The one thing that I have noticed and don't like about the south is that there are a few men who are a little chauvinistic. I noticed it in AR and I notice it here. Don't get me wrong, I think men and women definitely have different roles in this world. I feel like my role is to be a wife and mother and to take care of our home and raise my children the best I can. Tim's role is to "bring home the bacon." and fix things I can't around the house. And treat all us ladies like the ladies that we are. There are just some jobs that I don't think women should do i.e. sports announcing, construction (The house that was being built behind us was framed by 2 women and it took almost 3 months to do.) President of the United States (although in 4 years I might have to change my mind depending on who's running.) just like I think their are jobs men shouldn't do. (preschool teacher, hair dresser, President of the Women's Republican Committee.) I guess some would call me chauvinistic. The reason I bring all this up is that although I may be a woman, a stay at home mom at that, doesn't mean I don't know anything.
The other day our 3 hall lights that are hooked up to a 3 way switch stopped working. Tim and I tried the switches and concluded that there was something wrong. I called the electrician who wired the house and told him that our hall lights weren't working. Here's how the conversation went:
Casey: Hi! We live in **** and you did the electrical work for our house. Our upstairs hall lights aren't working.
Elec Guy: Did you check the light bulbs?
Casey's thoughts: Are you really asking me that? Do you think I'm an idiot?
Casey: No, but I don't think that all 3 light bulbs would go out at the EXACT same time.
Elec. Guy: Did you check the breaker switch because sometimes the switch might trip.
Duh! Like I don't know that's a possibility.
Casey: No, because wouldn't there be other rooms or lights attached to that same switch and wouldn't those not be working either? Everything else works.
Elec. Guy: Not necessarily. I don't know if there are other rooms attached to that breaker.
Casey: Well, I'll go check just to make sure. (To my NOT surprise, it wasn't tripped) There are 3 other rooms attached to it and no it's not tripped.
Elec. Guy: Is there a GFCI switch in the hall bathroom upstairs by the hallway?
Casey: I don't know, I'll go check.
Casey's thoughts: You are making me go all the way upstairs to check the GFCI switch in the bathroom where everything works. Of course, it's no the switch because the only thing not working is THE HALL LIGHTS!!!!
Casey: No, there is no GFCI switch in this bathroom.
Elec. Guy: Oh! Ok. Well, let's see, we'll have to schedule an appt. to come out.
Casey's thoughts: I could have told you that 5 minutes ago before you made me hike all through the house checking everything.
Elec. Guy: When did you close on your house? Is it still under warranty.
Casey: Yes, Dec. 27.
Casey's thoughts: Would I even be calling you if it wasn't under warranty. I'd fix it myself.
Conclusion: Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I don't have any common sense.
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4 comments:
HA HA HA He must have thought you were blonde!!!
PS i wouldn't mind a woman president as long as it's not Hillary! Infact if you were running I would vote for you!
Funny, Casey! For the record, you are my favorite male chauvinist pig! I am not sure that guy was being chauvinistic though. He has probably made dozens of appointments assuming these things were checked only to drive miles away to find it was something as simple as a lightbulb or a tripped breaker. He was probably just acting on his past experience with other customers (male and female) and trying to learn from those experiences. Then again, he could think women are stupid! Let's hope that wasn't the case.
Marque, You might be right. I guess I should have shared the story about when we had a water leak at the connection to our house out by the street. I assessed the situation and realized it was on our side of the meter and called the builder to let him know that someone needed to fix it and that I had shut the water off so it would quit leaking. He questioned me and kept telling me that it's probably on the city side and how would I even know otherwise. After convincing him that I wasn't going to call the city he finally came over to look at it. When he realized what I had done to figure it out and that I was right his comment was, "Wow, I'm really impressed. Most moms like you wouldn't have a clue what to do." It wasn't rocket science, and I think most moms WOULD know what to do. I didn't fix it. I admit, I wouldn't know how, but I can at least figure out what is wrong. As I have talked to other women in the neighborhood they have gotten the same attitude from the same people. CRAZY.
Oh! And thanks for the compliment.
Casey, You are one of the smartest people I know. The nerve of those chauvinists. I always get that as well so I prefer not to be the one calling if I don't have to. I do have to admit that I don't know what a GFCI switch is so I would have been busted right there.
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