Ready Yet?

When you're in this retail line, you often get to meet the strangest and most fascinating people.
I think that is one of the perks and worst part of the job.

You'll often come across people so bizarre that often makes you go tongue tied.

Thus, it was no surprise when where I work has gays and transsexuals and etc etc.
The people you work with definitely make you see the world with a brand new pair of eyes.

Not until recently though, I realised how I was living in my little comfort zone.
There's a new guy who joined us just a couple of days ago.

The signs of it were clear:

The scarf...The folding hands across the chest.. The way he moves and stands...

So it was no surprise when he was talking about his boyfriends to us.
And how cute is that customer who just walked in with his girlfriend or that passerby in front of the store.

I didn't had much thoughts about it until when a normal routine done by my co-workers suddenly alarmed me.
He was just doing what everyone did.
Changing his clothes from the uniform in the storeroom.
Everyone does that and I was pretty used to it since my co-workers were mostly female.

And then it hit me how uncomfortable it made me felt when he seemed so at ease with what he was doing.
The funny thing was, it was only me.
Everyone was walking in and out while he was changing out of his pants.

Not only that, nor did the gals kicked him out when they had to change like what they would have done to the other male co-workers. They took off their shirts just like that. Sometimes even changing together.

I tried not to look and often felt silly of how conservative I really am.
I have always been very open to this kind of thing, well at least I thought I did.

However, I know this, like all other strange things, is something you will eventually grow accustomed with since I'm no longer flinching when he was screaming when some cute guy came in for interview or when we discuss about the hot guy that is working nearby.

Something happened the other day that made me laughed quite a bit.

When the cd was playing the track "If I Were A Boy" by Beyonce, he will often say that it was his song. Because it reminded him of the break up between he and his ex.
And he would continue by singing in his high pitch voice loudly along with it. ( I often have to remind him to tone down so that he won't scare the customers away)

Then one day he was telling one of the female workers there that it is his song when the female laughed and said:" But you are a boy!"
Which he replied with : " Oh no no...I like to change it to If I Were A Girl."

And continued singing the song while weeping a little bit. Oh yes, he also mentioned that the song makes him emotional.
LOL.
I don't know why when I typed it out it doesn't sound funny but during that time it was really hilarious. Seriously.

Anyways, I'm amazed by how open they are nowadays.

We were on the topics of guys one day when he casually said that when he's interesting in a guy, he'll just walk up to him and say :" Hi, are you a gay boy, because I'm interested in you."

I was stunned by how brave he is. Maybe he's not so gay after all.
How many girls would actually have that courage anyways.

I was curious that how it had worked out for him. To my utter amazement, none of the guys felt offended when he popped that question. If they are straight, they merely answered that they are not gay.

But he did get a handful of phone numbers. In fact, that's how he got to know his current boyfriend.

I was very impressed by that actually. Of how the society had taken it all so...easily.

Me, myself is getting pretty comfortable as I viewed the pictures of him and his boyfriend from his phone.
Some of it was kissing pictures, some both half-naked and some was just plain camwhoring.

I'm jealous of his courage. I wish I have some too.




Another thing about in the retail line is working painfully long hours during odd hours!!!
Grr...

ps: I'll stop working before cny! =)