Earlier this evening I went to grab some snacks from a nearby store. The lady ahead of me pointed to me and said, oh he can go first.. I moved up and placed my food on the counter. The man said, "you're not a he. You're a girl, right?!" I gave him a WTH kind of look and said, "no." He said, "you're a he? Or are you a she?" I told him I'm a man & he still kept w/the "he or she" business. Annoyed I said I'm a dude louder than necessary. He apologized for several moments before giving my change back. I never encounter this..so I think it's because he has heard me speak pre-t, if anything? I'm a little confused. I'm read as male at work, school, everywhere. It was very strange.
As I said in my intro, I try to be as stealth as possible as to avoid unwanted attention at school& everywhere else.
So..I'm interested in hearing how you folks handle people like this clerk. I felt I handled it really well but hate that I let it bother me.
