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2005-03-05

Better Barmaids 

On Saturday it was my turn again to work at the bar on our monthly T&T-evening. Last time I had complained about the performance of the girl who was supposed to work with me. I didn't want to work with her any more. And this has helped. This time I could work together with someone who is very experienced and who does work hard. Great, this way the job is a lot more pleasant. It is still hard work, but without annoyances. It is really a nice work this way. You take hundreds of orders on such an evening and you help the people in a friendly way. They appreciate that! It is so different from my normal work...
By the way, I also got to know the other girl, with whom I don't want to work anymore, a little better. Now I know she has lost her spouse due a an nasty disease and she is now, while doing a full-time job, responsible for running a whole family with four kids. On top of that she is in the same I process I'm in: She has recently started taking female hormones. If you take all that together, it becomes a little easier to understand why she didn't perform so well behind the bar. I am no longer angry with her.

Due to the condition of the roads the laser hair removal ladies didn't show up today. And our disk-jockey Sylvia was present, but she didn't bring her equipment, so she had to improvise with the community center sound equipment. Also one of the guests who was supposed to give a demonstration cancelled this appointment. So we had to miss some important elements this time, but still we had a nice evening. It was quite busy and the atmosphere was very pleasant.
For several people this was the first time they ever visited a T&T-evening. Probably this had to do with a program that was broadcast last week on local television. Our hostess, Yvon, who normally goes to work dressed as a man, appeared in the program and told about her transvestism. She was to be seen both in male and female attire in this show. The program has had an immense impact! Everyone has seen it and Yvon has received lots and lots of very positive reactions: At work, in the neighborhood and also from people she didn't know at all!
For people who come to a T&T-evening for the first time it is often a huge step and they feel very uncertain. Julia, who is at the entrance with the cash register, is the first person they see when they arrive. Julia has a natural talent for making people feel at ease, so that is good start. Once the people are inside, Yvon takes care of them. If necessary she takes time for an elaborate private talk with our new guests. A lot of good work is being done by supporting these people on T&T-evenings.

I also met someone, who knows me from the workplace. I didn't know him, but that is no surprise: The gossip-circuit makes sure everybody knows me, of course... Anyway, an encounter like this one proves that I am not the only person with transgender feelings in my work environment. Most people who have this will not tell anyone at work of course. There is no need to do that if your transgender feelings are less intense than mine...

Previous T&T-evenings: February, January, December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May and April.

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