Random discrimation was always fun, of course. ranty/dialogue heavy

[Andara Bledin]

I'd get customers who'd hear my voice, tell me "f*ck you redneck! go back to your field!" (alternatively "go back to your cousin's bedroom"), and hang up.

I say don't hide your accent.

If they're such assholes that they can't get past it, let 'em hang up and not get the help they need.

It'll be even sweeter when they end up getting you again as the only person who can help them and they have to put up with your accent and their prejudices if they want their precious help.

^-.-^

[Magpie]

I'd get customers who'd hear my voice, tell me "f*ck you redneck! go back to your field!" (alternatively "go back to your cousin's bedroom"), and hang up.

Please tell me that there's a 40 minute wait before they get you again.

[Jester]

This kind of stuff just amuses me.

My stepsister knows far more about cars and car repair than I do.

Many of my female friends will ask ME for suggestions when it comes to cooking.

I have been told many times when I dress up that for a straight guy, I dress extraordinarily well. Ditto with dancing. (Yes, I do both well. Yes, I am straight. Yes, I rock.)

I have shocked many football fans by being a Raiders fan who is not a thug, gangbanger, or blithering idiot, but actually someone who understands the game on many levels.

For a skinny short guy, I surprise a lot of people by the amount of larger guys I can get to back down or that I can scare the shit out of without brandishing any weapons.

Of course, I myself have fallen victim to shit like this. I have had my stupid moments. Like when I thought for sure I would whip my female friend's ass in pool when she suggested we play. She wiped the table with me. I stupidly had forgotten that she had grown up in her father's BAR. Or the time when I thought I would whip another girl's ass in air hockey. She, after all, had not grown up in a bar. That being said, I was thoroughly humiliated and humbled. WHY did I think I would for some reason beat both of them? I like to think it was pure pride. Lord knows it wasn't because I am exceptionally good at either of these games--I'm not. It may have been some inherent sexism on my part...I don't know. But I try not to continue to make this same mistake.

I could keep going on about some of the sexist shit I have seen, but I won't. I think we all get it. I would hope EVERYONE would get it, but I think we all know that THAT isn't happening any time soon!

[Midorikawa]

I say don't hide your accent.

If they're such assholes that they can't get past it, let 'em hang up and not get the help they need.

It'll be even sweeter when they end up getting you again as the only person who can help them and they have to put up with your accent and their prejudices if they want their precious help.

^-.-^

I'd get dinged if I didn't help them, even if they went asshat and hung up. I was also working for a company not based in the southern half of the US, and the excuse was "If you can't hide it, you shouldn't work here."

Funnier was when I worked for <cellphone company>, I'd get that from some ghetto sounding 10 year old, they'd hang up, wait another hour on hold, demand to speak to a supervisor about me. Since I was a supervisor, but also took calls when backed up badly, they'd be sent right back to me. >:-D

[fireheart]

My former manager at my old store is male. It is very obvious that he is male. We also have quite a few male supervisors at both my old store and at my new store.
However, at my old store, people would bypass the male supervisors or even the manager and ask to speak to me (not a supervisor), our assistant managers (both female) or if I mentioned that they'd need to speak to a manager, they'd ask where "she" is.
Funnily enough, they seem to automatically assume that the managers of the grocery and frozen departments are male....despite the fact that when I first started at old store and for almost a good year afterwards, the frozen manager was female.

As for age,
Yesterday my boyfriend had a knife-making workshop for his re-enactment group. I would've gone had I not worked the previous day. In addition to me recently joining, another couple had joined as well, fresh out of uni. They were at the workshop.
During the day, topic got around to ages. I apparaently got mistaken for a 21-year-old, while I in turn later mistook one of them for being in their 30's when she was only early 20's!

ETA: I forgot to mention as well that my first boyfriend (not current) and my best friend are the ones my female friends and I turn to for fashion advice! My best friend is very much male and definitely not gay.

[Jester]

As a male I am rather embarrassed to admit this, but today while cleaning out my truck, I came upon some new windshield wipers that I had bought and never put on. So I went about doing this very simple task....and finally gave up, called the local auto parts store, and asked them if they would help me out, since I couldn't figure it out. And then drove down there to have them help me install them. Because I am either a complete idiot or in need of having my man card suspended.

