Pronoun paralysis
Hilarious, in its own way.
Well, you can surely order a sandwich without any pronouns other than first person, but Gad Saad later explained that his wife had wanted to say “he’ll get the hang of it” to another server (server # 1 is new to the job) but felt nervous about the “he.” But what’s funny, in a frustrating way, is all the explaining that you don’t have to use third person pronouns at all.
WE KNOW!!
We know, we know, we know. We’ve been saying that for years. It doesn’t matter – we still get the pronoun dramatizing.
It is rather ridiculous that people go on about knowing and using “preferred” pronouns, and then go on about how you hardly ever have to use these pronouns.
It’s not just pronouns. People have been given grief for incorrect use of “sir” or “ma’am”.
People most certainly get tongue tied and wary of using the wrong word, to the point of rephrasing on the fly to avoid pronouns or going with “singular they”, as advised by some trans advocates I’ve read. It’s silly to pretend this doesn’t happen.