On 09/05/2018 11:15, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 8 May 2018 19:42:20 +0100, Steve Walker
wrote:

On 08/05/2018 19:05, ARW wrote:
Double check the sex of the person at work before you call them "fella".

Yes. There was a mechanical engineer at one place I worked and I wasn't
certain whether he/she was male or female. I thought that I'd be fine
once I knew their name - until someone introduced them as Lesley/Leslie!

Our daughter has spent much of her working life (so far) in a
traditionally male dominated role and is also often wearing PPE,
including helmet / visor etc. This could partly be down to the fact we
brought her up to be a person, not a male or female particularly (she
was just as happy ballroom dancing as helping me in the workshop or on
a car / bike etc).

She has been referred to as 'mate' (assuming she's a he) and many
other male orientated names whilst working and just thinks it's
perfectly reasonable / acceptable (given the above).

She's even had it when not wearing the PPE but when wearing the
uniform and working alongside 'fellas', especially when she's wearing
her hair short (or even when long but in a pony tail as many fellas
have the same).

In fact I think she would more likely to be offended if someone was to
call her 'darlin', especially in a way that could be considered
patronising as that would be knowingly reacting to her as a female.

My first girlfriend (a slim, long haired motorcyclist) had her bike
break down in the winter and (long - short) had another 'biker' stop
and pi$$ over her carbs to get her going. As she kept her helmet on
... he left with the 'now you know what to do next time' ... ;-)

I wonder if such a good Samaritan would be done for exposure or some
other offence (urinating in a public place (lay-by)) 'these days'? ;-(



Driving back from Warrington the other day and I pulled over on the A628
just before you enter the Barnsley border so my work mate could have a
**** in the lay-by. A female motorist pulled up just after he finished
and asked if she could have a **** behind my van as it gave better
coverage from passing traffic than her Mini. We had to stand at the edge
of the lay-by and talk about the weather whilst she had a ****:-)


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Adam