Unfiltered Story #180356

I’m a woman working in a mobile phone store. As I like gadgets and gizmos, I tend to keep my knowledge high on the latest products and problems so I can handle any issues or queries in store.

Male customer : “I have a problem with my phone. Is there a man I could speak to about it?”

Me: “I’m happy to take a look at it for you! What’s the problem?”

Male customer: “It’s very complicated. Even my network couldn’t help me. I need to speak to a man.”

Me: “If you’re sure but we all have the same training and exp-” (As I’m talking, my male colleague comes out of the back and the customer walks off to him while I’m mid-sentence)

Male customer: “I’ve got this problem with my phone” (Begins explaining a complicated software issue)

Colleague: “I don’t know about that, she’s the one you’re best off talking to, she really knows her stuff.”

The customer begrudgingly handed me the phone and after ten minutes of research, I fixed what he, my male colleague and three male tech support operatives could not. He turned bright red and didn’t even thank me.