yeah I know you did not ask!
At times, it is so very, very hard being a sarcastic SOB.
I was filling out a medical form, and even though it was a computerized form that could have been carrying redundant information from section to section, it was not.
One question it kept asking, besides my name, DOB, etc., was sex. It got where it was all I could do to not put “Yes, and often please.” But I kept reminding myself that it was a very tired, old joke, even by my standards.
Why they had not provided a drop down box with the two options – male, female – is beyond me. A free form text box seemed to be exactly the wrong option for gathering an either/or piece of data . Perhaps they were trying to be “woke”. It just struck me as stupid programming.
On a related note…
A while back a doctor asked me, “Do you drink?”
“Sure,” I replied, “Scotch neat with a splash of water, otherwise I will take whatever you are drinking.”
Apparently that was an inappropriate response in a medical setting.
And so it goes.
I’ve encountered multiple forms in the past year that have drop-downs with a variety of choices for sex. Interestingly, none offer “yes” as an option. ?