Gaby K.
Yelp
I WISH I was joking about the experience i'm about to write about because what even
Let me start off by saying I got a small vanilla soft serve with rainbow sprinkles. Delicious! No complaints there.
To set the scene, I was wearing eyeliner, a dark red lip, and dark casual clothes. I had a rose quartz, a hematite, an amethyst, and black tourmaline beaded crystal bracelets. Unfortunately, this is important.
We walk in at like 10pm a few days ago, and the lady at the register starts asking me questions. "Are you goth?" I wouldn't consider myself that, no. "But you are spiritual right?" I said oh yeah I am! how did you know? and she tells me it's because i'm wearing "spiritual bracelets", which was a few different types of crystal beaded bracelets as I mentioned earlier, one of which had a small pentagram charm. Then she asks "so you believe in god right?", to which I reply "oh, no I don't believe in any god actually!"
Mind you, the conversation has been very friendly so far and I love hearing about people's beliefs. Then she tells me "so you are not spiritual. If you are spiritual, then you have to believe in god". Now, I know this is not true because spiritually covers an extremely vast array of beliefs; my spirituality can very easily be different than my also spiritual neighbor's beliefs. After telling her no I don't believe in any gods, she says "if you don't believe in god, then you believe in the devil." At this point, I really want to leave because obviously this conversation doesn't involve me being heard, but SHE IS HOLDING MY BOYFRIEND'S CREDIT CARD STILL!! I tell her no, I don't believe in any of that, I have my own set of beliefs. Then she tells me that I don't know about what i'm wearing because I have a "jewish star" on my bracelets. My boyfriend chimes in and corrects her and tells her that it's a pentagram on my bracelet, the star of David has 6 points.
It's not over yet. Then she tells me that ALL spiritual people believe in a higher being and that includes the universe. And I, trying to avoid confrontation and trying to steer this conversation so I am less uncomfortable, say "oh yeah I believe in stuff like the universe", and she says "SO you believe in god because the universe is a higher being and is god". Then she says that she's not religious but she is spiritual... and no, I didn't ask
At this point, my social anxiety is through the roof, my patience is low, and my boyfriend finally has his credit card in hand again. I say "you know what, I will look into that". You think it's done, but no. She has to have the last comment and say "yeah because you can't go around wearing stuff if you don't know what it means girl!"
Like.... absolutely unreal experience I cannot make this up. Keep your "spiritual bracelets" and dark red lipstick at home before coming here