ok picture the scene me and an ex girlfriend (she size 6-8 5'1 )took her car to a little known garage (has kwick and fit in the name) to have two new tyers fitted, during our 2 hour wait one of the young gentlemen spent all of his time blatently flirting with her (dont think he realised i was her bf) now i was ready to lamp the little sh*te but she kept me restrained. any how her car gets taken on to the ramp they change the tyers then spend 15 minutes looking round the car tapping various bit and pieces and shaking manager walkes up to ex and reals off a list of jobs that need doing and a rather large quote to do the work. now she askes to be shown on the car what needs doin and who shows her round? the little git thats been trying to chat her up so i get up to folow and catch up just in time to hear him say 'theres nothing wrong with your car i just wanted to get you out of the waiting area and see ifyou wanted to come in the back room with me' now befor ei could reach him my ex smiled sweetly at him....... and proceeded to smack himover the head with the nearest spanner
Yes Equ,
Its tough being a girl in a mans world. Try music for instance.
Been playing guitar for quite a few years now.
Go to gig,say to the guy" nice les paul guitar you have there "
he looks at hubby "you play"ignoring me.
hubby says a bit but she can play. dont listen.
I'm kinda used to it now, in the begining thay would follow me around
the shops, making sure i didnt break anything,they got used to me now.
I find anything remotley male orientated will be looked on with humour
or patronisum( sorry if i spelt it wrong)
i have only once had a posetive reaction and that cause i was wearing
a mini skirt and the guys thought i would look good in the band.
but there are acouple of benifits of being a girl. and i enjoy them.
lisamarie
I just love my job, in the construction industry............
I go out on site, hi viz jacket, toe tector boots, etc, into site office, male site manager, looks up,
I say Hi, I'm xxx and come to meet xxx.
Site manager.. looks up and down again, and says 'you are a woman, on my building site......'
I say: so I'm here to do a job, and yes I am a woman
Site manager: 'but women don't do your job'
I say: 'oh yes they do' and proceed to baffle him with all BS and EN standards I can think of,
Back in office that has just cost him £500 on his quote............. :shock: miserable git
On the patronising... is this you just thinking that they are patronising? I ask as a 2nd line engineer. I often have to talk to people of all abilities, and I start very basic with anyone, male or female, as I don't know their level of skill.
Now if you talked to me you may assume (wrongly) that I was stepping you through a process because you were female, rather than I met loads of people of all ages, races, languages, and sexes that could not do it, so now I ask everyone to avoid confusion?
Just a point from a outsider to the incident. I know how easy it is to feel victimised, and how hard it can be from the other side to put somthing across without causing offence if someone expects it...
I ask you. Who's the dumb one?
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