Homosexuals shouldn't work foodservice

[PuckishOne]

homosexually prepared pizza

Okay, I have to admit that this phrase made me laugh.

Lackwit, I do hope you're right and this was a prank call, but skeptic53 has a very good point - there are an alarming number of Tinfoil Hat Nutjobs who are convinced of things like disease-spreading pizzas and the like.

Good on you for being able to laugh it off, though - sometimes being the bigger person is mildly amusing (a bonus!).

[Kiwi]

I'm... floored. There's no words for how rude he was to you.

ditto

[LdyJedi]

Wow... just... wow. You know, I hope it WAS a prank, but, sad to say, there really are that many b*stards in this world.

[Spiffy McMoron]

(Yes, Lackwit, I read the part where you said that you weren't gay-I'm just humouring him)

Er...oops. I stand corrected, and I will attempt to never read the boards with my eyes closed.

[Bliss]

in new york gloves are not even required for making pizza because the oven kills everything except mad cow disease, which you don't get from someone's hands

That's because mad cow disease doesn't actually come from a virus or bacteria or living organism, but from a malformed protein chain. Which not beign a live entity is not killed by the high heat.

Well, actually your eyes can be a point of transmission for the AIDS virus, but it's a rare occurrance.

Still you're quoting forms of direct contact. AIDS has, AFAIK (not an expert) a pretty short out-of-body lifespan (I wonder why donated blood conserves aids healthy though, possibly for the reason that the blood itself is carefully conserved to keep it viable)

[ArenaBoy]

I can't believe that people like him are allowed to run around unchained.

[Imogene]

I just remembered some extremely homophobic events that came, from all places, my time at Chesterfield. You know? I just realised exactly how many homophobic coworkers (most management) I ever had when I worked there, and then I realize that the greater majority of my coworkers there knew that I'm not straight, I have a boyfriend (and a girlfriend, both of whom live in Texas) don't consider myself to have a gender, and so on down my list of secrets.

Anyway:
Just before How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days came out, we had it on trailer ring at the store. My coworker (who we all called 'Moron' when we were discussing him) asked me, out of the blue: "So, do you think Kate Hudson's hawt?"
M: "No, not really..." *thrown off by him taking an interest in my thoughts*
Moron: "Well, what about Matthew McConaughey?"
M: "I'd never thought about it before, but yes, I'd say he's 'hawt'."
Moron backpedalled so quickly he tripped over his own feet, and consequently stopped asking me anything, really. Which worked for me, I never did realy like him. He spent his free time at work practicing his golf swing.

Another time, I was helping Racist AM finish up some display or other near the front door, and I was pissed about something (I forget what at this point). Racist tells me "Lighten up, Juwl."
So, I grin and turn toward him, my arms spread wide for a hug.
He jumps away from me, and I suppose I should point out I was standing, but he was kneeling and was roughly at crotch height for me. "What the hell was that?"
"I was gonna hug you."
"Oh, I thought you were going to punch me."
I spend a few moments swapping between my 'I'm ready to glomp someone' pose and my 'I'm ready to get into the slap fight of my life' pose (note: they look nothing alike) and shrug it off until I realise he knew exactly what I was motioning to do.

Everyone remembers my saga about Goth AM, right?
I forget what got us talking about it, but one night, we were working together, and I asked him, point blank, "So, do you think it should be alright for gays to marry?"
He spent a moment hemming and hawwing, and then said, "Well, I do believe in the common law thing, and it's not really my business what two adults do in their bedroom... *bullshit about his 'hard core' band, which has a gay drummer (which he absolutely HAD to tell me, so he'd know I knew he was okay with gays)*"
Anyway, a few days later, I heard from TK that he had overheard (not by choice) Goth talking on the phone to his supposedly gay drummer, who was having relationship problems. And as soon as TK told me this little story, we both looked at each other, and I said," And we both know he only helped his drummer in front of you so the story would get back to me that Goth is okay with 'the gay'. It's so cunning and masterful a plan that I may just have to believe he actually thought I was that stupid."
Not to mention I realised at that point that Goth never directly answered my question.

[KuzcoLlama]

(I wonder why donated blood conserves aids healthy though, possibly for the reason that the blood itself is carefully conserved to keep it viable)

The reason blood conserves AIDS well is because simply, the virus thrives within blood. It feeds on certain blood cells to survive and multiply.

[Tria]

Now, so what? If your belief system finds that truly disgusting, that's going to offend you. But doesn't your belief system also speak against alcoholism and violence? Why aren't you out waging the 'family first' war on guys who beat up their spouses and kids?

Because it's okay to "correct" your wife and kids. Man is head of household.... Haven't you ever opened Leviticus or Deauteronomy? Now if you don't mind, I have to put on clothes with mixed fibers and eat a bacon cheeseburger. </sarcasm>

[AFpheonix]

The reason blood conserves AIDS well is because simply, the virus thrives within blood. It feeds on certain blood cells to survive and multiply.

