“Let Me Try That:” What Ordering a Beer May Say About Your Sex Life–and How You Embrace Your Gender

“Let Me Try That:” What Ordering a Beer May Say About Your Sex Life–and How You Embrace Your Gender

I got the idea to write this post from a friend who bartends. Alex is the nicest man you’ll ever meet and has a face everyone thinks they recognize, although he mostly just looks like Jesus. He has been in the service industry for many years and has had a first hand look at how people communicate their needs and wants in some of the most well-traveled places: bars and coffee shops.

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“Hey Guys!” Why we say it and why it’d be nice if we didn’t

“Hey Guys!” Why we say it and why it’d be nice if we didn’t

“Hey guys! Wanna grab some pizza?”

“You’re doing great, guys!”

“I love you guys!”

The amount of times we use “guys” on the daily to refer to a group we’re with is pretty much innumerable. We use the term “guys” for all types of groups: groups of males only, groups with mixed genders, groups of all women…. And we use it everywhere: in our speech, our writing, our media.

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