Bit of a tough day today, as my car battery died, and with the extreme cold I had to wait quite a while for a tow.
But honestly, one of the worst parts of the whole experience was constantly being called sir on the phone with the towing company, despite my attempts to correct the lady.
I know it's not as big a thing as what many people, including people I love, are going through, but it still hurt
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Being called "Sir"
Yup, that's horrible.
In fairness, a cis lady I have business dealings with has the deepest voice, and is frequently misgendered on the phone. When I first dealt with her, I did too. Now that I have met her face to face, I wouldn't make that mistake again, but she says she gets it all day every day. So don't be sad Dotty, it's not just you, not even just us. It's just people being stupid.
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Lucy xx
"Lately it occurs to me..
what a long strange trip its been."
Long ago, in a job far, far away, now lost in the Myths of Time
... Our computer user-names were assigned as {first initial}{last name}.
So I was "amcghee". Our team was in product technical customer support. We had an e-mail group for helping out each other with customer issues. We were in several locations, so some of us never met face-to-face.
After some six months of perfectly fine interactions with one "jsmith", I finally worked up the nerve to ask one of my local co-workers an improper question: "Is jsmith a boy or girl?" - "Oh, they are a ..." Until I asked, I had to use they/them pronouns.
It was interesting to work with someone only via email, while not knowing first name or gender or what they looked like ...
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Another workplace included middle initial, making me "agmcghee". And someone looked at this, saw the "Ag" as a chemical symbol, and dubbed me "Silver McGhee" ...
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I dunno ... My most recent "car just died hard" misadventure cost me nearly $1,000. I think I would have put up with a lot of mis-gendering in exchange for "Oh look. The jump-start worked. Have it checked when you get home."