Viruses are not technically alive, so no, HIV doesn't "feed" on cells per se. However, it does co-opt the replicative ability of certain lymphocytes, killing them after the virus has replicated itself many times. This is why immune response in hiv+ people go down, because the target cells for HIV are white blood cells that mediate immune response.

[Gypsy-Rose]

Oh what fun one could have had with this one!

"Guy: And the guy working was a homosexual."
"(Gasp) Really Darhling? DO tell me all about him! Was he cute? Single? Married! Oh MY it is getting HOT in here! Please don't keep me guessing, where is this hunk?"

Lol, oh my, I am sorry, I know it shouldn't be a laughing matter, and if I had answered the phone, I would have blown up at this guy, however, my friends would have probably proceeded with the converation above.

Alot of my friends are gay, and let me tell you, I couldn't have had any better friends then these guys were. There was ignorance over this issue when I was a kid, and sadly, there still is today. You handled it well, in fact, much better then I.

As for telling if someone is gay or not,..personally, only once did someone confuse me and to this day, I can't figure him out...lol, but usually, I do know, and truthfully, it matters not to me. Afterall, it is your life, and if your happy, then run with it. This world is already messed up, and we all deserve what happiness we can have. As for people like that idiot..sadly, there always will be idiots like him.

[friendofjimmyk]

People's irrational fears astound me. This reminds me of the time I was trying to sell a pair of binoculars to a customer and she asked me if I could open a new pair for her to look through instead of the display pair because, according to her, AIDS could be transmitted from eye to eye contact. Last time I checked eye boogers couldn't transmit AIDS any more than nose mucous.

OH MY GOD! I HAVE TO CANCEL MY EYE EXAM!

[Lackwit]

"Guy: And the guy working was a homosexual."
"(Gasp) Really Darhling? DO tell me all about him! Was he cute? Single? Married! Oh MY it is getting HOT in here! Please don't keep me guessing, where is this hunk?"

Oh, I should've! Damn! I wish I could think on my feet.

I was talking to my co-manager J about the whole situation, and she mentioned that some customer (40's-ish, "redneck" type) she had waited on had mentioned that he always ends up getting served by the "gay guy who always answers the phone," who would be me, I guess. She said he wasn't mean or angry about it or anything, it just came up in conversation, so I don't know if there's a connection.

[friendofjimmyk]

He said it's an extremely rare occurance, but mostly because the hospital personnel take such major precautions now.

Well, what I am thinking, and correct me if I am wrong, but the fluids you are talking about, blood, urine, bile - yes, if it gets in your eyes, then quite possibly you can become infected. However, if you are using a pair of binoculars and you have HIV, and you hand the binoculars over to another person to use, your eyes can not leave the AIDS virus on the lenses. Now, if you have AIDS and you puke or bleed on the binoculars, and then hand them to your friend, you're not only gross but probably transmitting the disease that way.

OT: Funny story that relates to this. When I was a little girl (I was born in the time BEFORE AIDS! B.A.?) Anyway, when the virus first hit the streets, if you will, I was between the ages of 6 - 9. Upon first hearing of the AIDS (which was first called GRIDS) my younger brother and I freaked out and thought we could get it ANYWHERE! (we were also deathly afraid of a nuclear war, so then AIDS comes along and we were like "Great, we're all gonna die, mom!" such dramatic kids we were) My mom assured me that AIDS is transmitted only through sexual contact and dirty needles. Well, I wasn't having sex, but the needles thing worried me!

I got a splinter one day and it was pretty deep. I went to my father for help. He couldn't get it with the tweezers, so he went to mom's sewing kit for a needle. I freaked out! "NO! NO! I don't want AIDS!" I wouldn't let him get the splinter because he was using a "dirty needle"! He laughed and tried to explain to me that was not the type of needle my mom was talking about. I wouldn't hear it! So, he had to bust out a lighter to "sterilize" the needle by heating the end, then let it cool and I was convinced it was "clean" then!

[officegirl]

Now, so what? If your belief system finds that truly disgusting, that's going to offend you. But doesn't your belief system also speak against alcoholism and violence? Why aren't you out waging the 'family first' war on guys who beat up their spouses and kids?

This is one of my exact arguements! These people who are "offended" by homosexuality put so much effort into letting it be known they think it is "wrong." They spend their precious time protesting against rights for gays when there are more important issues at hand. People die everyday from violence and medical conditions. Just think, if people put as much effort into helping raise money to find a cure for breast cancer or diabetes instead of protesting something that doesn't harm anyone unless they let it harm them, maybe we would be closer to finding cures or we would actually have found one already. If nothing else, this is what makes my blood boil most of all- they'd rather fight to bring down another human being than fight to help another human being. Sort of contradicting themselves, are they not??