Girls in a boys world

[Briseis_Liberated]

i work at a car dealership, and have been the only female for almost a year...there are things I'd like to discuss with other ladies in my situation. Even if it isn't job-related. I really find my situation entertaining. Does anyone take advantage of it? Drawbacks? Accomplishments no one else would care about??

[Petra456]

I also work at a car dealership, but i'm one of 7 girls at my location. We have a female service adviser and it always surprises me how many men comment on the fact that she's a service adviser and is in charge of the repairs on their car. I know they mean it as a compliment, but it feels sort of back handed in a way.

The biggest complaint the 7 of us have is that we only have one women's bathroom (with one stall) and the men have four multi stall bathrooms.

If you don't mind me asking, whats your position at your dealership?

[Briseis_Liberated]

Sales consultant/product specialist :p
There are several women at our dealership too...but in office positions...and we also have a female service writer! I have been the only girl for a while...but I Think they are hiring at least one more female for sales. The only one they've interviewed is an effing moron. For the most part I love my job...but we only have one womens bathroom as well.

[Briseis_Liberated]

I love to beat the pants off the boys tho...inner satisfaction thing i guess. It makes them crazy. What position do you hold? (I assume you don't mind me asking.)

[Petra456]

I mostly deal with aftermarket warranties for service and double as reception/cashier for parts and service. We're a bit short staffed right now so I do a LOT of odd office jobs as well. We only have one girl in sales, and she totally beats the pants off the guys!

I also love my job. I've only been there for 7 months, but it's going really well. At my last job we only hired girls, but i've always been more of a tom boy so it's been great getting to work with some guys.

[Dr. Mobius]

Do they call you Fred too? Also, I apparently either missed or forgot that you got out of Fashion Bug, yay Fred!

Three of the roughly thirty forklift operators at my warehouse are women. One of them is one of our best workers, another possesses a unique combination of ignorance and lazy that's going to get her fired and the last one is somewhere in the middle.

[Petra456]

Thanks Josh! They use my real name, for now (almost EVERYONE has a nickname).

[elfprince13]

I half thought this topic was going to be about physics or computer science (my fields of study).

"Only 15% of recent bachelor degrees and 12% of recent PhDs in physics were earned by women, and women represent only 3% of the nation's college and university physics faculty members (Neuschatz and Alpert, 1996). Women fare slightly better in the study of astronomy but do worse in engineering, where they are awarded 8% of the PhDs granted (Holloway, 1993). "

"Figures from the Computing Research Association Taulbee Survey indicate that less than 12% of Computer Science degrees were awarded to women in 2010-11."

[Briseis_Liberated]

I halfway wish it was about those things lol. I really wanted to major in something like that, but where I live jobs are thin in those fields and practicality won out.

[TerresaWiggin]

I half thought this topic was going to be about physics or computer science (my fields of study).

"Only 15% of recent bachelor degrees and 12% of recent PhDs in physics were earned by women, and women represent only 3% of the nation's college and university physics faculty members (Neuschatz and Alpert, 1996). Women fare slightly better in the study of astronomy but do worse in engineering, where they are awarded 8% of the PhDs granted (Holloway, 1993). "

"Figures from the Computing Research Association Taulbee Survey indicate that less than 12% of Computer Science degrees were awarded to women in 2010-11."

well you can count me as an additional girl for computer science