Life Is Sometimes Funnier Than Fiction

[Persephone]

Hi!

I was on the phone with an insurance company person in Manilla, figuring out how to change name and gender on some policies.

Him: "So you have become a woman! That is so wonderful! I am part of the LGBT community here. Congratulations Sir!"

Hugs,
Persephone.

[Michelle789]

Lol!!!

I remember seeing the movie "Let's Be Cops" and there was a scene where one of the fake cops calls a woman "sir" and I remember laughing really hard.

I could also picture this scenario happening in real life, in fact I'm pretty sure it's happened to someone. A transwoman goes to a checkout line in some store.

Cashier: How can I help you sir?

Transwoman: That's ma'am please.

Cashier: Yes, sir.

Oh, and in Peanuts, Marcy used to always call Peppermint Patty "sir", as in these episodes.

Charlie Brown Easter clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk4d7Dct-VE

Peppermint Patty schooldays clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUr6bmQGYkE

Yes, it happens in real life and in fiction.

[DeeDee1974]

My ex-wife is an executive for a company that runs a lot of the call centers overseas. Some of them in Manilla. Even back before it was known I would transition she would talk about how prevalent it would be to have mtf individuals working for them. She was very fond of many of them through her travels there. It might have help her accept me better when I came out.

[Persephone]

Even back before it was known I would transition she would talk about how prevalent it would be to have mtf individuals working for them.

I'm hard of hearing so I didn't get everythig the person was saying but I think they might have been trans, possibly pre-op.

Hugs,
Persephone.

[Rachel Smith]

Sometimes ya just gotta laugh

[I Am Paula]

In my continuing fight with Bell Canada to change the name on my account (been going since May) I get exactly the same thing.
'Why do you wish to change the name'
'I'm legally female now'.
'Very good Sir'.
Then, of course, nothing happens.

[donnalee]

OMG:eek:! ROTFL!:rofl:

[Aprilrain]

Paula, why don't you just cancel your service and then start a whole new service under your new name and gender?

[Cheryl123]

LOL .. I guess many of us have these stories. My landlord is a really cool, hip young guy. He's always told me to just be myself and that he doesn't judge. Which he doesn't. So I've been full time for about a month .. and even before that spent most of my time presenting as female. Always skirts, wig, make-up, etc. So my landlord sees me the other day and greets me with: "How's it going man." You gotta love him!

[Aprilrain]

My dad calls me things like, buddy, pal and man. Thankfully I usually only talk to him on the phone or at his office.

[Rianna Humble]

"How's it going man."

In a certain part of the North East of England, it is normal to tack "man" onto almost anything that is said. For example a former colleague was arguing with his wife and said to her "Would you listen to me woman, man?" the wife is cis.

[PretzelGirl]

There will always be the ones who use "guys", "man", and others like "bud" as generic references.

Back at my last job about 10 years ago. I was in a very female dominated group. When we had meetings to work on projects, it was most often me and a room full of ladies. My boss would often start with something like "Ladies, here is what we need to get done" and I would jump in with a squeaky voice and say something like "you have my support Judy".

It goes both ways sometimes. That is why I only looked at misgendering being worth anger if it is obviously deliberate. Otherwise it may just be worth some education.