OK, so this is a bit wierd... not exactly a scenario

[letshearit4blue]

OK, happened to me, thought I'd post it here and see what everyone else would have done. I'll post what I did after a few responses lol

A transvestite (male dressed as a woman) comes up to you as you are working a detail and asks you where the bathroom is.
You know the female bathroom is to the left down a ways, and the male bathroom is to your right down a ways.
What do you say?

(OK, not really a scenario, but in cases like this i find it so hard to be PC...)

[TPD Cadet]

Well, I would say, "The Male restroom is to the left, and the Female restroom is to the right" (Or whatever direction.)

[criticalthinker]

Down the hall.... Seems like in this situation there are two choices for that person....lol

CT

[newbie girl]

well I would do what TPD Cadet did. tell him-or her both. If it was a guy dressed as a woman then he wants to relate more to the femalia right? I would then say the woman's. How weird to see a trans in the b-room though!! id be scared lol

[letshearit4blue]

How weird to see a trans in the b-room though!! id be scared lol

lol how much easier it would be if there were more unisex bathrooms

[Tennsix]

I have had that happene to me and I directed him to the men's room. No reason to be so sensitive about being PC. If he is a man, he goes to the men's room.

[letshearit4blue]

I have had that happene to me and I directed him to the men's room. No reason to be so sensitive about being PC. If he is a man, he goes to the men's room.

I pretended like I didn't know, but said "Hey, let's go take a look, shall we?"
So I walked with "him" along the hallway and told him to look for it as we walked and we went by the ladies' room and (the hallway went in a circle eventually) we went by the men's room and he said "Oh,there it is!" and thanked me and went in there.
I was just glad he spotted it because otherwise I would have been back where I started. I just didn't want to offend him and have an angry transvestite yelling at me for not being PC or "sensitive to his needs" lol.

[Tennsix]

I pretended like I didn't know, but said "Hey, let's go take a look, shall we?"
So I walked with "him" along the hallway and told him to look for it as we walked and we went by the ladies' room and (the hallway went in a circle eventually) we went by the men's room and he said "Oh,there it is!" and thanked me and went in there.
I was just glad he spotted it because otherwise I would have been back where I started. I just didn't want to offend him and have an angry transvestite yelling at me for not being PC or "sensitive to his needs" lol.

Comes with the job. If they get ****ed, they will get over it. You can only be PC to a point.

[TPD Cadet]

You can only be PC to a point.

Heck... PC goes out the window when a male dresses like a female!
(j/k, j/k)

[nacorbier]

I have had that happene to me and I directed him to the men's room. No reason to be so sensitive about being PC. If he is a man, he goes to the men's room.

Especially if there's a law against a male in the women's room.

"The (police officer, explorer, whoever) told me to go in there."