Post by jetsetwilly on Mar 7, 2008 14:09:32 GMT
We have a man who does some work for our company, and who I've spoken to over the phone for a couple of years. We get on in a sort of pally-jokey way, but we're not bezzie mates or anything.
I spoke to him today, and he'd visited a hairdresser on our behalf and he was talking about him. He said, "You know the guy's married? Which is weird because he talks like a queer."
I sort of didn't process what he said, and he just carried on, but now I feel all awkward for (a) not realising he was casually homophobic and (b) not berating him and beating him about the head with my sexual preferences. The question is: should I bring it up next time I talk to him, or wait for him to say something phobic again and then berate him, or just ignore it and feel uncomfortable and slightly tense next time he goes to a hairdresser?
I spoke to him today, and he'd visited a hairdresser on our behalf and he was talking about him. He said, "You know the guy's married? Which is weird because he talks like a queer."
I sort of didn't process what he said, and he just carried on, but now I feel all awkward for (a) not realising he was casually homophobic and (b) not berating him and beating him about the head with my sexual preferences. The question is: should I bring it up next time I talk to him, or wait for him to say something phobic again and then berate him, or just ignore it and feel uncomfortable and slightly tense next time he goes to a hairdresser?