I should point out that on my previous vehicles, I have never had a problem changing out windshield wipers. It appears my problem was caused by the fact that the new wipers were far simpler to put on than the old ones. I was looking for something complex that just wasn't there.

Oh, and yes, had a female employee come out to help me with this task, I would have done the same thing I did with the male employee who ended up helping me...thanked them profusely. Since I am, after all, an idiot.

[smileyeagle1021]

As a male I am rather embarrassed to admit this, but today while cleaning out my truck, I came upon some new windshield wipers that I had bought and never put on. So I went about doing this very simple task....and finally gave up, called the local auto parts store, and asked them if they would help me out, since I couldn't figure it out. And then drove down there to have them help me install them. Because I am either a complete idiot or in need of having my man card suspended.

Come now, even I can replace windshield wipers

OK, windshield wipers aren't quite a fair benchmark, those things are completely random and depend more on luck than skill to get on and I just happen to have good luck when it comes to them

[Midorikawa]

OK, windshield wipers aren't quite a fair benchmark, those things are completely random and depend more on luck than skill to get on and I just happen to have good luck when it comes to them

Exactly. I've rebuilt my Duster from the ground up, minus stuff I hate or don't want to do, like transmission work, and that stupid mechanism still gives me grief.

[Magpie]

Of course, I myself have fallen victim to shit like this. I have had my stupid moments. Like when I thought for sure I would whip my female friend's ass in pool when she suggested we play. She wiped the table with me. I stupidly had forgotten that she had grown up in her father's BAR. Or the time when I thought I would whip another girl's ass in air hockey. She, after all, had not grown up in a bar. That being said, I was thoroughly humiliated and humbled. WHY did I think I would for some reason beat both of them? I like to think it was pure pride. Lord knows it wasn't because I am exceptionally good at either of these games--I'm not. It may have been some inherent sexism on my part...I don't know. But I try not to continue to make this same mistake.

And why are you assuming it's because these were women that you were being over confident? I've seen lots of guys just get over-confident anyhow...

[Jester]

Come now, even I can replace windshield wipers

I DID say I was embarrassed, didn't I?

Hell, even my 19-year-old niece Princess can replace windshield wipers!

And why are you assuming it's because these were women that you were being over confident? I've seen lots of guys just get over-confident anyhow...

I am not assuming that that was the cause. It was merely one of the possible causes. Frankly, I don't know why I was so overconfident. Maybe because they were chicks? Maybe because I was in an arrogant ass mode? Who knows? But the gender thing is certainly a possibility. As the most recent of those was twelve years ago, I can't really say for certain.

[vstorevigilante]

And why are you assuming it's because these were women that you were being over confident? I've seen lots of guys just get over-confident anyhow...

And some women too... like me! I always assume I'm going to beat whomever I'm playing against in air hockey, pool, Guitar Hero... regardless of gender. Boys don't scare me! Maybe they should; I generally lose

[PCGameGuy]

Me three. I'm a guy, but as a Texan with a bit of a southern accent (that I've since been forced to hide to the point it's almost non-existent any more), everyone assumes I'm some redneck Larry the Cable guy type character, not a senior level tech, or Linux systems administrator or whatever, with 8 years experience with Linux, 5 with FreeBSD, and more than qualified to undo their happy little chmod 000 *.

I'd get customers who'd hear my voice, tell me "f*ck you redneck! go back to your field!" (alternatively "go back to your cousin's bedroom"), and hang up.

Yeah, you know you use that though. I've got an uncle that has the slow drawl and the big goofy smile, he'll howdy and y'all you until he's got all your money and leave you thinking he was a rube the whole time.

[PCGameGuy]

I'm one of those 'raised by wolv women' guys, so I never had the usual societal hangup. This has been to my great benefit, as I often let my strong and stubborn wife go into these situations and stand back to watch the fireworks.

She worked at Kragen auto parts, now works as a network technician, and has always been my assistant on every technical job I do around the house, and vice versa. I've only ever had to 'save' two guys, and that only because bail isn't cheap.