So I get an elderlyish couple through my line this morning. At first they seemed friendly enough, making small talk with me, and one of them comments on how burnt my face looks, and how tired I look.
Me: "Ah yes, I was at (gay) Pride yesterday, haven't had too much sleep, and caught the sun a little"
Old man: "Oh, you're not one of those are you?
Me: "Um, one of what?"
Old man: "I think its disgusting that this store hires people like you, its revolting enough to see so many of you parading yourself around town without having to talk to you people as well"
Me: (also, "you people" all the time - er I don't represent the whole gay community?)
Old man: (now nearly shouting) You homosexuals are despicable, its immoral and against nature and the bible (if you're that much of a Christian why are you shopping on a Sunday?) and I refuse to have your revolting sexual practices shoved in my face (um its one weekend to celebrate the LGBT community, its doing no one any harm)
I was really REALLY angry about this and although I didn't shout at them, I refused to serve them and before I could get a supervisor over, they walked out with the man shouting "We don't want our food to be touched by people with AIDS anyway!"
Jeeez if you really feel like that, moving outta Brighton would be a start..making comments like that when there is around 150000 LGBT people in the city for the festival is just...
Me: "Ah yes, I was at (gay) Pride yesterday, haven't had too much sleep, and caught the sun a little"
Old man: "Oh, you're not one of those are you?
Me: "Um, one of what?"
Old man: "I think its disgusting that this store hires people like you, its revolting enough to see so many of you parading yourself around town without having to talk to you people as well"
Me: (also, "you people" all the time - er I don't represent the whole gay community?)
Old man: (now nearly shouting) You homosexuals are despicable, its immoral and against nature and the bible (if you're that much of a Christian why are you shopping on a Sunday?) and I refuse to have your revolting sexual practices shoved in my face (um its one weekend to celebrate the LGBT community, its doing no one any harm)
I was really REALLY angry about this and although I didn't shout at them, I refused to serve them and before I could get a supervisor over, they walked out with the man shouting "We don't want our food to be touched by people with AIDS anyway!"
Jeeez if you really feel like that, moving outta Brighton would be a start..making comments like that when there is around 150000 LGBT people in the city for the festival is just...
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