As an autistic, I genuinely wouldn’t know and a customer telling me “boy toy” would’ve meant literally nothing to me. Nothing political or whatever, I honestly would very awkwardly be like “can you please let me know which one of the given options you consider that to be?” or I would panic and ask a coworker to take over that particular customer.
What I mean to say is, trying to proselytize isn’t the only option of how this kind of a scenario could be happening
Though in your situation i would assume you just figured that out after the first one or two customers asking for it this way, since that sort of (subconscious) thinking is still fairly prevalent.
I totally understand wanting to help promote a more differentiated thinking when it comes to gender norms, but i am also quite sure fast food customers are not a very receptive audience.
Same as retail/CS workers just wanting to do their job, not get chatted up/hit on/etc., the customers just want their food.
As an autistic, I genuinely wouldn’t know and a customer telling me “boy toy” would’ve meant literally nothing to me. Nothing political or whatever, I honestly would very awkwardly be like “can you please let me know which one of the given options you consider that to be?” or I would panic and ask a coworker to take over that particular customer.
What I mean to say is, trying to proselytize isn’t the only option of how this kind of a scenario could be happening
Fair enough, i hadnt considered that.
Though in your situation i would assume you just figured that out after the first one or two customers asking for it this way, since that sort of (subconscious) thinking is still fairly prevalent.
I totally understand wanting to help promote a more differentiated thinking when it comes to gender norms, but i am also quite sure fast food customers are not a very receptive audience. Same as retail/CS workers just wanting to do their job, not get chatted up/hit on/etc., the customers just want their food.