The Joy of Renting
Apr. 15th, 2004 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdProspective tenant 1 says, "How's reception up here, anyway?"
Prospective tenant 2 says, "It's good - mine's going strong."
Solarbird starts to say at the same time, "It's spotty - depends upon your company" but is interrupted.
Prospective tenant 1 says, "Mine's sucking - my cell phone company is so gay."
Solarbird interjects, "HI, I'M A DYKE. Using gay as a pejorative? Kinda dumb."
Prospective tenant 1 "Oh, wow, sorry, I totally didn't mean that."
Prospective tenant 2 says, "It's good - mine's going strong."
Solarbird starts to say at the same time, "It's spotty - depends upon your company" but is interrupted.
Prospective tenant 1 says, "Mine's sucking - my cell phone company is so gay."
Solarbird interjects, "HI, I'M A DYKE. Using gay as a pejorative? Kinda dumb."
Prospective tenant 1
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Date: 2004-04-16 10:41 am (UTC)Alternatively, you could say, "That's interesting that you find this a happy thing. Why is that?" Reinforce the "happy" meaning.
Another alternative, you could say "No, I think it's more of a human thing, not just one group."
(Or, I could be way off base. Anyone?)
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Date: 2004-04-17 10:57 pm (UTC)<giggles> My school had a local insult: That's so Jake.
And yeah, Jake was just this guy at school. Another student, even. Long gone, too - but his reputation survived him.