r/MadeMeSmile • u/JudgeJudyJr • Aug 26 '26

Wholesome Moments Adding a dash of customer service

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u/xxblowpotter13 Aug 26 '26

unrelated but in like 5th grade or so, i had a classmate that no one knew was colorblind. we were having a discussion about colors (this was almost 20 years ago so i cant remember the whole conversation) and the conversation led to “what’s the color of fried chicken” to which said classmate said green. the teacher looked at him in shock and instead of being like haha you’re silly, she reprimanded him. he bursts out in full tears “i don’t know what i did, it’s green i swear, im not trying to be bad”. she asks a few follow up questions about other food items (tomatoes, bread) and i’ll never forget the look of regret in her eyes when she realizes he was colorblind the whole time

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u/DarthRektor Aug 26 '26

You just popped a childhood memory into my head with that story. I was maybe in 2nd grade and the art teacher got annoyed by a kid asking what color was each colored pencil and said “how do you not know which one is blue?” The kid let out the most innocent scared reply “I’m colorblind” that teacher melted into her chair from the guilt she felt belittling a 7 y/o who is colorblind.

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u/nilsenj17 Aug 26 '26

5 years old. In kindergarten. Wrappers torn off all the crayons. Colored my lion green. Chastised by teacher. New school half way through 1st grade.

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u/DmtDtf Aug 27 '26

I told my 5yr old while we were drawing together, that you can color anything any color/colour you like (Floyd). I said it's art and art is whatever you want to make it because it's your own creation. She freaked out when I was coloring a dog purple instead of brown