Molding Your Gender Expectations
(My new boss is showing me and another new hire around the office on our first day in an IT programming role. I and the other new hire are both female; everyone else in the office is male. He shows us the kitchenette and opens the door of the fridge, to find that the inside of it is covered in a thick layer of mold.)
Me: “Woah, that thing is gonna need its own ID card soon!”
Boss: “Ah, for f***’s sake! Those lads are terrible for never cleaning this thing. I don’t know whether to get it cleaned or just get rid of it. Even if it gets cleaned they’d only wreck it again. Would you two use it?”
Us: “If it gets cleaned, yeah, we’d use it.”
Boss: “Okay, well, if you two ladies are volunteering to clean it, I’ll send an email round to the lads saying not to let it get that dirty again. Cheers, girls!”
Us: *speechless*
Question of the Week
Have you ever met a customer who thought the world revolved around them?
