Alternatives to using the word '"guys" at work anyone?

[Throbbing Angel]

I'm sick of it now. Meetings and events its 'you guys' this and 'our guys' that.

I've posted this before somewhere on here but it still applies

 

[Kesher]

Carbon units

 

[pengaleng]

I love limmy's show

 

[Orang Utan]

I love limmy's show

KaBULL

 

[pengaleng]

 

[mojo pixy]

'SCUSE ME

 

[abe11825]

Third page and nobody has said "cunts" yet.

I said that to a neighbour today; "the cunts I work with..." and she goes "but they're two men...?". I said "so?" and she goes "that word doesn't describe men", so I replied "ok. How about twats, douchebags, dickheads, assholes or asshats?". Her response was "maybe a little better, but not quite".

My big issue with one of my bosses is he always says "Guys" in the emails he sends out. True as it may be, that I'm the only female tech in the area, but I've just chocked it up to him being a redneck hillbilly. Thus, anything of the "hey guys" would work for him as he "knows no better". On the other hand, I play nice, and when I have to address my bosses in an email, I always start with "Gentlemen;" and go about my issues.

I do tend to make the people I work with question some of the phrasing, however... basically because I'm the only girl. Doesn't matter the age of the fellas... I always nicely say "hey boys" when I see two or more of them together. But if they're dicking around and fighting, I call them "children" to their faces. I don't care that they are 2 or more years older than me; they want to act like four year olds, I'll call them out as such.

I've got no other suggestions outside of what people have already stated.

 

[pengaleng]

successful sperm

 

[pengaleng]

swimmers

 

[Libertad]

I think I've settled on Citizen Workers.

 

[klang]

sheeples

 

[DaveCinzano]

Hommes and dames

 

[Orang Utan]

Hommes and dames

again, it's distinguishing between two genders - not acceptable! needs to address everyone at once

 

[DaveCinzano]

again, it's distinguishing between two genders - not acceptable! needs to address everyone at once

You're definitely a hommesanddames

 

[pengaleng]

parasites

 

[mojo pixy]

Yo Niggaz

 

[bi0boy]

my fellow creatures
persons
bitches
you lot

 

[campanula]

punters, proles, fellow toilers, mugs, fauna, ingrates, herd

 

[Mation]

Yo Niggaz

Can I be there when you give that one a go?

 

[free spirit]

simply add 'and gals', and preface it with 'now then now then...'

 

[Throbbing Angel]

 

[iamwithnail]

I actually think it was somewhere on Urban I saw it, but it's worth pointing out that 'brief mortals' is gender neutral, as in 'HOW MAY LORD DAMOGON HELP, BRIEF MORTALS?'

 

[Pickman's model]

Minions

 

[Pickman's model]

Henchfolk

 

[Libertad]

Untermenschen.

 

[spanglechick]

I use "kittens", "cherubs", "petals" &c.

Both to address my students, and my close colleagues. I do accept that this kind of salutation probably doesn't work unless you're a somewhat whimsical middle-aged drama teacher.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Salarymen

 

[trabuquera]

"you 'orrible lot" - true sergeant-major style

 

[Radical-Cliff]

Gladiators

 

[equationgirl]

Underlings