Slight Rant

I swear.

I don't have the energy to rant too much. But I feel compelled to pontificate upon the inordinate number of sexist men I encounter on a daily basis. I truly find in hard to believe.

The men I work with directly aren't overtly sexist. But peripheral employees and far too many customers talk at me like I'm three and/or dumb as a fucking bucket of ducks (no direct assault on ducks, here). I've never been treated like anything less than cogent, more or less sane, semi-intelligent being in my life--even when I *was* three.

This guy, relatively prominent, I can only assume successful, just called and , when I told him that one of our employees wouldn't be in until later, lilted, "Hoooonnnnney, he'll be in in juuuussst a minnnnute. We're filming later. Now you be shoooore to tell him _______. Now do think you can you do that foooorrr meeee? Huuuhh? Now he might slip in the back door on yaaa, but you be shoooore to tell him, wonnnn't yaaa?"

Gah, if you could have heard the condescension! Made me want to barf!

I've experienced a relatively persistent nagging feeling regarding this, well, what I can only assume is sexist behavior, since I started work here. Hitherto, I've not really taken time to put my irritation into stable thought, because it irritates me beyond belief to realize how backward people are.

And I don't necessarily mean people "around here." I mean People Everywhere.

I swear.

Get it together people! Step out of your fucking Neanderthal modes of thought, behavior, and action! If I am inferior in any way (which I'm yet to be convinced that I am), it sure as hell isn't because I'm female...