Chinky Eyes

I overheard my boss, Natalie talking about her newborn baby with a patron at the coffee shop where I worked. I believe she was referring to another customer when she said “She asked if the baby had chinky eyes.”

Natalie’s husband, Nguyen, my other boss, was Vietnamese.

I butted in. “She really said that?” I asked, in shock.

“Yeah.”

“I can’t believe it!”

“Me neither. Nguyen said he wasn’t offended.”