Using Alternative Words
Me: “Can I get you anything?”
Customer: “No, thank you. I was wondering, though, why are there so many alternative couples in here?”
Me: “Alternative?”
Customer: “Well, gay. I don’t like using that word though because it normalises the perverse.”
Me: “I see… Well, this is a gay bar, so that’s why there are so many gay couples.”
Customer: “Oh, an alternative bar! How interesting. Are you alternative?”
Me: “Yes, I’m gay.”
Customer: “How interesting!”
(Other than referring to anything gay as “alternative” she seemed quite pleased with everything and spent most of the evening with us.)
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