Being 14 is not an excuse for speaking to me that way.

[EvilEmpryss]

That girl learned only that other people will make excuses for her mistakes rather than making her step up and be held accountable. I foresee a pregnancy precipitated by a drinking binge in her future. "It's not her fault she had sex... she only meant to have a few drinks."

[Pairou]

I'm saving up for an engagement ring for my girl too, and she's trying to get one for me. <3

Seriously, does she reeeally think she's fooling anyone?

[Rugsrat]

That's like my argument with coworkers on racial slurs; technically, 'Cracker' is defined in the dictionary as derogatory, so I could supposedly go-after someone for calling me that the same as if someone used any-other racially-charged word against someone of another ethnicity. But nobody seems to believe me. Glad you taught that kid a valuable lesson!

Sadly, I don't think she learned anything. The only things I said regarding the term was "I resent that".

But yeah, no one really believes they're being bigoted. Everyone else is though, right?

[Exaspera]

Mom: Does this [cheaper] one have a mic?
Me: No. It has a headset, so if you wanted to speak, you'd need the headset on.
SG: That's Happy. So HAPPY.
Me: ... I resent that.

Like this makes so much more sense. :-p

[LillFilly]

That's like my argument with coworkers on racial slurs; technically, 'Cracker' is defined in the dictionary as derogatory, so I could supposedly go-after someone for calling me that the same as if someone used any-other racially-charged word against someone of another ethnicity. But nobody seems to believe me. Glad you taught that kid a valuable lesson!

[Rugsrat]

I pride myself on being pretty unflappable while the customer is around. I'm also openly in a relationship with another woman (whom I love very much and am currently in the process of saving enough for an engagement ring for... ^_^ [but that's not the story])

So, the cast:

SG: Stupid girl, 14 years old.
Mom: her mother
Aunt: Her aunt. (I think.)
Me: Rugsrat!

So, they come to my register asking about 2 different webcams.

Mom: Does this [cheaper] one have a mic?
Me: No. It has a headset, so if you wanted to speak, you'd need the headset on.
SG: That's gay. So GAY.
Me: ... I resent that.

And that's all it took, I didn't even sound particularly upset. Just a flat tone and continued on as normal. Mom and aunt start tripping over themselves to make me feel less offended. Now, honestly, I wasn't THAT offended by the "gay" thing, I hear it way too often. But I'd had a LONG day and just wasn't ready to take it anymore. But here's the part that actually offended me:

Mom: She's just 14, you know how kids are... But thanks for teaching her it's not ok to talk like that.
Aunt: She didn't mean anything by it. She's just 14!

And then the SG had the audacity to say:

SG: Gay means happy, that's all.

Riiiiiiight. Like you were so happy about the cheap camera not having a built-in mic. So happy you had to sarcastically bitch about it and deride a large percentage of the population.

Now, thinking back on it, I would have LIKED to have chewed them both out for not caring until I said something, but I like my job well enough (In that I HAVE a job) to not press the issue. As it stood, I just finished the transaction like normal, even managed to wish them a good evening.

But I'm still irritated.

In short: I don't give a shit how old your spawn is. You don't talk that way while I'm around and on a short fuse.

And your guardians shouldn't be making excuses with one hand, while agreeing with me. Pick one. Be a bigoted jerk, or don't be. Hypocrisy is worse than either.

I'm gonna just hop down from this soapbox now... Rant's over.