Can’t Hear You Over The Sound Of Your Ovaries, Part 4
Bigotry, Canada, Government Office | Right | January 15, 2020
(I work for a central answering point for a municipality. We answer for almost every department in the city. I am female and sit beside a male; we both have the exact same job description, but he is about twenty years older than I am. I wish I could say this doesn’t happen very often but sadly it does, even with female callers.)
Me: *answers phone with standard greeting*
Caller: “I need to talk to an engineer!”
(This usually means they want to talk to a man.)
Me: “Okay, what is it regarding?”
Caller: *sighs and asks a standard question we are trained to answer*
Me: *gives proper response*
Caller: “No, that can’t be right! Let me talk to an engineer!”
Me: “Okay, please hold.” *transfers to my male coworker less than three feet away*
Coworker: *listens and gives the exact same answer as I did*
Caller: “Oh, okay. Thank you.”
Coworker & Me: *rolling our eyes*
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