Author's Note: This story contains racist and bigoted ideology and use of the "N" word with a hard R in a derogatory way. Please also view the tags as this story has themes of non-consent, forced homoeroticism, toilet slavery and anal/oral play. Feel free to skip reading this story if any of these themes offend or disgust you in any way. Everyone else, enjoy!
Helen Campbell was tired. She was tired of her job, tired of the lousy Houston traffic, and tired of her patience being tested by insolent civilians on her weekly grocery run.
"C'mon...c'mon!" She grumbled, tapping her gnarled fingernails on the steering wheel. She groaned with every minute she was forced to wait in traffic alongside these driving hooligans.
To say that it was not a good day for Helen was an understatement. After spending the entire day training her new, young coworkers, she was met with cold indifference. Not only did she not even receive so much as a 'thank you' but to make matters worse, her boss later pulled her to the side to suggest she think about an "early retirement".
She blamed millennials. Those pink-haired avocado-munching menaces were ruining everything good in the 63-year-old Southern matriarch's hometown with their "gender expression", "Godless schools", and Starbucks drinks. Now, they were taking good jobs from hard-working folks like herself.
The nerve! As traffic droned, Helen Campbell stewed over this injustice.
"No one respects our values anymore. These new millennials...they think they can waltz in here and do anything." She huffed.
The traffic light turned green. With a sigh of relief, Helen turned right on the I-45 exit and pulled into the Foodarama store parking lot.
"It's about darn time. Finally, I can-"
She was about to park her car into an empty space when a long, winding screech stopped her in her tracks. A blue Ford pickup truck swerved into view, cutting past her to park, forcing her to floor her brakes. If she were an inch closer, the cars would've collided.
That did it.
"Hey!" She barked, climbing out of her car. "Hey, you two dinguses!"
Two teenage boys with tawny skin, blue-green hair and matching university jackets hopped out of the vehicle.
"Uhh...yes, ma'am?" The driver-side teen replied as his partner left to find a cart. The 6'2 teen had to peer downward to meet the steely blue-eyed stare of the stout, Caucasian 63-year-old grandma.
"Oh so now you all have some manners. You almost hit my car and took MY parking spot!" Helen spat.
He scratched this head. "Oh... uh sorry, ma'am, Our bad. We just assumed you were going to park upfront..." His eyes traveled to a sign that read "SENIOR CITIZEN PARKING ONLY" but averted when he saw Helen's fuming face.
"...But if you want to park someplace else ---"
"Park someplace else, are you kidding me?! When you two doofuses are the ones who swerved into the spot I was parking in first? What is the matter with you? I swear all you millennials do is think of yourselves with your blue hair and piercings!"
His partner who re-joined them, cart in hand, furrowed a brow. "We're Gen-Z, though?"
"Ugh!" She'd had enough. The two boys looked like they were struggling with the same braincell trying to understand why they were in the wrong. Well if they couldn't understand, she would find someone to make them.
"Excuse me...excuse me!?" She called out several minutes later, as she paced the store searching for an employee.
"Yes, ma'am?" a young black woman in an employee uniform answered. She looked to be in her early 20s, with frizzy afro puffs, dark eye makeup, and face piercings. Her expression looked less than thrilled.
"Yes...
Rhaven
," Helen squinted to read the girl's name tag. "Those two young delinquents back there nearly hit my vehicle and stole my parking space. I feel utterly violated right now!"
Rhaven craned her neck to see the two "delinquents" outside walking peacefully to the store.
"I see... and what would you like me to do for you, ma'am?"
"Well first I'd like you to make them apologize for almost hitting me and giving me a heart attack! Then I want you to tell them to find someplace else to park! "
A sigh. "Ma'am, did you reserve the spot with us in advance?"
"Well, no--"
"Was this a designated spot for the handicapped or elderly?"
Helen's face flushed. "Well - uh, no- "
"Then it's first come, first served. It's out of our hands."
"Gah - out of your hands! Surely, there must be someone here who has something to say about this. Where is your manager?"
"I'm the manager for the night. And I'm asking you to either kindly drop this and continue your shopping like everyone else. Or find someplace else to shop. We're almost at closing time."
Helen blinked in shock. She turned to see if anyone was witnessing this attack on her but found no one. Only a large, bearded man a few feet away with a biker's build and tattoos.
"I have as much right as anyone else to shop in this store. I've been a shopper here for 42 years...42!" She hissed, clutching her purse. She grabbed a shopping cart and began walking away from the less-than-helpful employee.
Then, she stopped and said. "And by the way,
Rhaven
, you could stand to wipe off that makeup and remove those piercings from your face when you're in a customer service position. It would help you look more professional."
Rhaven appeared unfazed. "Sure, lady. Store closes at 10."
***
It was 9:45 p.m. and Helen still hadn't checked off all the items in her grocery list. She was still steaming over her conversation with the sassy black employee, who not only refused to help her, but insulted her. The gumption of that wannabe punkster!
She stared back at her grocery list in hand. Eggs, milk, butter...but no cheese. She needed cheese to make a nice red velvet cheesecake for her grandkids and didn't want to leave the store empty-handed, but the only employee in the store was the sassy Rhaven, who appeared to be talking to a gang of three burly men with long goatees and tattoos down their arms.