Unfiltered Story #241046

(In Costa Rica a not-so-common-anymore insult for homosexuals is telling them they “drop the feather duster”. My mom and I are shopping at a department store when we approach a male cashier to pay.)

Mom: Sir, you appear to have dropped your feather-duster, as they say.
(The cashier glares at her, clearly a mixture of angry and sad.)
Me: (my mom knows I am VERY pro-equal rights so I am suprissed by her behavior) Mom! OH MY GOD!
*I turn to the cashier to apologise profusely but am stopped by a sudden realization…*
… *there was indead a feather-duster on the floor*

The cashier and I laughed when I showed it to him and confirmed he thought my mom was being mean, my mom was incredibly embarassed when she understood our laughter.