At the local store last year, I saw the cashier was having technical difficulties with my sale so, being a good citizen, I turned to apologize to the old guy behind me.
The old guy visibly freaked, picked up his three goods off the belt and flustered scurried off to another cashier.
What shocked me though is that upon his exit, he angrily told the next customer to go and use another cashier as I was paying with bitcoin.
I was speechless, I've never worn any Bitcoin apparel, no-one outside of my family know that I'm a bitcoiner (and they keep schtum) so this I was visibly shocked - so shocked that the cashier apologized for the guy's conduct. In a bit of a daze, briefly looking back at the guy at the other till, my family and I took my food and went back home.
I can only guess that the guy had some mental health issues. I've known some people with mental health and drug problems and that some of them have an uncanny knack of having uncomfortably clear insight into others. So, I really shouldn't have been too shocked by this - but no, I was really floored by this...
At home that night I got some clarity and learned from the experience. If this old guy's consciousness had been touched Bitcoin (however negative) it meant that it wouldn't be long before the general public as a whole would have heard about it.
Within hours, I'd decided to buy far more sats than usual that night.
I can't complain, as it happened during last year's dip.