Companies that won't deal with women!

oldagetraveller

hairy_g wrote: »

Next time, tell them you are a Gynaecologist.

Ah, there's one of them lives up the road. He's an absolute genius. He wallpapered and painted the hall of his house through the front door letterbox.

jimbms

oldagetraveller wrote: »

Ah, there's one of them lives up the road. He's an absolute genius. He wallpapered and painted the hall of his house through the front door letterbox.

Had he been an Obstetrian he would have also managed to get the Grat Dane out through the said letterbox.

scooter_chick

maninthestreet wrote: »

Single people tend to be able to relocate easier/quicker than married people - they don't have a spouse who may also work and cannot relocate as a result.

Yeah, agreed. But surely the best question to ask still should have been "Are you willing to relocate?". Single people still may have partners, childern, elderly relatives to care for, friends, an allottment, whatever, that means they can't / don't want to move.

I just felt that asking "Are you married" as a proxy for the actual question a little patronising, and ultimately not useful - as I wasn't planning on relocating, if I'd answered that I wasn't married, that wouldn't really have helped, would it?

sookipeaspud

Sounds like an inexperienced recruiter. should of asked about relocation by another method through conversation. Dont be patronised.


Hey, he may of wanted to ask you out? You never know! ..or should she / he of asked about your sexual orientation prior to asking you out incase you were offended? I dunno these modern times!

shelly2jn

To be honest, it doesn't sound like sexism in this case but it does happen. When my husband and I were looking to buy a house we visited a mortgage advisor attached to a local estate agent. I deal with all the financial stuff in our house and anyone who rings gets the "Hang on, you need to talk to the missus". I asked numerous questions and every single time he answered my husband....not just me being paranoid...he actually prefaced his answer with hubby's name! It got to the point where I got a little bit rude! I turned to my husband and said "Am I invisible?" He cottoned on right away and replied "No pet, I can see you just grand, but our friend here doesn't seem to be able to see you. Lets just go" and we did. That guy lost his estate agency a sale that day. One other time I can think of was in a local bar, I ordered the drinks, (after much waving of money and having other men served before me) paid the barman and he handed my change to my husband! Didn't make eye contact with me at all, didn't say please or thank you to me, but did to hubby and best of all he was the bloody owner!

Fuzzy_Duck

shelly2jn wrote: »

To be honest, it doesn't sound like sexism in this case but it does happen. When my husband and I were looking to buy a house we visited a mortgage advisor attached to a local estate agent. I deal with all the financial stuff in our house and anyone who rings gets the "Hang on, you need to talk to the missus". I asked numerous questions and every single time he answered my husband....not just me being paranoid...he actually prefaced his answer with hubby's name! It got to the point where I got a little bit rude! I turned to my husband and said "Am I invisible?" He cottoned on right away and replied "No pet, I can see you just grand, but our friend here doesn't seem to be able to see you. Lets just go" and we did. That guy lost his estate agency a sale that day. One other time I can think of was in a local bar, I ordered the drinks, (after much waving of money and having other men served before me) paid the barman and he handed my change to my husband! Didn't make eye contact with me at all, didn't say please or thank you to me, but did to hubby and best of all he was the bloody owner!

The latter happens to me all too often! Really irks me, and it's not just barmen who do it, it's barwomen as well! Utterly ridiculous as he'll just hand MY money right back to me.

maninthestreet

jimbms wrote: »

When I ring up Ann Summers about an order she who must be obeyed has made they tell me they cannot discuss the odder as the item is an intimate item designed for ladies even though I am authorised to speak about the account, is this sexist? I feel offended.

Tell them you're a cross-dresser, and the items are for yourself.

jimbms

maninthestreet wrote: »

Tell them you're a cross-dresser, and the items are for yourself.

I do believe you failed to understand the implication of intimate item

wannabe_sybil

RadoJo wrote: »

I agree that this is not a 'company that won't deal with women' so much as one which wants to minimise the back and forth and squeeze a sale out as quickly as possible.

I would also be surprised if Sky had any opinions on whether women know about scart leads etc which isn't exactly hugely technical - the only problems I have found is that normally you are speaking to a phone operator who has little to no technical knowledge and will question what you say because they aren't sure rather then because they think that women wouldn't know what they're talking about.

I have, however seen plenty of women jump to conclusions about the motivation behind comments or questions that they have been asked with no reason to believe that a man wouldn't have been treated the same. I also know plenty of women who will act all weak and feeble when it suits them, but still complain that nobody takes them seriously over similar issues in the same breath.

If a garage told me that they would speak to my husband, I'd take my car elsewhere though - I have never come across a problem, and my husband often asks me to take his car in when it needs stuff doing because I know the guy and he throws me little freebies every so often for being a loyal customer.

I think it was the long, slow patient explanation of what a cable looked like and the 'love' that did it. Then I pointed out that I knew exactly what a scart lead was and it was in a cupboard. They refused to listen to me about the reasons, told me to ask my hubby when I got home and I had to leave off as I was starting to sound very Scouse.

Actually, the problem was that the dish was misaligned, which I had been trying to get checked - took us ten months to get it sorted. They only believed us when OH rang. That was, to be fair, ten years ago, and things are starting to get better.

Proc

Oh come on. It's common knowledge that women don't know anything about building stuff, electrical stuff, technological stuff, cars, engines, driving etc. The only purchases they generally get to decide are "Shall I get him pork of lamb for dinner tonight?"

No doubt I'm going to get shot down by the "You're so sexist, I can change oil in a car, set up a DVD player and I've never had a car crash" brigade, but you're a minority. Men generally make the big decisions, earn all the money, and understand finances.

I'm joking so don't cry.