Customer Drives Into An Auto Repair Shop And Says He Doesn’t Want A “Chick” Touching His Car, Makes A Fool Of Himself
Now and again women are forced to combat sexist stereotypes about their car knowledge. A recent study showed that 3 in 4 women do their own research on pricing and repairs before entering an automotive shop to make sure they receive fair prices.
But for those women who work in the ‘male-centric’ business, the challenge is even greater. Dealing with sexist comments, male clients’ distrust and second-guesses on a daily basis can be truly overwhelming.
So this great story comes from the redditor @Unlimitedpatience, who worked as the only licensed mechanic in a car dealership. The author is also a female and she would occasionally get issues with male customers who’d be very suspicious of her skills and abilities. But one customer was particularly unhappy with a woman fixing his car.
“Who is that chick? Is she going to be working on my car? I don’t want her working on my car,” the male told the advisor, who replied that in this case, he’d have to wait for quite a while. Let’s see how this whole story escalated below, and I’m telling you, karma has been served.
This woman who worked as the only licensed mechanic in a car dealership has recently shared a story of how a male customer refused to let her touch his car
Image credits: dragana991 (not the actual photo)
And this is what people had to comment on this whole incident
Yes I'm an engineer - 20 years of mathematical modeling experience and use software in ways that I need to explain to the developer. Last week a male engineer flatly refused to accept my explanation of how a flash train worked. He rolled his eyes, huffed and puffed. I was about to explain it for the 3rd time and a male colleague stepped in and offered to explain what I was saying. Basically said what I said, and the idiot accepted his explanation. It happens all the time
Kudos to you and all the more power. I couldn't deal with that malarkey on a day-to-day basis. That's why I chose not to go into engineering, even though I had the highest marks of anyone in my class, excelled at physics and calculus, and would have done well. I chose instead to pursue computer programming, which has a higher ratio of women to men than other tech fields. We are not immune to sexism on the job. I was passed over for promotion twice in my career. Both times I had trained male colleagues in my specialized programming language. After a year on the job, they were both given plum leading edge projects with less experience and knowledge than I. Meanwhile, I was left behind to work on crappy legacy systems. Apparently I was good enough to train them but not good enough to promote or code those systems. Back then I was angry, but now, I'm glad for it. I know these legacy systems like the back of my hand. I'll be 60yo next month. In a couple of years, I'm throwing in the towel.
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@Millar if women are worse drivers, why is their insurance so much cheaper than men's? LMAO.
Hes in a bad mood after losing an argument in a spectacular fashion: i think his is baiting people to try and makes others angry, so he can feel better. Let him impotently rage his frustrations, he's harmless. Hes likely to respond to me saying this, but I don't really mind. He's just making a fool of himself
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Yes I'm an engineer - 20 years of mathematical modeling experience and use software in ways that I need to explain to the developer. Last week a male engineer flatly refused to accept my explanation of how a flash train worked. He rolled his eyes, huffed and puffed. I was about to explain it for the 3rd time and a male colleague stepped in and offered to explain what I was saying. Basically said what I said, and the idiot accepted his explanation. It happens all the time
Kudos to you and all the more power. I couldn't deal with that malarkey on a day-to-day basis. That's why I chose not to go into engineering, even though I had the highest marks of anyone in my class, excelled at physics and calculus, and would have done well. I chose instead to pursue computer programming, which has a higher ratio of women to men than other tech fields. We are not immune to sexism on the job. I was passed over for promotion twice in my career. Both times I had trained male colleagues in my specialized programming language. After a year on the job, they were both given plum leading edge projects with less experience and knowledge than I. Meanwhile, I was left behind to work on crappy legacy systems. Apparently I was good enough to train them but not good enough to promote or code those systems. Back then I was angry, but now, I'm glad for it. I know these legacy systems like the back of my hand. I'll be 60yo next month. In a couple of years, I'm throwing in the towel.
Load More Replies... @Millar if women are worse drivers, why is their insurance so much cheaper than men's? LMAO.
Hes in a bad mood after losing an argument in a spectacular fashion: i think his is baiting people to try and makes others angry, so he can feel better. Let him impotently rage his frustrations, he's harmless. Hes likely to respond to me saying this, but I don't really mind. He's just making a fool of himself
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