@captainvellalives@lgbtqia.space
2026-09-28 02:54 UTC
If you're working with customers in any kind of business please try to avoid gendered language like "sir" or "ma'am" unless you know for a fact how said customer identifies
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@emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space 2026-09-28 02:59
@captainvellalives@lgbtqia.space this has ALWAYS made me upset as i am constantly misgendered (im not trans and i use she/they pronouns). its like, the gendered politeness is completely unnecessary and it almost sounds condescending at this point.
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@Tywele@corteximplant.com 2026-09-28 06:20
@captainvellalives@lgbtqia.space I‘m glad that speaking in this way is very uncommon or even impossible to do in German. Gendered honorifics just aren’t used if you don’t know the name of someone.