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Why do I get calls at work I'll get calls at work from
women who have no legitimate
reason to be ringing us and
they'll ask things like how do
I change the washer on the
sink faucet, or how do I
change my oil.
They say they are single women
and need help.
Why do they do this?
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Maybe they just want to know and consider you to be someone with this knowledge. Why look for an ulterior motive? |
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Does it have to do with the job you do to answer questions related to those issues? To answer your question, what's wrong with wanting to know a little of everything (or a lot). Regardless of gender. |
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Depending on what you do for a living, which you conveniently neglected to specify, maybe it makes a tiny bit of sense. But most women know to ask the people who earn a living by changing washers on sink faucets, or changing motor oil, how to do that. |
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Because they don't know how? Why not go ahead and abuse OnStar? I'm assuming you work for them. |
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They just want your hairy body. Lucky for you that's all they want. |
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Because many women (who will not admit this) generally posses the knowledge equivalence of changing a washer or fixing their cars, to the same degree that a fruitfly has the knowledge of quantum physics. And to the women who say "what's wrong with a woman for wanting to know?" Everything! If you're a grown adult that doesn't know how to change oil or put a washer in a faucet, then shame on you. You deserve to be ridiculed; male or female. Most boys that are raised by positive male figures are taught these things at early ages in life. I knew how to change a washer at the age of 8. Washer-changing is the simplest most rudimentary "skill" of plumbing. I was able to change oil at the age of 13. My father taught me this at an early age. Shadow Dweller: I think you have more important things to worry about such as your misandrist ideals, other than what I do or don't know. No, I don't know everything, obviously -- but operating a car or changing a washer relates to commodities we use in every day life. I don't need to have any technical knowledge about the theory of nuclear propulsion or nanotechnology, because it's not something I use in everyday life. Many women drive cars and use faucets, but would not know the first thing about fixing either of them. Franzia: I am not a "typical American". If you are European, then you are a typical European with your anti-American rhetoric. I am speaking of cars in industrialized nations, not cars in Sudan. Cars ARE a commodity in industrialized nations. Not a "necessity" -- I never said they were. Please learn the difference between commodity and necessity. The fact is, the general population in industrialized nations use automobiles. People who have to rely on paying There are certain thing I don't expect the average person to know -- if your engine fails, I'd expect the average person to get it replaced by a mechanic. But something as simple as changing oil is something that doesn't require a lot of knowledge and can save you a lot of money in the long run. Changing a washer is even easier. A rubber washer for the faucet costs like 10 cents. To pay a plumber to come and install a washer will costs you around $50. Franzia, try tucking your emotions aside for a moment and use logic, because here comes a question: is it logical to pay $50 to a plumber to install a 10 cent washer, when anyone can install it in a matter of minutes? |
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uhm perhaps because they may not know how to do it... did you always know how to do all that? or did you learn from someone eventually? We learn from asking and observing how something is done. How else is anyone supposed to learn if they do not ask? and lycra...when you know how to do every single thing..then you can point a finger at laugh. otherwise..shut it. |
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I would think that would be very flattering. As a single 23 year old women myself, I have a lot of guy friends that I will call if I need help on seemingly simple tasks. Men are conditioned to know a lot about these tasks, and are usually more then willing to help. Women sometimes subconsiously do this so that they can look for a partner, or at least make a friend out of the deal, and I would think men do the same thing by helping out a single woman. |
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It amuses me that you take phone calls for a living. The women probably knew you were just sitting on your a.ss over there, screwing around on Yahoo! Answers, and thought they'd give you something productive to do, like give them instructions. LycraSpandex is such a typical American. The majority of people on earth do not own cars. They are not a necessity of life; they are a luxury. And in our specialized and compartmentalized service economy, we have these things called "automotive technicians" who get paid to change our oil for us, just in case we really couldn't care enough to learn. Kind of like how if you need somebody to cook for you, you go to a restaurant. Or if you make more than $100 grand a year, you suddenly don't feel like doing your own laundry or cleaning your own floors anymore, so you hire a maid. Jeez, all those dumb idiot rich people who can't even clean up after themselves. Do you know how to read a bus schedule? Do you know how to use a dictionary? Do you know how to ... find a book in the library using its call number? LMAO. |
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Because they need a man Period. |
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Loneliness manifests itself in the strangest ways. Do you know how to solder an electrical connection? Do you know how to baste a hem? Do you know how to electroplate a chinchilla? Do you know how to ... change the toner in a copying machine? LMAO. |
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