Axver ([info]axver) wrote,
@ 2008-04-18 23:21:00
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Dear Melbourne,

In case you have not noticed, I am a guy. I have a masculine hair cut. I wear masculine clothing. I have a masculine build. My name, André, is quite recognisably a male name. My voice, although not the deepest in history, is still your typical deep male voice. And I have over a month's worth of facial hair growth right now.

What I am trying to say to certain people in this city is: please stop referring to me as "ma'am" or in any other way that would indicate you are too blind and deaf to realise that I am not a woman. This has never occurred to me anywhere else. Yet it is becoming something of a monthly occurrence here in Melbourne. The first couple of times, I thought nothing of it, as I don't exactly feel my masculinity or sexuality threatened or anything silly like that, but its regularity has meant it has become both baffling and frustrating. Please rectify this matter immediately.

Regards,
Axver, a male

In other news, Porcupine Tree hit Melbourne in a week. I am a barely restrained bundle of anticipation right now.



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[info]isabelle_guns
2008-04-18 11:36 pm UTC (link)
That is okay, I get called a sir.

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[info]evilmissbecky
2008-04-19 01:42 am UTC (link)
That's just...strange. As someone who's heard your voice, I don't see how there can be any confusion about the matter.

People are just weird, I guess.

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[info]axver
2008-04-21 12:24 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm completely baffled. The first couple of times, I figured someone was just having a bad day or maybe my hair was too long or who knows what. But now it's becoming almost predictable. I suppose in a city of 3.5 million, you'll encounter all sorts ...

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[info]ellytoad
2008-04-19 02:30 am UTC (link)
XD For what it's worth, you look quite like a guy to me.

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[info]hard2explain8
2008-04-21 01:28 am UTC (link)
I completely and totally love your icon!

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[info]ellytoad
2008-04-21 04:34 pm UTC (link)
Oh, thanks. I've had it for so long that I forgot why I put it there in the first place, and am too lazy to change it.

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[info]hard2explain8
2008-04-21 01:27 am UTC (link)
Someone called me at work last week and I picked up the phone saying "HR this is Suzanne" and the guy said "Oh, hi Sir."

Excuse me?? It was so bizarre!

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[info]axver
2008-04-21 12:25 pm UTC (link)
Haha what? That's hilarious. Some people ...

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