[Nate]

Except certain beardy-wierdies, of course.

I'm afraid I'm turning in to a homophobe. I went in to a store yesterday to look at shirts and the shop assistant was a man in his mid-late 30's who checked every single box of stereotype fagness. When I asked his opinion of whether the shirts worked well with the pants I had previously bought, his response was "I think they're hot, but they'd be hotter on you..." I chose not to respond, thinking that he'd get the hint that I wasn't interested. One any level. Whatsoever. But he must have taken that as a signal to move on, even to the point of attempting a conversation with me whilst I was in the change room and standing on his tiptoes to peer over the door at me. (Thank goodness I was still fully dressed at that stage).

In the end, I ignored all his suggestions, bought the shirt I liked and ended up getting out of there as fast as I could with the nagging feeling like I needed a shower to wash the sleaze off. The strange thing is, I can't work out whether he's naturally like that or if he thinks it will actually help make a sale if he's sleazily complementary to the guys that come in.