[ SECRET POST #2283 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2283 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[anonymouslyyours]

Some couple thought because I was nice and polite I had to be religious, and the kind of religious who would sign a petition to keep marriage between "Man, wife, and God." I was on the job too so I couldn't even make a crack about polygamy. I just said "Oh, sorry. I can't do that while I'm on the clock." The husband offered me a card to call his church after I got offwork so I just said "You really don't want me to do that," then smiled fakely and told them to have a good day.

In retrospect I'm kind of weirdly chafing at the fact people phrase it as "Man and wife.

I got some really racist vibes from them too because they had waved off three (non-white) baggers before flagging me down to ask for a carryout and then kept mentioning about how happy they were my store was hiring "good, sweet girls to help the customers now". I didn't really know what to say to that so I said I hoped to live up to the example of the senior girls. :/

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[caecilia]

I think you handled it very professionally.

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[anonymouslyyours]

I guess. It just left a bad taste in my mouth because I feel like people like that hardly pick up on subtleties and silence lets them continue thinking their attitude is still largely socially acceptable and defensible or something. This is probably silly but sometimes I feel like letting those people air their opinions unchallenged contributes to other people unfamiliar with the situation or on the fence to conclude the attitude is right or okay.

But I had a similar experience last week with some woman who was bitterly telling me how happy she was to be back from that "god-awful" California where people were hateful and spiteful for the sake of it. And how much she had missed friendly people.

I thought it was kind of weird but carried on a upbeat casual conversation until she started complaining about "those fucking queers" who dared to talk back at her when she had asked them to "behave" in public at which point I (kind of pissily) told her if she had a problem with queers I could find a straight partner to assist her and she spat at me and I got a lecture on not responding to sensitive topics and keeping conversations neutral and vague. :/

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[caecilia]

Well...maybe, but you could have argued with them and still ended up not getting through to them, with a possible bonus of them complaining to your boss and getting you in trouble. They are probably very set in their ways, unfortunately, but I think the simple fact that you're not going to show up at their Church is enough of a statement.

...I typed all of that before I read the second part and you know what? I'm proud of you. Despite everything I said above, that was actually the best thing to say and that is SOME BULLSHIT that she got away with doing that to you. (Angry icon is directed at her, not you). C'mere *hug*

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[anonymouslyyours]

I actually kind of laughed when she spit at me. Mostly out of shock and then mostly because it's *still* so incredibly surreal to be confronted by someone's passion for despising something that has nothing to do with them. Especially when moments before she had actually liked me and then something so insignificant radically distorted her opinion of me.

's okay. After the official lecture I got a hug and a doughnut and my manager said personally he'd rather have funny little two dollar bills like me around then people like her. Thanks though! *hug*

I get your first point, and even agree with it in principle. Doesn't change the fact that it just feels so good to remind people like this they're losing.

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[caecilia]

Aww, well. That's really good! I'm glad it turned out that way.

Re: Random shit that you feel like ranting about

[(Anonymous)]

I get a lot of people approaching me about things like that, since I'm fairly polite and mostly average-looking, so they just assume I'll agree with them. I take pleasure in letting them know that I'm a big ol' queer right before walking away.