Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Assumptions - Ever a Danger

This morning I called the women's clinic to clarify some information.  At the end of the conversation the person asked if I was calling for my wife.  I let her know that I was not - that I was calling for myself.  That I was a woman.  Awkward silence followed by awkward giggling.  I said that my voice is low and she said that my name was masculine.  She then apologized.  We complete our business and hung up.

I wonder if I had said yes to the husband question if I would have received kudos for being a kind and caring husband?

Instead I received silence, giggles and an apology. 

What a world.

 

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