Can’t Kiss Them Goodbye
RIGHT | APRIL 30, 2016
(I’m a woman at a store with my girlfriend. While we’re giving each other the occasional kiss, it’s nothing too obnoxious. Another customer sees us and storms over.)
Customer: “I don’t care what you two [slurs] do at home, but this is being out in public. There could be kids here!”
Me: “Sir, we’re not doing anything remotely wrong.”
Customer: “Keep saying that, [slur]! I’ll get you kicked out!”
Girlfriend: “What’s your problem? We haven’t done anything to you!”
Customer: “You f****s are all the same. First you demand equality, then you attack us, then you cry out when we retaliate. You all should be rounded up and killed!”
Me: “Uhm, sir, all we’ve done is kiss. If that’s so offensive, then you can leave.”
Customer: “F*** you, you f**** [slur]! Go to h***!”
(We run and get an employee, who calls a manager over. We tell him what happened, and the customer comes over.)
Customer: “You! Manager! I demand you remove these two [slurs] at once!”
Manager: “No. They have done nothing disruptive. You, however, need to get out.”
Customer: “What?! But I’m straight! These two f***s are gonna terrorize this place! You have to kick them out!”
Manager: “Get out before I call security.”
Customer: “If you won’t kick them out, I will!”
(The customer lunges for me and my girlfriend. The employee suddenly grabs his collar and yanks him away from us. The manager starts calling security over while the guy keeps screaming at us.)
Customer: “YOU TWO [slurs] SHOULD BE KILLED! BEHEADED!”
Manager: “Please quiet down; there are kids in the store.” *he turns to me and my girlfriend* “Are you two okay?”
Me: “Yeah, we’re both fine.”
(Security arrived and tried to drag him out. He kept trying to get us, eventually turning to the officers. The police were called, and the manager took us to his office to wait. The police showed up soon after. We gave our statements, and then watched the guy get arrested. Apparently he’d assaulted other people, and threatened to kill ‘those f***s’ several times.)
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