I was at lunch the other day with a friend. When I first walked into the restraunt, I saw a lady who appeared to be a transsexual or transgender person. My friend is certainly not what you would call tolerant. He frequently uses expressions that could be considered rude and offensive. I got there first so I sat where I was looking towards this TS lady. He sat with his back to her. I was pleased to see that the staff at the restraunt seem to treat her like any other customer. And I didn't notice any negative responses from the other customers. When she got ready to leave she happened to walk right behind me. My friend immediately sat back in his chair and got this "I hate you and I want to kick your ass" look on his face. If looks could kill, she would have been dead. I started to sense that he might actually do something stupid so I tried to draw his attention away by repeatedly calling his name and asking him the same question and he finally turned attention toward me and away from her. She left but he turned one more time to look at her. He shook his head in disgust and continued our previous conversation like nothing happened. He never said anything about her.
This guy is really a pretty nice guy for the most part and he has been a friend of mine for at least 30 years. I just can't understand that level of hatred to someone who has never done anything to hurt you. I wonder how he would react if he found out about me? We probably wouldn't be eating lunch together anymore.