Best lines for female techs?

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

So why is it that callers have a much harder time accepting a female voice as their information source? Heck, I thought Majel Barrett set the stage for omnipotent technical knowledge forty years ago. Not to mention assorted priestesses and oracles in the distant past (not much good for callers who failed history). Artemis/Diana would be a logical choice for an (information) hunter deity, would she not? So why do female techs get treated like Cassandra?

Most relevantly, are there words, lines, or turns of phrase which can gently (or not-so-gently) help befuddled callers quickly realise that yes, the female voice on the other end of the line can fix their computer?

Comments

[linguafranca.livejournal.com]

That I get a lot, actually! :)

[katyism.livejournal.com]

Me too, from female faculty and young female students. They even whine to me about the guys they talked to when the've called before...

"Yeah hi! I talked to this erm.. young MAN when i called earlier and he wasn't helpful...i'm so glad I got you" and they don't even know if i'm going to be any more helpful, heh.