Me: Male embedded software developer (way way back end) [29]

Coworker: Wahmyn front end developer

Boss: Male embedded software developer (and electrical engineer) [50+]

Lady takes a week off work, has no PTO and no sick days left, says she needs time to unwind.

Boss : BLANK will be out a week, you need to take her place in the meeting this week.

Me: How often to people just take time off randomly like this?

Boss: Its happened a few times before.

ME (I accidentally lets the red pills out): How many of them were females?

Boss (gets real close and talks quietly): All of them.

Boss walks away without saying anything else.