"No, you're a girl. I want to talk to technical support!"

[thistlechaser]

A customer actually said that to me this morning. I pondered briefly killing all men, but then I realized that that would make slash difficult.

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[tersa.livejournal.com]

*snirk* I had that happen to me once, when I was working at NETCOM. It really does piss you off against the male gender for a while.

It also makes me more likely to be ultra-polite and informative, in a (usually futile) attempt to answer their question so thoroughly they'll have to apologize.

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

I've gotten that too. 'Oh, I thought you were going to transfer me to someone. What's your title??'

Me: Senior Technical Support Engineer. Now, how can I help you?

[somebunny.livejournal.com]

*seethe*

I have that problem too... and guys that call me darlin' and sweetie. Grr...

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the worst? I'd call them something like "sugarbuns" in return, but it'd get taken the totally wrong way!

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I can't count how many times I've heard "please transfer me to someone in the technical department". Grrrr/sigh.

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

I got that when I was working in a comic store. "They said I could talk to someone who knows about computer games! You're a girl! I want to talk to someone who knows about computers!" (We dealt in more than comics, btw.)

It's really hard to explain to Chauvinist MacPig that you can break down, overhaul, and have a box running again in an hour when he's staring at your tits. *growls*

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It also makes me more likely to be ultra-polite and informative, in a (usually futile) attempt to answer their question so thoroughly they'll have to apologize.

Hee, good plan! I just wanted to get this one off my phone and out of my life. (Alas, though I got him shifted over to email instead of phone, he's the type who emails multiple times a minute! It's not a critical issue, he's just curious about something. It's insane, he alone is filling up my box. Bah.)

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's really hard to explain to Chauvinist MacPig that you can break down, overhaul, and have a box running again in an hour when he's staring at your tits. *growls*

*helps you grrr at him* At least I don't have to deal with these "people" in person. I'd likely strangle them if I had to!

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Killing rage. Wow.

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[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

Crowbars tended to come to mind, at least in my case. Or castration. It only gets worse when your redneck boss thinks like the idiots as well - the "girls are dumb" part, not the staring-at-tits. As far as I ever saw at least. (And people wonder why I quit to write.)

Ahh, feel the sisterly bonding. :) They get this phenomenon in prison!

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'll bring the knives if you bring the bodybags.

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

They get this phenomenon in prison!

Which might explain why Oz is so popular with women!

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[somebunny.livejournal.com]

Then they'd assume I liked it and start hitting on me... *shudder*

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Exactly! *twitch*

[morinotokei.livejournal.com]

~clocks idiot customer in the head with a two-by-four~

Who me, violent? Nope, not at all. >:P~

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you!

[frances-jane.livejournal.com]

Heh. At least you could teach him a lesson. I get the opposite: 'Fran, I've had this error message come up on my interactive whiteboard: "insert lots of words I've never heard of before." What should I do?'
Me: 'Buggered if I know. Try turning it off and then turning it on again.'

[sileas.livejournal.com]

*pheh* Men!

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Rarr!

:)

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*giggles!* Rebooting is never the wrong answer. :)

[muzivitch.livejournal.com]

Ah, the joys of being female and in IT. I know them well.

Is that Fuwa from Whistle, btw? He's one of my favorite characters. Cute analytical seme!

*goes back to randomly reading LJs*

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And yep, that's him. He's one of my favorites, too. :)

[jakflak.livejournal.com]

Men are like athlete's foot; you can fix an outbreak but never quite erradicate us.

And we scratch a lot.

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*snickers* Okay, you're on my "can stay" list. :)