LightPhoenix rants about work...

[LightPhoenix]

So as of right now I'm a Sales Associate at Sears, in electronics. Not a particularly difficult job, except that my feet always ache at the end of the day.

Today though, I had this woman come in with her daughter-in-law and her grandson. Now, I'm talking with them, and the daughter-in-law must have used the word "gay" at least five times in a derogatory way, and I really just wanted to slap her silly. I know not everyone has the same beliefs as I do, nor was everyone fortunate enough to be brought up by parents who strongly believed in tolerance, if not acceptance. However, the fact that "gay" has come to be a derogatory word, let alone one that can be applied to TV stands, just disgusts me.

Luckily I showed some restraint, and took great pleasure in the fact that her kid was screaming at the top of his lungs from the moment they walked in the department.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

This is something that really gets under my skin also.

 

[Tewligan]

Today though, I had this woman come in with her daughter-in-law and her grandson. Now, I'm talking with them, and the daughter-in-law must have used the word "gay" at least five times in a derogatory way, and I really just wanted to slap her silly. I know not everyone has the same beliefs as I do, nor was everyone fortunate enough to be brought up by parents who strongly believed in tolerance, if not acceptance. However, the fact that "gay" has come to be a derogatory word, let alone one that can be applied to TV stands, just disgusts me.

Yeah, I find that kind of annoying too. However, you can comfort yourself somewhat with two things:

1)If someone's using it to describe a TV stand, there's hardly any connection between how they're using it and what it actually means.

2)The person is a mouth-breathing hick retard, and you can take a certain smug satisfaction in knowing that you aren't as stupid as she is.

 

[Rokonin]

This really makes me mad, as well. I'm in high school, and it is used so much that I have to walk away some times, to keep myself from screaming. That, or I just mock them saying, 'Yeah, that chair really likes other male chairs...'

 

[Welverin]

1)If someone's using it to describe a TV stand, there's hardly any connection between how they're using it and what it actually means.

Yeah! When has a tv stand ever been happy anyway?

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Being angry because "gay" is used as a derogatory term is just about as silly as getting upset because "gay" now means "homosexual" rather than "happy." The various uses of the words have evolved.