Question For Miss Sweden

[Evans Electric]

What problems do you get as female of the species , if any, working with a load of football talking , sweaty , pharting, swearing blokes on a daily basis ?        (  Just like working with Stepps I suppose) 

Do you find that  20 blokes all need to climb into the joint trench with you ?   

 

[misssweden]

Interesting question Deke. I don't get that many problems, at least not serious ones. I think it was probably harder for the lads to adapt to working with a bird than the other way round. When I first started it took a while for them to realise that I could do things like carry heavy stuff, bend the bigger mains cables, dig etc. So if anything they were a bit overprotective bless them.

When it comes to the banter lads are definately more fun to work with (makes up for the fact that they fart for England and do snapchats when they go for a ****...) and I'm pretty thick-skinned But a few things I encounter on a regular basis are:

I can't work with anyone for more than 3 days before rumours start going around that we're shagging.

If building sites have a ladies toilet it's always locked AND NO ONE EVER KNOWS WHERE THE KEY IS! :slap

Every day starts with "morning lads", *cough*, "........and ladies."

A ponytail or bun can be quite uncomfortable to fit under a hardhat, but wearing my hair in plaits or pigtails always results in a "oooh, you look like a swedish milkmaid". :slap

Apparently I get stared at a lot when I'm on site in an "OMG it's a woman on site" kinda way. I don't notice it anymore but my collegues do.

Trying to look interested when the lads start talking about cars/bikes/tractors/steam engines. I normally give up after 90 sec and try to distract them by pointing at boobies walking past in the street

None of the above bothers me in the slightest. Well, with the exception for having to chase the toilet keys! But every now and again I get a seriously sexist customer/site agent. I had one last week that thought it was perfectly okay to say to my face "Oh no, not a woman! I'm oldfashioned, I don't believe in equality". And after I had left to get on with what I had to do proceeded to ask my collegue whether I could actually do anything and if I was really pulling my weight. My collegue did stick up for me, but things like that gets me down a bit because it's hard to defend myself against comments like that whilst trying not to be rude as the person is a customer.

Also, sometimes this happens and until I stand up so they can see my face, people actually think that it's a bloke with lace pants in the joint hole :slap

 

[Blue Duck]

Oh dear....

Can you not be as ruDe as you like? Its not like they can go to another DNO?

Things will still be the way they are for some time to come but at least you can prove them wrong

 

[Andy™]

Can you not be as ruDe as you like? Its not like they can go to another DNO?

yes they can... they will just have to move elsewhere to do so

If building sites have a ladies toilet it's always locked AND NO ONE EVER KNOWS WHERE THE KEY IS! :slap

its probably just a locked store room with a sign on to make it look like they care

 

[misssweden]

What I actually wanted to do to that peticular guy was to grab the nearest digger bucket amd whack him over the head with it! But I did compose myself enough to walk away. Sometimes I think it's probably just best to say nothing and just prove the sexists wrong by doing the job they think I can't do.

In theory, the managers for bigger building sites could get other contractors in to do all the jointing on site except for the final connections to our network. But we get rated on customer service by Ofgem so we've gotta keep it up all the time, rude customers or not.

 

[Evans Electric]

I apologise  for the occassional  sexist attitude from some blokes Miss SS   , its pathetic ,  & 40 years behind the times really ,  unfortunately it will ever be so .    Glad it doesn't happen on here !    We 're more grown up

( Now just between us ...who's this jointer you're shagging  ?  ) :innocent     

 

[misssweden]

yes they can... they will just have to move elsewhere to do so

its probably just a locked store room with a sign on to make it look like they care

Half the time I give up and go to the blokes toilets but it's important to remember not to go between 10-10.30 and 1-1.30

I apologise  for the occassional  sexist attitude from some blokes Miss SS   , its pathetic ,  & 40 years behind the times really ,  unfortunately it will ever be so .    Glad it doesn't happen on here !    We 're more grown up

( Now just between us ...who's this jointer you're shagging  ?  ) :innocent  

Cheers Deke to be fair, I get a lot more lads saying they think it's a good thing that I'm jointing and more women should do it.

(And for the record - none! I have a BF and intend to keep it that way. But I never deny the rumours because it's quite entertaining to see how long the list could get :slap )

 

[ProDave]

Also, sometimes this happens and until I stand up so they can see my face, people actually think that it's a bloke with lace pants in the joint hole  :slap

You should try showing a bit of "builders bum" and see what happens. :coat

P.S I wonder how many no have that picture saved?

 

[Andy™]

just Barx...

 

[ProDave]

just Barx...

And Steps.

 

[steptoe]

And Steps.

NOT me,

I have my own private collection posed for in person, 

and NO, they are NOT for sale,  :slap

 

[M107]

Well I must be getting a name for myself with your lot Miss S,

 After you said I didn't wave when you saw me on the way in to Reading , I started putting my hand up to any on comming SSE motors on the A4 between Thatcham & Calcot .......................now they wave at me before I do anything :slap

 

[binky]

where a thong, that'll get em talking :slap

alas sexist old winkers do still exist along with the brigade that thinks anyone who gets their hands dirty is thick and they can take the pee out of financially :red card

got an argument going on at the mo with a millionare who thinks his Polish builder knows how to so roofing....

 

[Evans Electric]

I can hear them now 107 ,   "Hey theres that nutter sparky coming ...we all wave to keep him happy" 

 

[binky]

is that part of 'care in the community' :innocent

 

[M107]

I can hear them now 107 ,   "Hey theres that nutter sparky coming ...we all wave to keep him happy" 

 Whats even funnier is when in the fire brigade van  both me & my mate just put our hands up  to any old motor coming the other way , no matter who it is they always wave back enthusiastically..................................childish but funny :slap

 

[Andy™]

yes... waving at random people... see how many wave back

and see how many wave back at you when waving at someone else

 

[kerching]

Stick with it SSS

When they TOTALLY accept you they will defend you ,til,the end of the Earth!...but it may take time

 

[binky]

 Whats even funnier is when in the fire brigade van  both me & my mate just put our hands up  to any old motor coming the other way , no matter who it is they always wave back enthusiastically..................................childish but funny :slap

brightens the day up, keep on waving, there's far too many miserable sods out there already :happy bunny:

 

[Sharpend]

Go for the golden bullet, blow them a kiss!!!!