These co-workers are women, not girls. I’ve never heard anyone refer to male co-workers as boys.
What can I say that doesn’t involve making a speech? I realize not everyone finds offense in calling a woman a girl, or means offense when doing so, but I do not want to simply ignore the slight.
GENTLE READER: Casually demeaning one’s workforce is, mercifully, going out of fashion. But any resulting respite has been cut short by a rise in vigilante etiquette instruction. The co-workers in question were not present, but even if they were, any objection on your part would have to be proportional to the offense, as you are not the one being slighted: a refusal to smile at the comment or even a silent frown.
Lecturing your plumber and your financial adviser that, on general principles, you object to their behavior will only leave you wetter and poorer.
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