If you are over the age of 2, and definitely if you are over the age of 60, you don’t get to make fun of people.

Tonight I sat a party of the older gentlemen who pronounced their happiness over finally eating with us.

About 60 minutes into their meal I checked in with their server to see if they were happy.

She said they were but that they had been unrelenting with jokes about her name. Constant.

I’m sure they thought it was in good fun. But it is not a mutual power dynamic.

She has no idea how you will respond if she says something, or gets me involved. In some restaurants the manager may take their side. I’ve seen servers fired for less. You may not tip her. May leave a bad review. You might make up false allegations.

I’ve seen all of these thing happen.

All because grown ass men are treating people like children.

So the moral of the story is: leave the teasing to people you know. And absolutely don’t tease people about their appearance, name, sexuality, etc.

It’s not fucking cool.