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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I had a hostile caller to my workplace about a year ago - not hostile about our business, but she went off on a rant about COVID and blaming politicians.  I stayed silent, and she hated it.  She asked, "Don't you have an opinion?"  I said no, but I wish I had said, "Yes, but you are not entitled to hear it."
gpt
One of the worst parts of day to day of the early pandemic days was just dealing with the fact that it felt like 98% of the population not only had a shit take, but felt like it was their holy mission to shout that shit take everywhere they went.

The one incident I always remember vividly wasn't directly at me, but while I was waiting in line to pay gas. Some guy who was maskless, and was probably waiting all day for anyone to start something but they never did, just went off on the cashier. Cashier didn't do anything more than say 'That'll be $8.47' and the guy started screaming that he had a health condition that made him exempt from wearing a mask, and the cashier couldn't make him wear a mask, and then he stormed out.

The cashier looked at me confused, hoping for an answer, and I just looked just as confused back.