Why Do Men Think Women are Inept?
I have been wondering of late, why some men think women are inept at mechanical details. In the past few weeks this has happened to me three times and I’m getting a bit tired of it.
My Father used to work six days a week and Sunday was his only day off. My Mother, being the saint that she was, always let my Dad go golf on Sundays because he worked so hard. She always told me however, “Don’t expect your husband to do any of the work around the house or to fix anything, "Do It Yourself!” So that is what I have been doing all my life.
As it happens, I married a man that was not mechanically inclined. He didn’t like doing that type of work and so therefore I have done it all. I used to tease Dan that he was not allowed to use power tools. We have a canister vacuum cleaner and one time when I was out of town he decided he was going to surprise me and vacuum the house. He ran over is toes. He loved using my power tools, but I always had to be there to make sure he was safe.
When I wanted something I would ask for it for Christmas or my birthday. I have asked and received a few drills, augers, an awl, a Little Giant ladder with all the accessories, and numerous other tools that I needed to get something done around the house. I have fixed the sprinkler systems on two (2) houses, installed a dishwasher and disposals, chopped wood into kindling, repaired my husband, Dan’s car, when he went over a parking block and the front fender popped out, plus many other things.
A couple of weeks ago I came in from working in the yard and went straight upstairs to take a shower. To my surprise it was cold! That was one of the quickest showers I’ve taken in a long time. The frigid water was a bit perplexing as we just installed a new hot water heater 2 ½ years ago. I finished with my shower and went downstairs to see the basement flooded around the hot water heater. I called the company that installed the hot water heater and they had someone come right over. It was a young man in his mid to late 20’s. When they installed the new hot water heater they also installed a thermal expansion unit. This is about a one (1) gallon tank that sits above the hot water heater. When this young man, I’d like to say boy, but then that would tell you my age, looked around he found the blue bolt on this expansion unit had loosened itself. He comes over to me and said it needed to be checked every once in awhile and then he proceeds to say, “righty tighty, lefty loosy.” This made my blood boil, but I bit my lip and didn’t say a word.
I am also having my house painted. Our front porch faces south and gets the beating sun on it all year long. When it snows the snow sits on the top railing as well. Because of this I have had to completely sand then prime and paint the railing once and I was working on it again, thinking I would be painting the house myself. But I decided to have the house painted because I just didn’t have the time. The painter was asking me if my husband had sanded the railing. I looked at him with this rather stern look and said, no I did it and this is the second time I’ve done it.
So today, the same painter wanted to plug in an extension cord so they could play music and he went to the backyard outlet. I get a knock on the door and he said, this outlet doesn’t work, have you used it. I said I use it every week when I mow. He thinks the light needs to be on, which it doesn’t. I told him, quite possibly it’s because you guys just power washed this side of the house and the outlet is wet, but I’ll go check the breaker. It wasn’t the breaker but I did plug it in the house so they could have their music.
So for all you men out there that think all women are inept at anything mechanical, be forewarned. I’m not going to be so nice the next time some man assumes I don’t know anything!
Here's Another Feather In Your Hat!
My Father used to work six days a week and Sunday was his only day off. My Mother, being the saint that she was, always let my Dad go golf on Sundays because he worked so hard. She always told me however, “Don’t expect your husband to do any of the work around the house or to fix anything, "Do It Yourself!” So that is what I have been doing all my life.As it happens, I married a man that was not mechanically inclined. He didn’t like doing that type of work and so therefore I have done it all. I used to tease Dan that he was not allowed to use power tools. We have a canister vacuum cleaner and one time when I was out of town he decided he was going to surprise me and vacuum the house. He ran over is toes. He loved using my power tools, but I always had to be there to make sure he was safe.
When I wanted something I would ask for it for Christmas or my birthday. I have asked and received a few drills, augers, an awl, a Little Giant ladder with all the accessories, and numerous other tools that I needed to get something done around the house. I have fixed the sprinkler systems on two (2) houses, installed a dishwasher and disposals, chopped wood into kindling, repaired my husband, Dan’s car, when he went over a parking block and the front fender popped out, plus many other things.A couple of weeks ago I came in from working in the yard and went straight upstairs to take a shower. To my surprise it was cold! That was one of the quickest showers I’ve taken in a long time. The frigid water was a bit perplexing as we just installed a new hot water heater 2 ½ years ago. I finished with my shower and went downstairs to see the basement flooded around the hot water heater. I called the company that installed the hot water heater and they had someone come right over. It was a young man in his mid to late 20’s. When they installed the new hot water heater they also installed a thermal expansion unit. This is about a one (1) gallon tank that sits above the hot water heater. When this young man, I’d like to say boy, but then that would tell you my age, looked around he found the blue bolt on this expansion unit had loosened itself. He comes over to me and said it needed to be checked every once in awhile and then he proceeds to say, “righty tighty, lefty loosy.” This made my blood boil, but I bit my lip and didn’t say a word.
I am also having my house painted. Our front porch faces south and gets the beating sun on it all year long. When it snows the snow sits on the top railing as well. Because of this I have had to completely sand then prime and paint the railing once and I was working on it again, thinking I would be painting the house myself. But I decided to have the house painted because I just didn’t have the time. The painter was asking me if my husband had sanded the railing. I looked at him with this rather stern look and said, no I did it and this is the second time I’ve done it.So today, the same painter wanted to plug in an extension cord so they could play music and he went to the backyard outlet. I get a knock on the door and he said, this outlet doesn’t work, have you used it. I said I use it every week when I mow. He thinks the light needs to be on, which it doesn’t. I told him, quite possibly it’s because you guys just power washed this side of the house and the outlet is wet, but I’ll go check the breaker. It wasn’t the breaker but I did plug it in the house so they could have their music.So for all you men out there that think all women are inept at anything mechanical, be forewarned. I’m not going to be so nice the next time some man assumes I don’t know anything!
Here's Another Feather In Your Hat!
Posted by Nancy Strong at Monday, July 11, 2011 1:40:05 PM 
Categories: Grow Your Business, Virtual Assistant
Tags: little giant ladder
Categories: Grow Your Business, Virtual Assistant
Tags: little giant ladder
EXCELLENT Post!!
Hope all is well!
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Thanks! All is as well as can be right now. Hope everything is well with you!
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