Siiigh. I was going to type some huge thing, but deleted it. No point. As I said, Gel! It's not right, and the illness part is nowhere near the norm. Sort of like that baseball incident. It happens, but not anywhere near often. Mostly, people do little petty things that makes them feel better, and the customer knows nothing about it.
If someone got genuinely sick over a prank, it obviously went overboard, and the individuals should be held accountable.
Oh, and I've watched a gay guy waiting tables get called a fag. Not once, not twice, but every time he passed by a specific table. Do you know how thick those glass ketchup bottles are? I do. Thick enough to crack someone in the skull and it doesn't break, but you get to hear that nice, meaty, loud *THOCK* as their eyes glaze.
The waiter lost it, and he got fired, but damn sure the customer deserved it. I didn't stick around to see if police got involved. But someone outing you as someone who hates gays? In California? Damn, that's just not cricket.