51. Not The Tea Lady
No one’s safe from those who are sure they’re the smartest ones alive. This person worked at an air traffic control tower. They would have new pilots visit and see the airport to see how things are on the other end. “I was on a break when a particular pilot was visiting and was the only female air traffic controller in that workplace. The visiting pilot finishes his cup of coffee, hands me a mug, and says “wash that would you love”.” By the time the pilot returned to his plane, this person’s break was over. Unfortunately, the pilot found himself in the back of a line departure line. “I wanted him to have some time listening to the frequency and absorbing the fact that if a woman is in a professional environment she’s probably not the freaking tea lady.”
51. Not The Tea Lady
50. Wild Side
All jobs come with their own set of challenges. Even wildlife rehabilitators can’t catch a break from those men trying to explain their own job to them. This rehabilitator had quite enough when she posted this: “I am a wildlife rehabilitator but it doesn’t stop men from explaining things to me like “ACTUALLY, it’s ‘O’ possum, not possum”. Yes, yes I know that because I just crammed the intestines back into one and sewed him up. I think that affords me the right to use a colloquialism, no? I’ve had people argue with me that deer are a lot like dogs in how they use logic.” As a matter of fact, these things tend to happen to her at least once a day. “Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that any time a guy tries to explain something it is mansplaining, but men do tend to do it more than women.”
50. Wild Side
