Time To Filter Out All That Bigotry

I work in a brewery that offers tours. I am a twenty-something female and am the most experienced guide in the crew. On the very standard tour we explain how beer is made and how the company started. I am explaining parts of our filtration process when a male guest interrupts me.

Me: “Then we get to the mashing tun, where—”

Guest: “Actually, it’s a tin.”

Me: “No, it’s a tun. It’s the standard name of the vessel where the mixing of the malt and water takes place, which is called mashing.”

The guest turns to my male coworker, who is on the tour with me today as he is new and so is learning by assisting me.

Guest: “Are you training her or something? Should you correct her, or should I?”

Coworker: “Well, she’s correct. Also, she’s the one training me. She has a ‘tun‘ of information!”

My coworker’s quick pun made the rest of the group laugh and defused the situation, but that particular guest looked grumpy for the rest of the tour.