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God, got a doozy of a sucktomer today. Some woman came up to my cashier with tons of groceries and -- of course! -- her own very specific methodology of ringing them in and bagging them. She was obviously surly and frazzled before she even got up to our register, but that does not excuse how she treated me, yelling at me for just trying to help, then dismissing me and telling me to work on another register because, and I quote, "I have to deal with You People every day!" 
She then accused me of having Asperger's (which I have not been officially diagnosed with, but it wouldn't surprise me if I had a mild case of), and when I heard the You People phrase, my face just dropped, and I said back to her, "What do you mean, 'You People'...?" before storming off the register to let her sink or swim on her own. One of my managers came by shortly thereafter when she heard of how I was treated to ascertain if I was okay, and I was more annoyed than offended, but I know many co-workers and former co-workers with developmental disabilities, and I was authentically shocked to hear someone so callously refer to those with autism.
I'm still seething about this, hours later...
She then accused me of having Asperger's (which I have not been officially diagnosed with, but it wouldn't surprise me if I had a mild case of), and when I heard the You People phrase, my face just dropped, and I said back to her, "What do you mean, 'You People'...?" before storming off the register to let her sink or swim on her own. One of my managers came by shortly thereafter when she heard of how I was treated to ascertain if I was okay, and I was more annoyed than offended, but I know many co-workers and former co-workers with developmental disabilities, and I was authentically shocked to hear someone so callously refer to those with autism. I'm still seething about this, hours later...
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