Yup. That happened just about 45 minutes ago... or maybe about an hour ago. Anyways, I decided to get a tea at Tim Hortons and behold a group of teens where sitting there. One of the teens I work with and his work ethic is poor, his mouth is big and I have heard romours he is a spoiled brat. Which makes sense given the two jobs I worked at where he was there (current and former) he only got them because his parents are close to the owners. The others already knew who I was, i am a baker at the lone grocery store in Petawawa (or the only grocery store with a bakery) , and there we give one free cookie to kids. Now, sometimes teens ask for one and with the expcetion of one of the baker people i work with we are quite passive and will give one out to most people. Tongiht, a group of three teen age boys came to the bakery. While two of them were ok enough there was one acting stupid. Really stupid. He was talking in a nerd voice saying very child-ish things. Folks, I dont know if it is the Estrogen or just connecting to that inner woman more and more but I am finding I cant deal with stupid like I used to. So i gave him the unimpressed look and told him dont do that again, then as i was about to give his friend a cookie he tried to lunge his hand into the cookie holder. Naturally, I was pi$$ed and I didnt give him a cookie. So i gave his other friend a cookie (which he tried to take) and told them to have a good night. The annoying kid then started to whine and I told him that no I dont appreciate rude and childish kids who act stupid. The three boys got kicked out for making other trouble in the store shortly later.
Tonight I decided to go to Tim Hortons for a Chammomile tea as it helps me sleep. I saw the boys there aswell. I walked in and i heard laughter, you know, that insulting ''look at the freak show'' mocking laughter. Well that same boy who didnt get a cookie decided to mock me for being feminine/trans. And he did it in such a way that annoyed me. So, needless to say I didnt care if he had 4 other friends with him I let him have it... and said things that will probably get me smitted. needless to say this kid, who seemed to have a lot to say towards me before became speechless and didnt say a word to me again. I have little time for bs.
My question I thought 15 year olds were more smarter and open minded these days then when I was even growing up. Naturally I would try to ignore but I just couldnt today and in truth, I havent been mocked for being trans in a loooong time. In one way i guess I am good off since they didnt decided to jump me or anything, granted some of them were the size I was when I was 11 but still 5 agaisnt one are not good numbers in any stage especially objects like helmets and such.
How do you handle these situations?
