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A Funny Thing Happened At Work Today


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Guest Midoe

Hey everyone, I just thought I'd let you all know what happened at work today.

I am in the process of changing my name ($138 short, why is everything so expensive) anyways in less then two weeks time my name will legally be changed to Kari, everyone at work has been very supportive and have already started calling me Kari; however, our field rep, let's call her Lisa, showed up for a surprise visit today.

I guess I should let you all know that Lisa was my field rep from a previous store, and she has some serious power issues, any way the store I work at now is a franchise store, meaning that it is privately owned, the owners are both people that I trained by the way, so her power is merely suggestive.

Anyways she has known me for 4 years by my male name, and was a little taken aback by hearing my correct name. Now my name hasn't been changed in the system yet, we are waiting for my new ID, and here is our conversation:

Lisa: Your name isn't Kari, its *******.

Kari: No its Kari, and in a week or so it will be legal.

Lisa: Well until you are in the system, you are ******* and thats it.

Kari: and that is fine but, when it's legal I expect to be called Kari.

Lisa: Kari sounds like a girls name, and you are not a girl.

Kari: Now Lisa, I would have thought better then a 7-ELEVEn field rep to discriminate against someone off the bases of gender.

Lisa: I am not being discriminate, I am just saying that you are not-

Kari: well good, so two weeks from now I expect to be called by my correct name, besides Kari fits me better then you think.

Just thought I'd share that, It felt good to take her down a peg, I know some of my co-workers (who all know and are encouraging) were happy to see it too.... shes not the most popular person among the stores she 'guides'

-Kari

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Guest ~Brenda~

Yeah Kari!!!

Way to go!! I am so inspired by this story. You showed such confidence and pride of who you are!! Very, very nice (and it was nice to kick the field rep in the teeth!).

LOL

bernie

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good for you. no one should be that disrespectful to you. you are who you want to go by, it ridiculous that anyone should argue. glad to hear everyone else is taking it well though. and sorry name change is so expensive, but i'm sure i'll learn all about that one day.

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Congratulations Kari,

I'm proud of you.

Sorry I took so long responding, but I can't type when I am standing and applauding. :D

Take a big, You go girl! out of petty cash.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest OneOutOfnOne

Isn't that the worst, to have someone else try to tell you who you are? I hate it, and I'm usually too accommodating to raise any objections, when what I want to say is, 'Actually, I'm the legendary Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, and if I say so, don't you dare try to tell me otherwise.'

Vegetable Lamb of Tartary. Look it up. What strange things we humans dream up.

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Guest mia 1

Power hungry and obsessed with herself.You, me and everyone who isn't her superior means nothing to her....she would have made a great commandant at the POW camp..ask Colonel Klink.........Good for you you are my hero.......Mia

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