black, and her family which was like my second family were black.

I really never felt different or like an outsider. For about the last 10 years the majority of my friends have been white, but to this day, if I'm playing basketball at a park or something, and I'm only there with one friend, and we join up to play with some other people, I will literally feel more comfortable if they are black, then if they are white. I don't know why that is. I think it's because it reminds me subcoinciously of a time when I was younger, and I felt safe. Back then I used to play a lot of basketball. And as I said my two best friends were black. One of them was two years older than me, and on numberous occasions, those guys protected me.

When I'm playing basketball and everybody there is white, and I dont' know them well, I get this nervous in the back of my mind feeling, that they are gonna jump me or something.

 

[Kyalesyin]

Actually, it does get annoying being the only gay person in the room in college...

 

[Spider-Bite]

Actually, it does get annoying being the only gay person in the room in college...

just curious, if you knew everybody in the room was a liberal who supported 100% equal rights for straights and gays, would you still feel uncomfortable?

 

[Warhammer]

I was the only (half) black guy in my honors class.
When we would talk/discuss books that black people wrote (and it was a whole quarter and some change), I would be on the spot sometimes.

 

[Kyalesyin]

just curious, if you knew everybody in the room was a liberal who supported 100% equal rights for straights and gays, would you still feel uncomfortable?

Probably not, but when I'm in a room full of girls who belong in a nail salon, mature students convinced that they are god and a handful of stoners and losers, I get uncomfortable. Like the might bash me over the head and rifle through my pockets for spare IQ.

 

[Halcohol]

I used to be a professional figure skater until I was 17... so I spent a lot of time being the ONLY guy there.

 

[Warhammer]

I'm part dutch, Irish, canandian, canadian Indian, Native American, Swedish, European, German, French, and Italian.

 

[Spider-Bite]

Probably not, but when I'm in a room full of girls who belong in a nail salon, mature students convinced that they are god and a handful of stoners and losers, I get uncomfortable. Like the might bash me over the head and rifle through my pockets for spare IQ.

LOL!

 

[Spider-Bite]

maybe it's why I'm so obssessed with uniting the human race. My genome represents unification of our species.
j/k

 

[bulok]

You had black kids in Catholic school?

I went to Catholic school and we didn't have any of those. We did have a lot of Latino/Hispanics (par for course in Catholic school), but we didn't have any blacks. I didn't think they were normally Catholic. In fact, I've never even seen one in a Catholic church. I know one doesn't need to be Catholic to go to Catholic school, but most people tend to be. However, we did have a few Hindus in Catholic School (Still trying to figure that one out).

My best friend was Muslim, her dad was strict but her mom was progressive and wanted her to go to our school because there were no Muslim schools nearby and the Catholic school was the best in our area.

As far as black Catholics, I knew a few from Africa, I think there's a strong missionary presence there. I think black Catholics here in America is rare but in places like England where there's only really Anglicans and Catholics they are more predominant.

 

[bulok]

oh another "only one" environment....

in Y2K, I went on a pub crawl with a group of friends in London and I got ****faced drunk. Anyways, we decided to ride around the underground just hopping stations. I was so drunk that I believe I got on a train and my mates left me and didn't get on. The train was full of trannies, I was the only one who wasn't wearing a dress or tinsel there.

That was the last thing I remember before a cop woke me up in Trafalgar square, I was laying on one of the lion statues with tinsel wrapped all around me.

Needless to say I haven't touched a drop since.