#n i was like 'ehhh sure' bc like yeah put me in a more upper-class environment n i'd rather be a lady than a gentleman
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kid at work, erasing the ‘s’ when i wrote “gays” on the board: it’s okay bc ‘gay’ means happy
me, writing the ‘s’ back in: it also means gay.
kid: but won’t that get us cancelled?
me:
me: i hope you know i’m a queer.
#it always feels like it's the most self-aware children who say this kind of stuff. or like. not really self-aware#but the sharpest kids. the ones who are more aware of the fact that we exist in A World within A Society#and it's like. i am Not going to tolerate the word 'gay' being treated like it's a dirty word by the kids at work. i'm simply Not.#when we took the kids down to the gym today one of them wanted to read in the office so i got to sit in there w/him#n i doodled some calligraphy; like just some random words n he was so enamored by it LOL n on the way back he was like#'i like your handwriting. it's pretty bc you're a girl' n i was like 'uhhh i am not a girl' n he was like#'yes you are bc your handwriting is so pretty' n i was like 'no i am not a girl. and also i was taught calligraphy by a man.'#n this other kid was like 'you're a woman!' n i was like 'i most certainly am NOT.' n then another one was like 'you're a lady!'#n i was like 'ehhh sure' bc like yeah put me in a more upper-class environment n i'd rather be a lady than a gentleman#n then YET ANOTHER KID was like 'no you're [CITY] STAFF' and holy shit i started laughing so hard. so true kid#my work gender is city staff lmao#the worm speaks
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