As an engineer myself I can actually confirm that female engineers have to have thick skins and strong personality's to be taken into account (especially by clients). I however know by experience that they are as much engineer as any male engineer, it's one of those (many) jobs where gender doesn't matter one F#*£. Only the brains, education and experience count.

* Sexist a*****e alert *

Yup. Being a gunsmith I get this all the time. Men hate it when u know more than them lol!!

I used to rebuild transmissions for a large, well known company. Even when I would wear my uniform shirt to a certain auto-parts store (all greasy and dirty btw), they would often look right past me at the counter and address my nice, clean husband instead. I go to a different parts store now, but still, I feel ya, girl!

I can't believe even in the 21st century this happens!

Omg, my own mother and grandmother are engineers as well as many other adults I know and before I started using Bored Panda(and the worst client-related posts) it never even occurred to me that anyone could find this weird. I mean, I've always thought it's a job typical for both sexes. I mean, I know most firemen are well, men and most secretaries are women (and the other way round would be more uncommon) but engineers... I thought it's pretty much like acting and design: a job that attracts everyone.

I get that a lot too....seems men do not want to believe (or sometimes even listen) to us,the females who know more than they do...

Can't believe people still do this!

Bet you this customer can't engineer as good as this girl *facepalm*

More sexism. This is really outragous. But so typical unfortunately for these every day occurances.

I have the same problem at my job (technical advisor for car repair) I doesn't help that my name is used for the 2 genders and they always assume I'm a man I once had a client, also refusing to speak with me , cause he said I couldn't know cause I went to 'girlschool' Or clients who call my male collegues to double check if I knew what I was talking about

Great come back

And it won't be the last time she or another woman will hear that again and again

whahaha! oh girl you NAILED it!

Good for you sister! Some people are just asses and you handled this one GREAT!!

isn't that funny that so many see this as a bad thing...instead of being so proud that we have reached a point in our society that we don't see this as anything but good. Must be a generational thing....I came up when we laughed at ignorant people as we passed them on the ladder. If you are winning (and being an engineer is a definite win for ANYONE) then why get mad at those that didn't win?

i am a it technical support. have the same issues. only girl in this man world. even got as bad that customer did not wanted to help him so passed him to manager who gave customer 2 options. let me help him, or go back in the waiting line an have a good chance he would get me again

Oh my gosh that is amazing ... totes lol

Yes. We can all hear a pin drop. If we are women anyway!

That's one of the reasons I prefer to keep my privacy when communicating with our fans, at the video games' company. We're lucky we only interact with them through text, they can't call us.

Maybe he tought engineer is word for male. U know, like, waiter waitress

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Why didn't she just tell the guy she was an engineer in the first place? She made it sound like she was a receptionist just by the fact that she didn't identify herself as an engineer from the start of the conversation. Feminists and they way they like setting people up so they can make a point of being women in the workplace. It's not new, people.

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Hey, look, buddy. I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is beauty?", because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems. For instance, how am I gonna stop some big mean Mother Hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer: use a gun. And if that don't work? use more gun.

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