Unfiltered Story #418448

I’m in line at a fast food restaurant. The cashier appears to be transitioning or recently transitioned from male to female, and the man in front of me takes issue with that. He turns to me with a scowl.

Man: (loud enough for the entire restaurant to hear) “Can you believe it? F***ing (anti-LGBTQ slur) shouldn’t be anywhere near my food.”

Me: “Why? Do you think they’re going to serve it to you using their genitals?”

Man: “What the f*ck, dude? You support (same anti-LGBTQ slur)?”

Me: “All I care about is that they follow all food safety guidelines. Anything else is their own life, and if they want to live their best life, more power to them.”

The man starts glaring at everyone in the room, trying to find someone on his side. When it’s clear nobody else is going to support him, he screams at the top of his lungs.

Man: “F***ING (SLUR AGAINST MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE), SUPPORTING F***ING (ANTI-LGBT SLUR)! YOU’LL ALL ROT IN HELL!”

As the man storms out the door, the customer behind me – a younger man – calls out with a tone of voice commonly stereotyped as a feature of gay men.

Younger Man: “Honey, the food here is FABULOUS! If this is Hell, you can sign me up right now!”

Nothing more was said or done after the homophobic man stormed out, but my small onion rings and fountain drink were mysteriously upgraded to a larger size with no additional charge.