Thoughts Please Chaps !!

Marge · 08-12-2003, 23:30

Tonight at work I was asked to call a customer back who was having problems with his Broadband connection. Barely had the words of introduction left my lips before the chap said that he didn't think I was the person who could help him...........WHAT ?????

When I asked him why he thought that, he couldn't actually give me a straight answer. The impression that I got was because I was a girly ringing him back I didn't have a clue what I was talking about.

Is this a general opinion by blokes or am I just unlucky ??

however I have to say this isn't the first time

BTW I did get his problem resolved with a call back later in the week to see how things are going

Fawkes · 08-12-2003, 23:39

Well the short answer is, don't worry about it, it just shows that he's stupid and your not!

Ramrod · 08-12-2003, 23:47

I knew someone who once pointed at the telly (female newsreader was on) and said: "what does she know? Shes a woman"

Ars*holes are everywhere

Xaccers · 09-12-2003, 00:19

I'd much rather talk to a female techie, they're less prone to try and bluff when they don't know something, so you get honest answers.
That's one of the things I used to like about visiting novatech, you could ask the girls there stuff as most of them built thier own PC's and would happily admit if they didn't know something.

Nor · 09-12-2003, 00:19

I hear this so often and it sickens me. So many people say women suck but I ain't met one yet

Stuart · 09-12-2003, 00:34

Debsy, are you sure you didn't talk to UDT?

Seriously, I don't like the attitude of people who assume that because a person is a woman, she is somehow worse at her job.

I find it better never to make assumptions about somebody's ability to do their job based on their gender. Male or female, they could be good or bad.

09-12-2003, 02:13

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Originally Posted by Nor

So many people say women suck but I ain't met one yet

Why doesn't the smiley list have one for "frantically biting one's tongue to stop oneself from making gratuitous remarks"...?!

kronas · 09-12-2003, 02:17

ah such simpletons are still around just ignore them there many of them but you have a job to do and aslong as you do your bit then all is good if the other person wants to make it awkward just dont bother with him pass it to someone else

Idiots

**Paul** · 09-12-2003, 03:19

It's a common problem - we had a female pc support engineer a few years ago and the poor girl was always getting snide remarks - which was a real shame because she was very good with pc's.

Despite this she did quite well for herself - she eventually became the head of a support team.

Shaun · 09-12-2003, 03:34

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

I'd much rather talk to a female techie, they're less prone to try and bluff when they don't know something, so you get honest answers.

Hear hear, and less likely to cut you off when you ask a difficult question

paulyoung666 · 09-12-2003, 08:41

ahhhhhhhhhh i see we are back out of the gutter now

, as said previously the gender of a tech shouldnt come into it , the problem goes back to the stereotype of woman chained to sink , man hitting things with big hammers , old and outdated methinks

, some of the best help i have had has been from female tech's , dont let the bast@rds grind you down

Nemesis · 09-12-2003, 08:48

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Originally Posted by scastle

Debsy, are you sure you didn't talk to UDT?

Exactly my thoughts

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Originally Posted by scastle

Seriously, I don't like the attitude of people who assume that because a person is a woman, she is somehow worse at her job.

I find it better never to make assumptions about somebody's ability to do their job based on their gender. Male or female, they could be good or bad.

Take no heed Debs, the guy was just an ignorant pig.

ntluser · 09-12-2003, 09:04

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Originally Posted by Debsy42

Tonight at work I was asked to call a customer back who was having problems with his Broadband connection. Barely had the words of introduction left my lips before the chap said that he didn't think I was the person who could help him...........WHAT ?????

When I asked him why he thought that, he couldn't actually give me a straight answer. The impression that I got was because I was a girly ringing him back I didn't have a clue what I was talking about.

Is this a general opinion by blokes or am I just unlucky ??

however I have to say this isn't the first time

BTW I did get his problem resolved with a call back later in the week to see how things are going

Sadly, despite a lot of effort on the part of many people to promote equality between the sexes, there are still quite a few neanderthals out there who believe that the males are the dominant sex and that only males can do the best job.

Behind every great man, there's usually an even greater woman e.g. his wife, his mother etc and there's probably an equally talented sister but we never got to hear about her because we were living in a male orientated society.

Women are very talented and for the most part go unsung. Modern women are multi-tasking, capable of doing several jobs at once..juggling the role of partner/mother/work colleague/housewife and many other roles. They are proving themselves equally capable in the workplace and in the home.

So don't worry about the neanderthals. One day they will wake up and grow up and take notice of all the things that women are doing to make our society a better place. Maybe, then, women will be more appreciated and respected for what they CAN do and not for what some men THINK they are capable of.