PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - Funny stereotypical reaction

Has anyone else heard this? A friend just sent it to me this morning and I thought it was great!
Black Robbers
> For anyone who didn't see David Letterman's take on this: (And it's
> a true
> story)
>
>
> On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman won a bucketful of
> quarters at a slot machine. She took a break from the slots for
> dinner with her husband in the hotel dining room. But first she
> wanted to stash the quarters in her room. "I'll be right back and
> we'll go to eat," she told her husband and carried the coin-laden
> bucket to the elevator.
>
>
> As she was about to walk into the elevator she noticed two men
> already aboard. Both were black. One of them was tall....very
> tall...an intimidating figure. The woman froze.
>
>
> Her first thought was: These two are going to rob me. Her next
> thought was: Don't be a bigot, they look like perfectly nice
> gentlemen. But racial stereotypes are powerful, and fear immobilized
> her. She stood and stared at the two men. She felt anxious,
> flustered and ashamed. She hoped they didn't read her mind but Gosh,
> they had to know what she was thinking!!!
>
>
> Her hesitation about joining them in the elevator was all too obvious
> now. Her face was flushed. She couldn't just stand there, so with a
> mighty effort of will she picked up one foot and stepped forward and
> followed with the other foot and was on the elevator. Avoiding eye
> contact, she turned around stiffly and faced the elevator doors as
> they closed.
>
>
> A second passed, and then another second, and then another. Herfear
> increased! The elevator didn't move. Panic consumed her. MyGod,
> she thought, I'm trapped and! about t o be robbed! Her heart plummeted.
> Perspiration poured from every pore.
>
>
> Then one of the men said, "Hit the floor." Instinct told her todo
> what they told her. The bucket of quarters flew upwards as she threw
> out her arms and collapsed on the elevator floor. A shower of coins
> rained down on her. Take my money and spare me, she prayed.
>
>
> More seconds passed. She heard one of the men say politely,"Ma'am,
> if you'll just tell us what floor you're going to, we'll push the
> button."
>
>
> The one who said it had a little trouble getting the words out. He
> was trying mightily to hold in a belly laugh. The woman lifted her
> head and looked up at the two men. They reached down to help her up.
> Confused, she struggled to her feet.
>
>
> "When I told my friend here to hit the floor," said the averagesized
> one, "I meant that he should hit the elevator button for our floor I
> didn't mean for you to hit the floor, ma'am." He spoke genially. He
> bit his lip. It was obvious he was having a hard time not laughing.
>
>
> The woman thought: My God, what a spectacle I've made of myself. She
> was humiliated to speak.. She wanted to blurt out an apology, but
> words failed her.
>
>
> How do you apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for
> behaving as though they were going to rob you? She didn't know what
> to say.
>
>
> The three of them gathered up the strewn quarters and refilled
> herbucket.
>
>
> When the elevator arrived at her floor they then insisted on walking
> her to her room. She seemed a little unsteady on her feet, and they
> were afraid she might not make it down the corridor. At her door they
> bid her a good evening. As she slipped into her room she could hear
> them roaring with laughter as they walk! ed back to the elevator. The
> woman brushed herself off.
> She pulled herself together and went downstairs for dinner with her
> husband.
>
>
> The next morning flowers were delivered to her room - a dozen roses.
>
>
> Attached to EACH rose was a crisp one hundred dollar bill. The
> card said:
> "Thanks for the best laugh we've had in years."
>
>
> It was signed;
>
>
> Eddie Murphy
> Michael Jordan