Post by dgan on Jan 21, 2006 3:02:47 GMT -5
For years, we’ve heard from women what it is like to work in a field that is predominantly male. Well, now it is my turn. I am a man, and I work in a call center.
You know you are a guy working with almost all women if:
- Stuff in the men’s bathroom is used so infrequently that even the anti-bacterial soap is growing mold.
- The entire building smells like Bath & Body Works.
- In spite of all your inhibitions, you have learned the finer details of a ‘color scheme’.
- You sit down at a shared computer and www.match.com is saved to the Favorites.
- You are always told repeatedly how many days it has been since you last wore those clothes.
- You are always asked if you those clothes had been washed since the last time you wore them. (Hint: Always answer “yes”, no matter what.)
- The instruction manual is still attached to the copier.
- There is more foliage inside the building than outside.
- Your mind is now acclimated to going exactly 8 hours without having a conversation about football or poker.
- None of the cars parked on the street were parallel parked.
- You are constantly told you forgot to shave. (Hint: Don’t argue that you didn’t “forget” – it opens the door to a conversation about women’s leg hair you do NOT want to get into.)
- You are always asked for your advice on cars because “you’re a guy” but when you do, the person you are speaking to has no clue what you are talking about.
- You now understand why women enjoy their daytime soaps – the drama between women experiencing PMS can be very entertaining when it doesn’t involve you.
And finally…
- There are 75 copies of the same issue of People’s Magazine lying around, but when you take your lunch break, there is still an unopened newspaper in the cafeteria.....…from yesterday.
You know you are a guy working with almost all women if:
- Stuff in the men’s bathroom is used so infrequently that even the anti-bacterial soap is growing mold.
- The entire building smells like Bath & Body Works.
- In spite of all your inhibitions, you have learned the finer details of a ‘color scheme’.
- You sit down at a shared computer and www.match.com is saved to the Favorites.
- You are always told repeatedly how many days it has been since you last wore those clothes.
- You are always asked if you those clothes had been washed since the last time you wore them. (Hint: Always answer “yes”, no matter what.)
- The instruction manual is still attached to the copier.
- There is more foliage inside the building than outside.
- Your mind is now acclimated to going exactly 8 hours without having a conversation about football or poker.
- None of the cars parked on the street were parallel parked.
- You are constantly told you forgot to shave. (Hint: Don’t argue that you didn’t “forget” – it opens the door to a conversation about women’s leg hair you do NOT want to get into.)
- You are always asked for your advice on cars because “you’re a guy” but when you do, the person you are speaking to has no clue what you are talking about.
- You now understand why women enjoy their daytime soaps – the drama between women experiencing PMS can be very entertaining when it doesn’t involve you.
And finally…
- There are 75 copies of the same issue of People’s Magazine lying around, but when you take your lunch break, there is still an unopened newspaper in the cafeteria.....…from yesterday.
, I have to leave my office to fix the computer from "gremlins". My coworker, he's dragged out to change the light bulbs. Come to think of it, he just plain skips lunch.
, use my e-mail to find me.
