How I Turned a Catcall Into a Teaching Moment

(That title isn't as accurate as it could be, but I bet it got your attention!)Recently I was in the market for a new futon, and the Boston Bed Factory got pretty good Yelp reviews. Unfortunately, there is a kill-'em-in-the-back butcher shop located right next door.  On my way out of the futon store, I saw a man wheeling a dolly out the front door of the butcher's. There were no dead or doomed chickens in sight, but it was obvious the man was an employee. And dude was checking me out."Hey girl. How you doin'?"I very deliberately looked away and kept walking."Hey, why you gotta be like that?" he called after me.Still walking, I looked over my shoulder and pointed to the butcher's facade. "Because you work there," I replied. "I'm vegan."He didn't have an actual comeback for that—just something to the effect of "Aww, man!"—and maybe it's totally naive of me to think I planted a seed, but you never know, do you? I do know that I felt a whole lot better about that interaction than if I'd just ignored him and kept on walking.