TRANSWOMAN, NAG-SORRY SA ISYUNG PAGPAPARUSA SA ISANG WAITER MATAPOS TAWAGING “SIR”

 

 

Humingi ng sorry ang LGBTQIA+ member na si Jude Bacalso nang ulanin siya ng kritisismo dahil sa pagpapatayo nito sa waiter ng dalawang oras matapos tawagin siya nitong “sir”.

 

Sa post ni Bacalso, nakipag-usap ito sa management ng restaurant kung saan present rito ang isang crew at ang store supervisor ngunit wala ang lalaking waiter na kaniyang nakaharap.

 

Matapos aniyang marinig ang kwento ng bawat panig ay masaya nitong ibinahagi na pareho silang nagkasundo para sa mas inclusive practices ng restaurant.

 

"I also realized that in the impassioned pursuit of my advocacy, I could have done with a little measure of kindness, sadly quite absent in the ruckus this has all unnecessarily created when it was made public without our knowledge. I made a personal apology to the group present, and requested if I may do so for the concerned waiter. I am also making it very public with this post, as it has become quite public fodder", anito.

 

Ngunit, dumepensa si Bacalso na hindi ito nag-demand na tumayo ang naturang waiter ng halos dalawang oras dahil lang tinawag umano ito na “sir”.

 

Nagkataon lang daw na medyo matagal ang naging pagpapaliwanag niya rito dahil sa gender sensitivity issue at hinihintay pa raw nila ang pagdating ng kinatawan ng restaurant management para pumagitan sa kanila.

 

"I also want to underscore that the management always had the back of their personnel with constant communication with me on behalf of their employees, who are all treated as family, as I know personally from their history. To quote the supervisor, they served me as best they could even if it was most difficult for them to do so. I would like also to reiterate that I did not demand that the waiter stand for the whole length of time, as I was explaining my side of the gender sensitivity issue, it was he who chose to stand in front of me as we waited for input from management, who I attempted to contact", dagdag pa nito.

 

"My apologies also to the rest of the staff who are disheartened by the way things have escalated, as well as to the customers present at that time. This is a huge chunk of humble pie that I must ingest, because I have erred. May we start here with, as the supervisor pointed out, an uphill path to reconciliation and we hope you will be able to allow us and yourselves to do so unhampered so we may all learn and heal from this," paliwanag pa niya.