So, does a transgender's wait depend on pre-op sex?

Slate.com today shares a recent study that concluded women wait an average of 20 seconds longer than men for their orders at coffee shops. The researchers hung out in eight shops and noted that when the employees were all men, women waited longer (whether due to flirting or contempt is unknown).

While 20 seconds seems like hardly anything, the fact that there's a difference at all is disturbing. Why would it be acceptable to dawdle when preparing a woman's drink order? Because she's less likely to speak up? I know I wouldn't ever yell at a barista to hurry the hell up. But I also don't know many men who would feel comfortable doing that. The study was done in Boston, so maybe big-city boys are more aggressive.

Is it really still a man's world? I sometimes wonder, when I'm sitting at a budget meeting in the morning and see two other female faces at a table of 10. I don't know if fewer women are ambitious, or if they see family as a priority over their career, or they're just smarter than I am and not going to the meetings. Now that I'm a manager, I see the appeal in a route of less responsibility. Sometimes I wish I could have a set schedule, or not have to take responsibility for quality control. But I also love that I don't always have to ask permission to do something. So I guess it all comes out in the wash. And whoever does well at the end of the day, man or woman, gets to keep his or her job. Hooray.