In Which I Am Called "The Fat Girl"

[GingerBiscuit]

God, I hate it when they call me girl.
It's even weirder when they are referring to the middle aged women as 'girl'.

And referring to you as 'the fat one...' Apallingly rude!
If I have to describe an SA or customer it'll be gender, hair colour, height, eye wear or not, where they were working/clothes they were wearing. Skin colour MAY be referenced if nothing else seems to ring a bell, but I would never refer to any customer or staff member by an offensive epithet. when describing them.

[AFpheonix]

I am one of 2 caucasian girls in my pharmacy. We are both short, mildly curvy, and have short brown hair, but other than that, we don't look that much alike. We get mixed up with each other ALL the frickin' time, though.

Everyone else that works with me is "that asian girl". Yeah. That helps a whole lot, brainiac.

[Jester]

At the Waterfront Bar I have often had this conversation, in the right circumstances...

CUSTOMER WHO ISN'T MINE: "Can you get our server for us?"
JESTER: "Sure. Who is your server?"
CWIM: "The girl."
JESTER: "Sir, I am the only male working today. Can you narrow down just WHICH female you are referring to?"

I especially like when I a CWIM asks me for the check....and all the other servers are girls. It's one thing if you mistake me for the tall fat blonde dude. But to not realize that this goateed dude is NOT your female server? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?

As for the whole "girl" thing, I call my customers "kids" every single day, regardless of their age. Most people find this amusing. Those who don't don't find much amusing anyway. So fuck 'em. That type rarely tips well anyway.

Now, the great thing about doing magic is I can be an even bigger smartass to people than when I am serving or even bartending. The smarter ones learn rally quickly it is a bad idea to make a comment on the magician's appearance.

[Bloodsoul]

Gal seems so antiquated, now, anyways. Kinda like "broad" or "dame" (not that either's much better).

I think the only time I ever use the term "girl" anymore is in reference to some of the characters I draw, but never to anyone I work with.

[uknz76]

When I was working at the casino we had to write descriptions of all big players. If we didn't know their names we'd go with descriptions. Usually we would use gender/race/clothes and jewelrey.

One of our VIP pit bosses was fired for refering to three arab gentlemen as Terrorist's #1,2 & 3.

[B&NGoddess]

How were you rude if you don't mind me asking? Cause you said no?

maybe because i didn't offer her grapes, fan her with a ginormous palm frond, or kiss her feet. i honestly don't know. it was about 10pm, i was tired, it had been a long damn day. sorry i wasn't a fucking ray of sunshine.

[LadyAndreca]

For me, the term 'gal' really depends on how it's used. I've lived in a lot of places, and in a couple of them, 'gal' was considered a friendly term. So unless the tone is nasty, I don't think twice about it.

Much as I know it's not exactly proper, I can't help but describe people in this order: height, skin tone, build, gender, hair color, clothes, accessories/companions. Saying "the tall, tanned, muscular guy with brown hair and a blue shirt, with two kids in a dark blue stroller", for example, is an excellent description to rattle off when security needs it. I TRY to not be rude about it, but it's just the order it comes out.

[Luna]

maybe because i didn't offer her grapes, fan her with a ginormous palm frond, or kiss her feet. i honestly don't know. it was about 10pm, i was tired, it had been a long damn day. sorry i wasn't a fucking ray of sunshine.

And promptly shit the dual disc cd outta your ass immediately after. Come on, if it existed and you had it - you know the woman would have come in a week later to return it anyway b/c she'd be trying to play the DVD side on a CD player.

I was referred to as the "fat short girl with the brown hair" for my entire stay at B&N. Quite often I was also referred to as the "short girl with the large chest ". The first was how women referred to me, the second, the men. It was always wonderful when said customer was already helped by me - not knowing I was the manager on duty. Then they ask for the manager, and here I come. After being walkied and told what they said about me.

Me: "So what can this fat short girl do for you that I haven't done already today?"
SC:

Assholes. All of them.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I would generally go with color of hair and shirt/jacket, and a landmark to indicate where they were..."the guy at register 3 in the green jacket" or "the blonde woman in red by the magazines" or whatever

I might use "short" or "tall" as appropriate, especially if I'm differentiating between 2 people dressed similarly, but I would never refer to body type or female, um, attributes...

to the guys who'd say the short girl with the big chest..."they told me to look for the average-size guy with the tiny package...that must be you!"