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So, today at IHOP I got my first confrontation over my lip piercing. ^_^ I'm pretty excited about it. This guy sitting a table away from Arielle and I randomly asks what our majors are and what we intend to do when we grow up. We answered, thinking he was just being friendly, if a bit forward. Then he walks over and puts down a slip of paper with this written on it:

START
$46500
TOP SALARY
$95,000
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Facilities Management
[unreadable] LLC

And says: "This is how much money you could be making if you worked for me, but if you walked in with that thing [indicates my lip ring] hanging out of your mouth, no matter how qualified you are I wouldn't hire you. Just so you know.". He then walks back to his table and sits down.

I was somewhat amused at this unprovoked moral outburst, as was Arielle. Arielle was facing away from him but I was facing toward him, so I imagine my looks of amusement directed at Arielle were too visible to him, prompting him to say "You think that's funny or something?".

"Well, yes, actually I do." I responded, trying to be as polite as possible while still speaking my mind.

"You see that car out there?" he points to his car, apparently some sort of expensive car, a Mustang I guess. "If you worked for me you could have a car like that."

I next attempted to explain: "I've been making more than that [indicating slip] for the past two summers at a job where they really don't care about--"

"I've raised five kids of my own and not one of them would ever be seen with one of those hanging out of their mouth."

"Well, I'll keep that in mind" I said, deciding not to provoke him further. He paid and left soon after.