What's worse than asking a fat chick if she's pregnant?

Accidentally getting a chick (fat or othwerise) pregnant.

Calling a woman “sir”.

Asking a man why he’s wearing fake tits, only to find out he’s not…

Asking a woman with a tumor in her stomach if she’s pregnant.

Asking @bob_ to make me a sandwich. :P

Asking the Pope if he’s turned on wearing those dresses :¬)

Asking a priest for advice on sex.

@jonsblond I’m sorry, sandwich-making is a one-way street.

Though, to be honest, I make pretty mediocre sandwiches.

Asking someone why they have shaved their head while at the same time giving them their next dose of chemo (as a student I actually saw someone do this – fortunately the patient had lost their sence of humour).

I once asked a man if his name (Chris) was short for Christine. He was a long term customer, but we had only ever talked to “him” on the phone. God I felt like such an ass when he replied “no”.

How could I forget the blue riband “event.” Asking does the wife know her bum looks ever so slightly big in that dress. A fate worse than death awaits :¬(

I was referred to a hairdresser named Joe. When I called to make the appointment I asked for Joe. The person said “This is Joe.” I said “no, I want to make an apointment with the male hairdresser Joe.” He says, I am the male hairdresser Joe. Oops, he sounded like a woman.

@ucme – Il Papa is turned on by Monsignor Hünkster von Hunkenmeier, and I can’t say as I blame him one bit.

As a person who has asked an non-standardly-shaped woman if she was pregnant (she had thin arms, legs, neck and chest, but she carried her excess weight in her belly), the only thing that surpassed that was addressing a man and a woman as a couple when the woman standing on his other side was the man’s actual legally-wed partner. My “fault” lay in drawing attention to the fact that the man and the first woman were into each other, and everyone was trying to ignore that for the sake of appearances. Whoops. Hey, I was 14, what can I say?

I agree with @bob_ Thinking a woman is a man and addressing her as sir. (if she doesn’t want to be a sir)

A few years ago there was a person that lived across the street from me that was grossly obese, had a crew cut, wore camouflage and army boots that I thought was a man. That person was arrested and on the news for robbing a store and it turned out to be a female. I say if you dress that much like a man and someone mistakes you for a man, you have no one to blame but yourself.

Choosing to ignore the rather demeaing term “fat chick,” I’d have to say what’s worse is asking how a sick spouse or parent is, only to be told he or she passed away. I was once on the receiving end of that question and felt uncomfortable enough saying my dad had passed away… but it was the look of embarrassment on the other persons face that has stuck with me all these years.

Saying a ‘your mom’ joke to someone to find out their mom has some terminal disease or is already dead?

@Austinlad How is “fat chick” demeaning? It might be insensitve, but demeaning?

@Austinlad I asked a pregnant woman how her baby was doing only find out she lost it. That was an awkward moment as well, and that’s why I don’t like asking people questions : (

Following a ‘man’ into the female toilets asking ‘him’ why ‘he’ is in the female toilets… then when he turns around you discover they are 6 months pregnant!! Someone did this to me!!! They must have felt like a real wally afterwards!! (mind you I did have very short hair at the time!!)

@bob_ Yeah, like the tee shirt says! :¬)

Assuming age gets folks in trouble. Examples might be sales personnel asking if you’re buying something for your grandchild, or asking if “your father” enjoyed the movie (when it’s your husband). That kind of stuff. Any assumptions that relate to discriminating factors (age, sex, race, religion, etc.) are gonna get you in trouble.

@bob_, I don’t think either the word “fat” or “chick” is especially nice to call a woman. Try it and let me know her reaction. But if you don’t agree, let’s just agree to disagree.

@Austinlad Are you willing to throw in a sandwich to sweeten the deal?

…asking a pregnant chick if she’s fat?

Being asked “oh… you’re done?”

When someone proudly announces that they are 50 years old, but they look every bit of 65. But then again maybe they are happy to have made it to 50 :/

@Austinlad Well, for what it’s worth, I don’t find the term chick to be offensive at all, and I haven’t met any women my generation that do, either. I’m also large enough to be considered “fat” by some people, and calling me “overweight” or “obese” really doesn’t help my feelings at all. Plus, “large-sized person of female gender” just really doesn’t sound as catchy for a title as “fat chick”.

@AmWiser Having your mother, who is 55 and looks 70, ask you if you agree with her that she looks younger than your dad’s new wife, who’s 35.

@AmWiser That reminds me of Sally OMalley from SNL!

@noelleptc I’ve done that. I mean, not exactly that story, but one woman’s daughter kept holding the door out for me and was only 4 or 5. I turned to the woman and said “Your daughter is just so well behaved and courteous, how do you do it?” to which she said “Oh, he’s a boy…” I just stood there as they walked away, cursing laws that allow mothers to let their sons have mid-back, wavy, blow-dried hair….

Saying, “Wow, you look fabulous. I see you’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you.” Then finding out that the person is dying of cancer or aids or some other wasting disease.

Someone once asked my friend if she was my mother, I could have disappeared into the floor for her, she is only eight years older than me and definitely does not look like my mother.

My favorite is when after I had my daughter people would ask when you gonna have that baby? Good grief!

@papayalily Wow. That’s kinda sad.

@FutureMemory Which one? There’s just so much that I say that can be “sad”...

This:

Having your mother, who is 55 and looks 70, ask you if you agree with her that she looks younger than your dad’s new wife, who’s 35.

@FutureMemory That’s because my mom is sad. If there were a noble prize for being out of touch with reality, she’d get it, easy.