Mistaken guest genders. . .

[TheManator]

Well, when I used to grow my hair out...as I did for many years, I always got mistaken for a female at work. Now, my wife won't dare let me grow my hair pass my ears.

[felinefan]

Back in the 60s and 70s, when long hair on both genders was popular, there was a running gag that if you wanted to tell he from she from the back, to check the heels on their shoes--guys wore high thick heels, like platform soles. One of my uncles has a pronounced potbelly, and one time he told how a kid asked him if he was pregnant. My uncle said no, and the kid said, "Oh, yeah, that's right, men don't have babies." I've screwed up a few guest genders, and sometimes it would be from somehow flashing back to my jr./sr. high school days--long hair = boys, unless it was really long. And more than once I've screwed up on the gender of black kids because of those beaded cornrows! Would parents PLEASE dress their kids in gender-specific clothes and hairstyles? I mean, why would they go around letting their kids be gender-neutral? That is SO 80s! Anybody remember that flash-in-the-pan unisex look? Gee, I wonder why that look didn't last--right along with the military look!

[Fantasmic_Freak]

Oh Oh, my SGT trick! i asked this guy to pull down on his black safety restraint, and I asked as he looked like a she.. well he wasnt! And i didnt notice till load told me, hey, dude, that was a guy, Oh! :D: Both said, yah haircut time dude..

[Alyssa3467]

I was working at Splash photo (the past few nights, actually), and I had a guest that came up to me, wanting to purchase HER (thought it was a HIM) picture. . .

I think I still have that photo somewhere... :D:

[Fantasmic_Freak]

there is a little boy in there named Sunshine.

At elast when you sing, you are my Sunshine.. he thinks its his song. Soory! couldnt resist! Oh i did it 3 times this weekend, stupid long hair guys and short hair girls! but they were all looking away from me, not twords me. .. :D: soo i get some credit. Off to work from 6 to 10:30 tonight!

[Belle Is A Princess To Me]

Dude, what is it with Splash Mountain Photo and this happening? I was working Owl Photo one day, I had a mother come up with her child wanting to purchase their picture. I was getting into a conversation with them, asking how the day was and if there were having some kind of "girl's day". Then the mother smiled and said "this is my son"

I wanted to die

[IRSmart1]

I absolutely can't stand it when there is no way tell if the child is a boy or a girl. Not only are you staring at them for a little longer but you feel pretty stupid when you guess wrong. There is also nothing like a parent who is angry because you called their child the wrong sex.

[BRWombat]

I absolutely can't stand it when there is no way tell if the child is a boy or a girl. Not only are you staring at them for a little longer but you feel pretty stupid when you guess wrong. There is also nothing like a parent who is angry because you called their child the wrong sex.

Not from a theme park, but a great mistaken-gender story:
Waiter Rant April 4 2005.

[hobie16]

Not from a theme park, but a great mistaken-gender story:
Waiter Rant April 4 2005.

Must have been a Marine.

[Taryn]

So yeah, another non-theme park story... I work at a theater, and I was working concessions this one day. An old woman and a very pretty little girl, with softly curling hair hanging around her shoulders, came up to my till. The old woman ordered our combo that comes with two drinks, and she told me what she wanted. Then, I looked down at the little girl and said something along the lines of "And what can I get for you, Princess?" when she curled her nose in disgust- and her grandma announced that "she" was a boy! I was mortified, but tried to brush it off with a sheepish grin and an apology. I'm sorry, but if you don't want your kid to be mistaken for a girl, don't grow his hair out like one...