Everyday multiculturalism

Today in the phone store the salesperson was quite openly wondering how I could have a Romanian ID, when my skin is so _light_ (exact words). Because in her experience, Romanians have darker skin. And then she quickly added that it is true that they (Turkish) are also different: it depends if they come from the Eastern or Western part of the country. I was so confused for a second, that I could only mumble something among the lines that I am definitely a Caucasian.