# Sometimes, it takes a man ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820 "2012-01-17T20:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![murrmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@murrmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murrmac)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/1 "2012-01-17T20:16:51Z")
OK, I am the least chauvinist person in the world, but I just have to recount what happened today. I run a modestly successful Ebay business, and today, for reasons which are irrelevant, I had to change my password. The change of password was successfully completed, and I could log into my account , but when I tried to put up a new listing, for a new item, the system asked me to login again and wouldn’t accept my new password. I called the helpine about ten times, and each time it was answered by a woman, each time I was given different advice, none of which worked. In exasperation, I finally called , was answered by a woman, and I politely asked to be put through to a \*\*\*male \*\*\*supervisor, which , to her credit, she did wihout any demur. He noted my concerns, and talked me through the process, which resulted in me being able to access and fully implement my Ebay account. QED. . ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/2 "2012-01-17T20:28:49Z")
Dnftt ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/3 "2012-01-17T20:41:25Z")
See, I’m the opposite. If I get a man on the phone, I ask for a female supervisor. Then I talk all sexy-like and giggle when they try to act smart and stuff. When it’s in person, I always end with a smack on their butt. They appreciate that and it makes them feel like a real woman. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/4 "2012-01-17T20:45:20Z")
Sounds more like a translation problem. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/5 "2012-01-17T20:47:36Z")
I hope losing your coveted least chauvinist person in the world title was worth it to tell this story about how none of the level one support staff could solve your problem so you had to talk to a level 2 / supervisor to solve it. Based on this story you are now moderately to highly chauvinist. ---
**Author:** ![murrmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@murrmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murrmac)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/6 "2012-01-17T20:51:37Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Sounds more like a translation problem. Hey, I am also the least racist person in the world, so I resemble that remark … ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/7 "2012-01-17T20:53:26Z")
FWIW, at our business, if you refuse to speak to me because I’m female, the male company President will come on and tell you that we aren’t interested in your business. So, good luck with that attitude, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/8 "2012-01-17T20:58:14Z")
That reminds me of the time I was at the local RiteAid. I asked 3 hispanic store clerks why my blood pressure medication was making me drowsy. NONE OF THEM KNEW! Finally I said fuck this and asked the pharmacist, a white. He knew right away. It was that very day I realized only white people could be trusted when it comes to prescription drugs. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![murrmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@murrmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murrmac)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/9 "2012-01-17T21:23:04Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > That reminds me of the time I was at the local RiteAid. I asked 3 hispanic store clerks why my blood pressure medication was making me drowsy. NONE OF THEM KNEW! Finally I said fuck this and asked the pharmacist, a white. He knew right away. It was that very day I realized only white people could be trusted when it comes to prescription drugs. ☹ Yeah, I know what you mean, I lived in Florida for two years … ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/10 "2012-01-17T21:26:39Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > FWIW, at our business, if you refuse to speak to me because I’m female, the male company President will come on and tell you that we aren’t interested in your business. > > So, good luck with that attitude, sir. Attagirl! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/11 "2012-01-17T21:33:30Z")
In this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638790](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638790) you refer to a woman who works as a cahier as “honey” and “girl,” so you might not be as enlightened as you think. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/12 "2012-01-17T21:34:08Z")
From the title I was expecting something like rebuilding an engine block, or driving a tank, bulldozing a mountain, jack hammering main street, raising a sunken cruise ship etc etc. But changing an ebay password? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/13 "2012-01-17T21:40:43Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > FWIW, at our business, if you refuse to speak to me because I’m female, the male company President will come on and tell you that we aren’t interested in your business. > > So, good luck with that attitude, sir. Yeah same here. You couldn’t even begin to work with us if you couldn’t trust my work. I AM the company. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/14 "2012-01-17T21:52:11Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Yeah same here. You couldn’t even begin to work with us if you couldn’t trust my work. I AM the company. What’s insane is that if _I_ tell them we don’t want their business, they will often repeatedly call back (on our different phone lines) or email from our website, asking to speak to a man. It’s at that point that the company President’ll get on the phone and tell them to kick rocks. I guess sometimes, when speaking to an absolute imbecile who refuses to acknowledge a word out of a woman’s mouth, it really does take a man. You sure are right, OP! Speaking of the OP, in addition to the sexism in this thread and what has already been posted from another, he also thinks [teenage girls should be paid $500 to be sterilized,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14678652&postcount=216) The reason, you see, is blindingly apparent. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/15 "2012-01-17T21:54:37Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > From the title I was expecting something like rebuilding an engine block, or driving a tank, bulldozing a mountain, jack hammering main street, raising a sunken cruise ship etc etc. > > But changing an ebay password? :rolleyes: I was actually hoping for some hot man-on-man sex, really who needs women? :D;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/16 "2012-01-17T21:59:08Z")
Ooooh, nice, **Foggy** - way to save the thread! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/17 "2012-01-17T22:05:37Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > What’s insane is that if _I_ tell them we don’t want their business, they will often repeatedly call back (on our different phone lines) or email from our website, asking to speak to a man. It’s at that point that the company President’ll get on the phone and tell them to kick rocks. I guess sometimes, when speaking to an absolute imbecile who refuses to acknowledge a word out of a woman’s mouth, it really does take a man. You sure are right, OP!.. People regularly ask to speak to a man? That is so weird, what is going on in their heads? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/18 "2012-01-17T22:10:33Z")
I thought this was going to be about how our utility companies still won’t deal with me, and make my husband call in to make any changes on our accounts (I do almost all of the financial/banking/utility stuff for us). ---
**Author:** ![mister\_nyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/19 "2012-01-17T22:11:53Z")
The moral of the story, I take it, is that you’re too stupid to even change your eBay password without fucking everything up? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820/20 "2012-01-17T22:13:44Z")
And I thought it was going to be about getting stuff down off the top shelf. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-takes-a-man/609820.md?page=2)