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Showing Original Post only (View all)This is important: steps to take if you cannot figure out a stranger's gender [View all]
1. MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS
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This is important: steps to take if you cannot figure out a stranger's gender [View all]
Recursion
Jun 2014
OP
There is pithiness with distilled wisdom or pithy with vulgar obscenity & little wisdom.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#49
not at all. you're to ignore that their gender is not blatant or knowable to you, and treat them as
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#39
The challenge in customer service is that we're strictly to address them as sir or ma'am, Mr. or Ms.
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#42
Well, bosses should be advised if it is a problem, and then you folllow their guidelines.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#90
I think the idea is to interact with persons of ambiguous gender without needing to
djean111
Jun 2014
#40
Good - get a job in which you will be fired unless you use "Mr.", "Ms.", "sir" or "ma'am"
jberryhill
Jun 2014
#63
I took "mind your own fucking business" to mean "you probably do not need to know
djean111
Jun 2014
#64
Or, maybe you could get guidance from your manager if it's actually a problem?
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#89
only then does it become relevant -- if you're looking for sexual compatibility
unblock
Jun 2014
#10
But I was really curios....Had a customer at an auto garage I never could tell....
Boxerfan
Jun 2014
#8
Because my interest in a sexual relationship depends on their gender. You really think that's weird?
thesquanderer
Jun 2014
#61
Sometimes you want to address someone with something more respectful than "Hey You!"
IronLionZion
Jun 2014
#37
You say- "Hi, I'm XX!" and proceed accordingly. Let's not pretend it's an actual problem, LOL.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#41
That's pretty much what I said above. You can get around it a lot more easily in personal
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#46