Trying To Make You Abort Your Speech
I work in a children’s toy store that specializes in stuffed animals. I am checking out a guest after having had nothing but a polite and fun interaction with them.
Me: “All right, it’s just gonna prompt for a donation on the PIN pad first!”
Guest: “What does it go to?”
I launch into my well-rehearsed speech about our current campaign.
Me: “[Foundation] donates to—”
Guest: *Interrupting* “Because if it’s going to any abortion clinics, I don’t want to donate.”
I’m temporarily caught off-guard by this. Again, I work in a children’s store. There are at least four HUGE children’s charity groups I can think of right now that I would like to assume come to mind first. I have also not had any problems with the guest leading up to this to indicate this might be a problem.
I am sputtering and trying not to agree with them, while also not making any statements on behalf of [Store].
Me: “Well, they donate through [list of well-known charity groups], as well as local charities. They also donate upwards of [amount of product] each year—”
Guest: “I just don’t want my money going to anything like that. You never know these days.”
They donated $3.