of a goth school girl look today (think Abby from NCIS) since I have a
new pair of shoes that I have been dying to wear. I headed out to go to
the bank and pick up a few things real quick. I stopped at Kohl's and on
the way out, as I was headed for the Jeep, there was a guy on his cell
phone walking the same direction on the other side of the aisle in the
parking lot. I heard him clearly say "Sorry, I missed that, there's a
gorgeous woman walking alongside me." I knew he was referring to me and
I turned and gave him a real big thank you smile. He said "Hey, I
couldn't help myself..." in a kind of an apologetic way.
At the bank I had some things that needed taking care of so I went up to
the tellers and told them what I needed. The lady asked to see some ID
so I gave her my DL and had my TG ID handy just in case. She took my ID
and didn't even give it a second thought. Now, there was an issue with
my request (apparently they have never had to do what I was asking
before and needed to make phone calls to find out how to do it). I was
there for a good hour waiting for them to figure out which forms they
needed to use. While I was there I chatted with the different tellers &
staff (about 8 older women). Every once in a while the teller would ask
me something (using my male name) from a bit of a distance where she was
on the phone. She kept referring to me in the male form (which didn't
bother me really since it was not meant to harm) and the other staff did
as well, but at the same time my appearance did not seem to phase them
at all. I could see that when a new employee was nearby and she said
"he" or "him" they got a confused look on their face until they figured
it out.
While I was waiting a few other patrons also chatted with me. One lady
tapped me on the shoulder and told me that the hem in my skirt was
coming out (which it was). An older couple commented that they hoped
they would figure the paperwork out before it started to snow (they are
predicting flurries tonight), and joked with me about a $25 referral
bonus the bank is offering. Another guy (mid 40's I'd say) got my
attention on his way out to joke about the referral bonus too since he
was in line when the older couple was joking about it. One teller
mentioned that she hoped they had it figured out before she got back
from lunch (it had been like 45 min already).
I don't think most of the patrons knew I was a guy, and if they did they
certainly had no issue with me in any manner. I was treated like any
other patron by both the staff and other patrons. Everyone was courteous
and respectful.
This evening I went to get my nails filled. While I was there I got the
typical non-reaction to my presence from other customers. That was until
a group of 4 teen aged girls came in. While they were looking at nail
polish, one girl sat down and was looking in my direction. We were maybe
5 feet apart and I glanced over her way. By the look on her face she at
least suspected I was a guy. I carefully watched her out of the corner
of my eye to see what she did. I saw her take out her phone and start
typing on it. I kept watching and saw her get her friends' attention and
then show them the phone. I'm sure she typed something like "that's a
guy". Then they all looked at me while trying to not look like they were
(it was obvious). They didn't gawk or make comments though so it was a
good reaction. I consider reactions like that one a good one since it
was reasonable.
All things considered it was a good day.
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