I went into town this morning to run some errands. Stopping at the grocery store was at the top of the list. It’s Babbs’ 75th anniversary, and the place was packed. It was worth dealing with the wall-to-wall crowd, though, because their produce is really nice (e.g. beautiful green peppers that were grown locally for 50¢ each–mmmmmm).
There were long lines at each of the check-outs, so I had a bit of a wait. The old guy in front of me was chatting with a friend about how it sucked to be 80 years old. He just can’t do the things he could when he was 70. They commiserated for awhile, then, when the old guy’s turn came, he started bantering with the cashier, who must’ve been 16 but looked more like 13. The old guy hassled her about this and that, but she didn’t take any shit from him. Good for her! As he was loading up his things and she began checking my items, she told me to feel free to run over him with my cart. I said I was seriously considering it. He turned around and said, “God gave women such beautiful bodies, with pretty hair and eyes and all those curves. And then he had to go and ruin it by putting a mouth on you.” Hivemindy! I was thinking just the same thing about offensive, dirty old men!
Yaknow, I don’t know which is worse, men who think they have a God-given right to leer at women (or, worse, under-age girls!) or men who exert their white male privilege in order to put uppity girls in their places. Lucky me, I didn’t have to choose, because this asshole was a two-fer!
red paper boat 