Post #4051990

2026-07-24 01:36 UTC

For months, these two old, white codgers have been making our staff uncomfortable, making misogynistic, racist and homophobic comments and "jokes", either directly to staff or within earshot. Majority of our staff are female, female-presenting, trans or queer.

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@nihilistnomya@aus.social 2026-07-24 01:36

It started with one member of staff. When she told us what happened, we told her to get someone else to serve them if she didn't feel comfortable. Over time, the only ones who felt ok serving them were the two cis-het men. One was my husband, and the other was a young casual staffer.

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@LyallMorrison@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-24 03:22

@nihilistnomya@aus.social well done for sticking up for your staff!

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@sashin@veganism.social 2026-07-24 02:29

@nihilistnomya@aus.social I feel like there was a good chance they made other customers uncomfortable as well.

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@catdad@ohai.social 2026-07-24 11:46

@nihilistnomya@aus.social It's not that folk are easily offended, but that bigots of any stripe are so easily offensive.

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@epicdemiologist@wandering.shop 2026-07-24 11:48

@nihilistnomya@aus.social Anyone can make a joke (or a "joke") that fails to land. But most of us can tell the difference between "we're all laughing" and "I'm laughing, they look upset." Further, most of us are aware of the power differential--people on the job aren't free to just walk away if they don't like what a customer's saying. You don't have to understand what wasn't funny to perceive that it wasn't funny.

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