McDonald's Cashier Frightened of Dwarves

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

I heard about this story.

The question is, does she have a legitimate phobia or is it an attempt to excuse her reaction? I've seen people flip out first hand as in my past career I worked in tandem with dwarfs, but her response seems much more disrespectful than anything else. Her comments, and the comments made by her supervisor are deplorable.

I've seen people really flip out over clowns as well. Back when I was clowning, I used to love freaking adults out. Kids are all usually pretty cool.

Regardless, whether she has a phobia or not the little person should get an apology at the very least.