I was at Sam’s Club today with my mom. This stupid cleaning robot had veered straight towards us once and we had to run out of the way and then it stopped dead in the middle of the aisle so nobody could get around. Needless to say, I was mildly annoyed by the cleaning robot.
I go into an aisle and the stupid fucking cleaning robot came driving up the aisle, chugging along. My mom and I have a stupid sense of humor, so as a joke, I shouted “Back, you vile beast!” At the robot.
At that exact moment a couple rounds the corner and they stare directly at me. They appeared to be Muslim (woman wearing hijab) and she pulled out her phone and pointed it directly at me. I assume she was recording in case I did anything to her. At this point I should have just explained that I was not talking to her, but I just turned away and left.
I really hope she wasn’t recording me because without context, it looks like I’m a raging Islamophobic bigot calling random women vile beasts.
TL;DR I yelled at a cleaning robot and accidentally called the lady behind it a vile beast, she was recording me.