This has nothing to do with bk but is my rant for the day!

[pavlikclan]

I just called into and spoke with the credit department manager at my local coop. We buy our propane through them to heat our home. I paid our current months bill of $550 and then asked about what we had to do when we filled next time. He was very nice to me and told me when it gets to 20% call in tell us how much you want, bring us a check for that amount and we will fill it. Ok that works I can do that .

An hour later he calls my husband at work to tell him that when the tank gets to 20% to call them tell them how much we want, bring them a check, blah blah blah. The same damn thing he told me.

Ok I may be female but that does not an idiot make. I know how to read the freaking gauge on my propane tank, I know how to do the math to see how much money will get me how many gallons of propane. I can even handle driving up to the coop and writing the check for the amount. You called my husband at work.............why?

I don't get it and I know it can't be like this everywhere. I live in a small midwestern town and the gentlemen in city government and other roles such as Mr. Credit Manager treat me like I am an idiot. I had to go out last year and get into a screaming match with the water meter reader because he said I owed them for 110,000 gallons of water on my bill. He moved all the numbers over one spot. I owed them for 11,000 gallons of water. This was after weeks of me arguing with them and telling them they were wrong and him coming out to read the meter repeatedly.

I just don't understand. I may be female, I may be a stay at home mother at this point but that does not make me uneducated.

[AngelinaCat]

You aren't the only one. It happens to me too. What's particularly annoying to me is when someone (usually a man--even a good neighbor) calls on the phone, or comes over to visit, the conversation usually goes like this:

Him: "Hi."
Me: "Hi. How are you?"
Him: "I'm fine. ....Where's 'Hub?"

When this happens, 'Hub is usually either running errands, or is somewhere not immediately available.

Me: "Is there something I can do to help you?"
Him: "No. Have 'Hub give me a call." and he leaves.

What am I? Chopped liver?

We both have noticed this.

[oregonpilot]

You aren't the only one. It happens to me too. What's particularly annoying to me is when someone (usually a man--even a good neighbor) calls on the phone, or comes over to visit, the conversation usually goes like this:

Him: "Hi."
Me: "Hi. How are you?"
Him: "I'm fine. ....Where's 'Hub?"

When this happens, 'Hub is usually either running errands, or is somewhere not immediately available.

Me: "Is there something I can do to help you?"
Him: "No. Have 'Hub give me a call." and he leaves.

What am I? Chopped liver?

We both have noticed this.

hahahaha i like that cat.
i notice the same thing. its like i am invisible when i am on a job site where its all guys. When i do get noticed is when i come onsite and the guys say...everybody watch your mouths theres a "chick" on site.
I think we probably smell better than chopped liver.

[drowning123]

My thing is "Mrs. My Lastname". They always assume I'm married.

[oregonpilot]

or MAAM....i thought that was for "old" ladies

[tobee43]

I just called into and spoke with the credit department manager at my local coop. We buy our propane through them to heat our home. I paid our current months bill of $550 and then asked about what we had to do when we filled next time. He was very nice to me and told me when it gets to 20% call in tell us how much you want, bring us a check for that amount and we will fill it. Ok that works I can do that .

An hour later he calls my husband at work to tell him that when the tank gets to 20% to call them tell them how much we want, bring them a check, blah blah blah. The same damn thing he told me.

Ok I may be female but that does not an idiot make. I know how to read the freaking gauge on my propane tank, I know how to do the math to see how much money will get me how many gallons of propane. I can even handle driving up to the coop and writing the check for the amount. You called my husband at work.............why?

I don't get it and I know it can't be like this everywhere. I live in a small midwestern town and the gentlemen in city government and other roles such as Mr. Credit Manager treat me like I am an idiot. I had to go out last year and get into a screaming match with the water meter reader because he said I owed them for 110,000 gallons of water on my bill. He moved all the numbers over one spot. I owed them for 11,000 gallons of water. This was after weeks of me arguing with them and telling them they were wrong and him coming out to read the meter repeatedly.

I just don't understand. I may be female, I may be a stay at home mother at this point but that does not make me uneducated.

well.....i have a saying....

all of US WOMAN KNOW it...


NEVER and I MEAN EVER SEND a MAN to do a WOMAN's job....

like do these guys FORGET who gave them birth??? LOL!!!!!

[drowning123]

You are so right, tobee.

[tobee43]

;)

[pavlikclan]

Oh well. I don't get it but at least we can snicker at them for being so silly!

[clevelandmom]

MEN!!!
My personal favorite "Hey Mister, you're an IDIOT for thinking I'm one" moment happened at an oil change place. I took my car in, and just so happened to know a thing or two about my car, AND what I just had done 4 months prior. The mechanic was quite the shmuck, and started rambling off all these things that were wrong with my car. In the middle of his loooong list of BS "problems" I should think about dealing with, I asked him if my blinker fluid was low. He started to say YES, but caught himself. I told him to give me the bill for the oil change ONLY, and I'll go elsewhere for the other "problems." Jerk.

[Peeps]

Gee, sorry for the bad experience. Obviously there are some duds out there... but in support of the menfolk of the world, there sure are a lot of wonderful ones, too. Love 'em! And on the flipside, I suppose it's only fair to point out that some women don't exactly make the A-List either. Women can stereotype men just as competently as men can stereotype women.

Personally, I have no problem with guys who might underestimate me. It makes it ultra easy to identify the BS. Last year I had to do a lot of home repair after a tornado graced my neighborhood. After a steady stream of jerks lying to me about the roof, gutters, siding, windows, doors, decks, furnace, central air conditioner, and carpet that all had to be replaced (and me, with a facility management degree) I had the whole thing down to a fine art. They put so little effort into their BS because they thought they could get away with it. Which made it really easy to catch. It helped me know which contractors were on the up & up and which ones were a bit shady. It always worked out to my advantage. And provided some laughs too. Bless their little hearts.

[WhatMoney]

I suppose I should not really post in this thread.

[oregonpilot]

there are alot of good guys out there so I Don't want to sound like i'm guy bashing....
I'm married to the best guy around.

[pavlikclan]

lol I don't think all men are like this. Just a few of them around here. Kind of old fashioned I guess

[onwards]

Hey, I'm with you girls. My ex builds kitchens - and I don't mean just design them, I mean actually build them, soup to nuts. The running joke - except it wasn't a joke - was always how I was deathly afraid of Home Depot, which was her playland. Whenever she sent me there I'd go into brain freeze. Barnes & Noble was my territory, thank you very much.