I’ll add a trigger warning at the start here for sexual harassment, because regardless of how small it may seem to some (for instance, just verbal and nothing physical happened), others may get too uncomfortable reading anything about it and those people deserve respect. And to those people, you are seen and your feelings will always be valid! And it will not hurt my feelings if you scroll past; there’s a TLDR at the end to sum up my thoughts without too much, if any, triggering language!
I’ve been trying to save my account here specifically for art commissions from here on out, but this is something I can’t stay quiet about especially because it happened to someone close to me.
My best friend works in a sex store, he’s worked in them for years now and he’s very much aware of how some people can act in these stores. But that does NOT disregard any of the trauma he’s been through. He’s such a fucking strong person for working in that setting knowing what he’s been through and I respect the hell out of him for it.
This goes out to the piece of that told my best friend he has a very smackable ass during his exit from the store after making a purchase;
Enjoy the ban to come; whether or not you made physical contact, saying that to someone is A FORM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT REGARDLESS OF A PERSON’S GENDER. I’ve been roommates with my best friend now for over a year and I have pretty good knowledge on how things operate in these situations.
The cameras have audio for the purpose of catching these kinds of interactions, and because that comment not only counts as sexual harassment, but also made him HELLA fucking uncomfortable, he has every right to file an incident report, meaning you’ll get banned, your picture put in a big ass binder full of other dumb fucks who have done this shit or stolen from the store, and your face memorized by the employees who will tell you to leave if you enter the store and call the police if you choose not to comply. So I hope it was fucking worth it.
TLDR; just because a person works in a sex shop does NOT give you the right to say whatever the fuck you want to them because they can and will ban you if ANY of them are made to feel uncomfortable and/or unsafe with you in the store.
Also for my friend’s safety I’m not going to say which specific company store this took place at.











