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Not mentioning that women were the first " gender benders " by their chronic , historical " transvestism " , aka , cross-dressing ! Didn't mention that tight or any other style " jeans " or pants in general have been masculine garments in Western societies for a long , long time !

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Sorry, but skin-tight jeans, more properly called "leggings" aren't very masculine in the modern context--which is the setting of the story--even if pants in general are. It wasn't intended as a walk through a history of transgenderism, but your historical tidbits are noted.

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I know but historically the answer is " yes " ! Female transvestism went big time since the early 1960's.

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Give it a rest. You have an immune system, use it.

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I'm happy to report that I ate the meal, fingernail jabs notwithstanding, with no ill effects. Immune systems are wonderful.

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And you seemingly have an auto-immune condition of some kind. "First rule of Fight Club ..."

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California lost not only all the glitter but everything else worthwhile more than 20 years ago. I lived there for three years in the mid eighties and never wanted to go back. I found a lot of good food at small restaurants in Texas and since moving to Oklahoma I am still looking but have found some places I keep going back to. Reading about California is enough to keep me disgusted. This article did it quite nicely.

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1965. Watts. We left. "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." But CA, & places like it, are not markets, have never been, & will never be, rational.

Eating in restaurants, all too often enough, isn't rational, either. Kitchen Confidential (Bourdain), Blood, Bones & Butter (Hamilton): gross people, gross practices. And if you've ever worked in "hospitality" you've almost certainly seen it.

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So, you sat in silence at the poor hygiene and table side approach of the trans water, while paying top dollar in a California restaurant? Why? Why not ask for the manager, explain the situation and then refuse the food, and the bill, and leave?

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This may not satisfy your question (and I agree with your thoughts), but I was going on about three hours of sleep at that point, with a four-hour flight just hours ahead of me, trying to squeeze some beauty from what remained of my long week away. I was tired and unwilling to. pick a fight with the waiter or the manager. Sadly, he will probably claw a few more potatoes before anyone notices.

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Sleep deprivation will definitely change your orientation. (Wonder how long its been since your waiter got a good night.)

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Thank you for the context. However, there is no reason for a fight. I worked in the food service in my younger days, usually as head waiter. If a customer is unhappy for any reason, the food is comped (no charge), and the customer is free to stay or leave. No fight is necessary, and is in fact, counter productive.

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