Say what??

[katballou.livejournal.com]

Oh hell no you did not just tell me you couldn't do any troubleshooting or even turn the computer on because you're "just a girl".

Are you really so stupid that you don't realize how very insulting that is not just to yourself but to me as a "girl" technician?

It's because of vapid little princesses like you that I have to struggle and fight to get all the "big strong men" to take me seriously when I am telling them how to fix their systems.

I hate you, please go die in a fire.



x-posted a few places.

Comments

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

You sound like you have major PMS today.

hahahahaha

[deusmetallum.livejournal.com]

Where I work, the women are easily the best agents we have. It's a shame that employers know this and steal them from us.

[sethb.livejournal.com]

Tell her you need to talk to the man who dialed the phone for her.

[hiroe.livejournal.com]

No offense, but that's just as much the same kind of sexist bullshit that she takes from male customers. Can't a girl go on a righteous rant, without being accused of PMS'ing? $deity fuck. Lay off.

....And just because you're a woman making that comment, doesn't make it okay. Matter of fact, it's worse: you should know better.

[ptstech.livejournal.com]

Wow. I really don't know what to say to that.

Except "DAMN!"

I do know what it's like to have a few screw it up for everyone, though. That, however, is another rant for another day.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Oh no you din't.

[yndy.livejournal.com]

seriously?

Make it a big, big fire.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I do support for my neighbors. One of my guys had a problem with his computer and his wife had a tantrum when he came to me about it. "What does SHE know about computers? She's a GIRL!"

Two male later, and still no resolution to the problem...guess who fixed it? It's irritating as shit when women pull the "girls don't do computers!" card. Yes, we do, dammit. I don't have all that technology experience all over my resume for shits and giggles, dammit.

Not funny.

[dkphoenix.livejournal.com]

Error code 05: Humor Failure

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

Meh, it's certainly not as bad as wishing someone would die in a fire.

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

I did. But only because of the fire comment.

Re: Not funny.

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

Neither was her "I hope you die in a fire" reference. So I guess we're square.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

DAWWWWW! Aren't you just PRECIOUS? Making sure techs aren't m33n 2 a$$holZ!

Don't be a dumbass.

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on, now. Everybody knows that technical sounds like testicle, which girls don't have. Therefore, they can't possibly know anything about computers or cars. Unless they're dykes, or something. </sarcasm>


I remember one customer who I'd talked to in the past. He had been pretty impressed with my ability and whatnot. One day, he calls back on a problem that a (female) coworker had worked on and given him the correct solution to. He said he wanted to double-check with a MAN, because he didn't trust her ability.

My response?
"Did her solution fix your problem?"
"Well, yes."
"Then what's to confirm?"
"Well...I just wanted to get a second opinion from someone who knows what he's doing."
"Hmm. I can understand that. But what you should probably know is that when I run into something I can't fix, I ask HER."
*dead silence*

THAT shut him the fuck up.

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

That comment wins an internet!

Re: Not funny.

[dkphoenix.livejournal.com]

Actually, yeah, it was funny. This is techsupport. This is where we come to say the things we'd like to say to customers, but can't and stay employed and off the Homeland Security watch list. Hoping the clueless die in a fire? Rather mild on the Big List of Fantasy Luser Demises.

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

I prefer princess to precious, thanks.

I'll try to stop being a dumbass, if you try to stop being a bitch. Or do you have PMS too.

You all should lighten up, just a bit.

[snarl817.livejournal.com]

But you can't stop being a dumbass...you're a girl!


You know, SOME women were raised in an environment that fostered their creative abilities and nurtured the idea that they could do ANYTHING that they were willing to work for, rather than just being encouraged to snag some rich man and latch onto him and stay barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. Stereotypes like the one presented by the OP serve no other purpose except to reinforce the societal misconception that women aren't good for anything EXCEPT baby-producing machines.

Wishing that the customer would DIAF is perfectly acceptable, as her attitude makes the jobs that female techs have to do even harder.

And before you insinuate, no, I don't have PMS...but I am an asshole.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Sweetheart, if you don't want to get called out for your idiocy, don't make such a public spectacle of putting your foot into your ignorant mouth.

PMS? Please. Can't you do any better than junior high retorts?

[darkrose.livejournal.com]

Who let the end user in?

[geekgrrl-ca.livejournal.com]

too bad that stunt with a telsa coil and the telephone doesn't really work

[darkrose.livejournal.com]

This post is full of wins.

Something ohhjuliet doesn't realize (and I speculate that this is because she is not in the business of dealing with the things we have to) is that gender doesn't make a damn bit of difference when it comes down to it all. End users want their problem fixed and it really shouldn't matter if it's male, female, gay, Christian, pagan, transgendered, alien, or vegetable matter as long as they get what they want, right?

This is the core problem with end users. "Lighten up"? I'm not the one SCREAMING on the phone because Outlook "don't work no more".

Re: Not funny.

[darkrose.livejournal.com]

So two "wrongs" make a "right", eh? Since you're so bent on taking the high road and pointing out how inconsiderate it is that the poster wants to "die in a fire", you'd think that you'd be able to identify the sheer and utter hypocracy in your own post as it relates to attacking her.

Bravo. You are the type of person many people in this community vent about. It's only ok when it serves you, right?

Die in a fire, indeed.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I do believe you've hit the nail squarely, yes.

I don't do end user support at my current company (not for lack of tech support trying to steal me from marketing, mind) precisely because I'm fed right the fuck up of dealing with 'tards like Miss Prissybritches up there. It's obvious that she's the sort of twatwaffle that would fail to RTFM, then flip her shit at support for an hour, then have the nerve to tell them to "lighten up".

[taleya.livejournal.com]

and it sounds like you need a mental age greater than five.