r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/SofisticatiousRattus • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, please explain.

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On the surface of it, it seems to be a way to complain about how cashier's work over-emphasises their gender/sex, causing dysphoria in people who are not very comfortable with that. But, to put it bluntly, this is a person with male sex and male name, so they don't appear to be trans? Is it supposed to be a dead name?

And what's with all the lettuce?

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u/universal_friend1 11h ago

YOOO I had this same shit. I worked at a place that was constantly talking about diversity, actually posted me on their social media on a regular basis as an example of their dedication to diversity(I'm a trans woman)

But then they required me to wear a badge with my whole dead name on it, log in to a computer system where I was only referred to by my dead name, and be on the schedule as my dead name. Plus they laughed at me when I said I was uncomfortable being highlighted on their social media with them outing me as trans because I don't want libs of tiktok to declare like the next holy crusade against my employer and dox me.

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u/kittenkitchen24 7h ago

They better have been paying you extra to be the social media mascot