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I was looking around in a grocery store and some old lady thought I was a lady... i dont even work there either....
That's pretty funny. What was your reaction?
Was the old lady embarrased when you turned around and said "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
Yea she could be the mother of a triad boss or something, so might want to be careful...
You should have turned to her and said, "whatsup Grandpa!"
That happens to me way too much, I dont really mind it. Most of the people who say anything like that to me are the ignorant redneck-type
Nowadays, a lot of women want to come off as men, so this is becoming more and more of a problem. Here in San Francisco, we not only see many women wearing what are traditionally men's clothes, but we are seeing a lot of women with the short haircuts that a generation ago were only seen on men. So this has moved from being a "longhair problem" to being a more general one. At least that means this is no longer a stigma that just foists itself upon longhairs. [grin]
The answer, if you're old enough, is to grow facial hair. That, and not hair length, is nature's way with hair to tell the sexes apart. You don't have to grow a full beard; even a small amount of facial hair will make the problem go away.
Bill
Yeah, many girls are transvestites these days. Back in school, it used to annoy me when girls started wearing the same clothes as me. I had a jacket that I couldn't wear without someone saying "THAT'S A GIRL'S JACKET!!"
Yeah... that happens to me every now and then. At first I got a little ticked off but now, I just laugh it off. It's usually by people who really aren't trying to cause problems.
--Rick
lol dude, u r lucky dude. Never happened to me. The day it happens i will be a happy man as i know that my hair is long enuf to be called a long hair :)
Cheers!
Kumar
This has only happened to me twice.
The first time, this lady behind me was trying to get my attention (I was working at a grocery store at the time).. she kept saying "ma'am"... "ma'am" and kept getting louder. Finally I turned around to see if she was looking at me, and she was like "oh..... oh I'm so sorry!" Haha.
The other time it happened, me and my girlfriend were having lunch at a sit-down restaurant. An employee (an older lady) came by and said "How are you two ladies doing.." but before she finished her sentence she was like "oh I'm sorry! I just saw the pony tail and and.." (fumbling for words) Me: "Haha, it's okay!" =)
It doesn't bother me too much. At least not yet.
lol, something similar happened to me a couple weeks ago. I was standing with my back to a hallway, talking to a girl I know. Some lady walks into her office and asks, "Can I help you ladies?" Even when I turned around, she didn't say anything different. lol. I didn't know if to smile or frown...but I guess in the end, it's saying something good.
Hello Everyone,
Here in Montreal, I do not remember this happening to me once, since people are used to seeing men with long hair. I remember, in 1980, I went to Toronto, and went up the CN Tower, and needed to use the washroom. The men's room was facing the ladie's room, as I went in the Men's room, a man walkoug out looked at me and pointed to the lady's room. That was one of the funnyest incidents I had about my hair. As Bill said, facial hair is a dead giveaway, and because I sport a mustache, it makes it unlikely for people to confuse my gender. From the back, I never have people say "excuse me ma'am".
Have a nice day,
Georges in Montreal
