Yesterday I received a call from a business consultant to confirm our meeting this morning.
"Can I speak to Mr Ting?", he asked.
"You mean Ms Ting?", I replied, feeling a bit annoyed.
He sounded quite embarrassed when he apologised for the faux pas. I have every reason to feel annoyed because it happens all the time.
If you are a consultant who is coming to offer your services, I hope you'll do some homework before walking through our door. Please don't assume I am a man just because I'm in a male dominated industry.
Granted I the one who has to change the lightbulb, paint the wall and trim the hedge at home, I'm still every bit a woman. Thank you very much.
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10 comments:
Oh.. People look at my name and call me Mr Lim
I have the same experince here too! People look at my name card and call me Mr.Thiru!...sigh...!
dun fret, i'm Mr Geno....well, given that Geno is a dude's name, but the realisation came tooooo late. lol
OKC - I must admit your name can be rather hard to tell but you know my real name right? It can't be that hard for a local person to not realise that I am not a man!
Malar - I can totally understand how you feel, especially when you receive calls on a bad day!
Fry - Hehe, I have a supplier called Gino. He's a guy :-)
Well... look on the brighter side. It's better than when people call you Mr Ting AFTER they see you right?
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Petunia - LOL, good one!
Amel - I often have a problem with foreign names too.
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