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You can’t expound on Dan’s cute giggly personality and how kind he is and wonderful and in the same breath boil Arin down to the parts of him that can get annoying. Dan has a lot of problems, too. Dan is full of fucking faults and to pretend he isn’t is bullshit.

It’s the exact thing that Dan has even spoken out against.

Don’t applaud Arin for making grumps just because he brought you Dan.

Experience 1: 

Young boy prefers one long sleeve shirt over the other; they’re both black and say Carolina Hurricanes in a different font. Mom says: “isn’t that one for girls? it looks kind of girly.” “No, most things in this section are unisex”. She looks to her son, “Are you sure you like this one better?”. He answers yes. They go to check out or at least so I think, but the mom ends up coming back a few minutes later to grab the other shirt, “I just think that other one is too girly.” Of course all I can do is just smile and nod.

Experience 2:

Boy really wants a Hockey Fights Cancer hat which is a lavender shade of purple. Boy’s father immediately refuses loudly, “No, son, that hat is for girls; it’s purple, look at it.” I barge in, “Actually sir, that hat is for Hockey Fights Cancer event which is going on through the entire NHL this month. All of our players wear those hats as well as players on the other teams.” Boy’s father continues to make a face, “Ehhhhh, I don’t know. If it wasn’t purple it’d be fine. It’s just too bright and girly.” Once again, I can’t really say anything more.

On the flip side, I’ve also had many young girls who have their parents/family try to coerce them into getting a pink jersey when they want a red one like the players. Usually the girls win out, but it depends. Some parents will refuse to get anything but the pink.

coming towards me like a horror movie villain at .2 miles per hour on the conveyor belt

and then i have to keep a straight face while this motherfucker stares into my soul