stereotypes..

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Yesterday I went to the store and was dressed casual, likely looking like the (slightly(!) aging hippie type person I am, and the cashier was very very friendly. Now today I went to the same store, same cashier who seemed to give me a serious cold shoulder. I was of the notion that he was gay.. which is kool with me, I have no problem whatsoever with that, sometimes I'm more fond of a gay person than many others.. But today I was wearing a biker tee.. and I couldn't help wondering if I hadn't (albeit in a small way) been the 'victim' of having been stereotyped.. I'm actually quite used to it.. what with being [1] a biker [2] a conservative, and [3!] a christian.. Especially those last two, really get a bad rap sometimes.. Now it's not only the stereotyping, but the type of stereotype, as I really don't know any conservatives, nor especially christians, which dislike gay folks.. why they want marriage to be traditional is somewhat(?) misunderstood by others (and why they debate the validity of reproductive rights after conception, is pretty self explanatory, however they do get rather demonized over that issue also). Let me also say, that not all liberal folks, by a long shot, are extremists about it either, nor do they all believe in reproductive rights without measure nor restraint whatsoever.. No more than all atheists are any where near immoral (or no more so than any of the rest of us, as groups that is..) - My question is, have you felt you have been stereotyped before? What do you think when it happens? Do you think you stereotype any others? [Now as to bikers, I can't give any guarantees there.. but even then it's a serious mistake to stereotype them especially as most these days are not the 'hell's angel' type of biker, tho I do know a few of those too.. Though even they've mellowed with age..