When They’re Not Pro Pronoun, Part 3
Our coffee place is doing a special drink for Pride Month. It comes in a rainbow cup and has rainbow sprinkles topped over whipped cream. Of course, it doesn’t take long before this simple act offends someone to their very core.
Customer: “Ugh. Am I going to have to go another coffee place until this gay bull-s*** is over?”
Manager: “I don’t know, are you?”
Customer: “What’s next? All of you are going to demand being called by your—” *adopts a mocking tone* “—preferred pronouns?”
Manager: “It’s just pronouns. People’s pronouns are what they are, they’re not a preference or a suggestion.”
Customer: “So you don’t believe in any of that t***ny s***?”
Manager: “I believe that a trans woman is a woman, and a trans man is a man.”
Customer: “So you are one of those “preferred pronoun” creeps. I don’t want my coffee from you!”
Manager: “As you wish, ma’am.”
Customer: “I’m a man! It’s sir!”
Manager: “Maybe you should just leave, ma’am.”
Customer: “You think you’re being smart, don’t you?! I was born a man, and you can see that I’m a man! You’re just being stupid to make a point! It’s p***ing me off!”
Manager: “So you’re saying that being called a pronoun that doesn’t reflect your identity offends you?”
Customer: *Angrily rebutting too quickly.* “No! You making a point does!” *Storms out.*
My manager just looks at me and shrugs.
Me: “I can’t tell if he agreed with you just now or not.”
Manager: “Yeah, she seemed a little confused…”
Related:
When They’re Not Pro Pronoun, Part 2
When They’re Not Pro Pronoun
