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Back The F**K Off!
- Aug 8, 2007 at 10:49 PM
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I need to vent, thanks for being here.
I drive a dump truck and, although I am not the only woman employed there ( I am 1 of 4, 2 work days and me and another lady work nights) but nine times out of ten us ladies are not scheduled to work together. Soooo, that leaves me working alone for 10, 12, even 14 hours at a time with an entire crew of men, who dislike having a woman out in the field, it makes them have to be accountable for their behavior, language, etc. I, and the other ladies, rain on the parade I guess.
They don't come right out and say anything, they can't, it would cost them their jobs but they do other things like.....they ignore you when you are trying to get your load numbers and time out, I'll ask over and over again on the CB and zero response. Until I finally get out of my truck and walk to the shop truck to ask them face to face. More effective? One would think, they simply walk away. Then after I've tried for 5-10 minutes to get the necessary information to leave the FB (field boss) will get on the CB and say something sh**ty like "Hey Brenda, are you ging to take that load to the plant or sit there all night?" OMG.
Last night was bad.
First, on my first trip into the field to pick up my first load of green beans I ran the passenger-side front fender into the Byron (its a HUGE piece of farm equipment, my dump truck has 16 wheels and it is 2x it size) and demolished my fender and peeled back my front bumper. F**king great! I added fuel to their fire that I don't belong there. How could I have done that? Well, we have to pull our passenger side up against the machines rear wheel, this is not easy in the dark and the Byron operator (who has a light that shines down there) directs the drivers by telling them things like steer out, your too close or turn your wheel in, etc. As for me? I get no direction, they don't talk to me and the result was, bam! wrecked truck! The night got worse and worse and worse. I am not going to bore you with all the stupid bulls**t but it ended with me going to pick up my last load (I already had 3 on my truck and my truck holds 4) and being told that I didn't need it so I asked for my load and time-out to which I got my a$$ jumped b/c my truck wasn't full (what?!?!)and told not to leave, so I didn't leave. Fifteen minutes later the FB says "Hey Brenda, why the hell are you sitting there, aren't you ready to go?" I answered, "Honestly Jim, I don't know" He huffed and told me "Your load 17, your time out is 3:25, your new field is M S*****K, now get out of here." Irritated I dropped my tag axel and left. I didn't get a mile down the road when someone chimes in on the CB, "Where the hell is Brenda?" Someone else answers "She took off!" Then it happens......The first voice says "I told her to wait, I can't believe that f**king woman!"
Girls, I L-O-S-T it, I grabbed that damn CB mic and said.....drum roll please...
"You can't believe this f**king woman? Is that what you said? Well, I can't believe you f**king men! Believe this, I didn't give myself a load number, I didn't give myself a time-out and I sure as f**k didn't tell myself to get my a$$ down the f**king road, so if you are having a hard time not believing someone it sure as f**k better not be me. You know, I am out here doing something I've never done before and I'm learning to do it in the f**king dark without any help so why don't each one of you kiss my fat a$$ and back the f**k off!"
What was said? Not one word. So I chimed back in...
"What, nothing to say? Big f**king surprise there!
When I showed up at the next field you could cut the tension with a knife but! I got the direction I hadn't been getting before and when I asked a question on the CB, it got answered! It didn't feel good though. Its 2007 and although it doesn't seem possible, there are still places men don't believe women belong and in order to get what I needed I had to stop being a working mother and become a bitch. Its sad.
I drive a dump truck and, although I am not the only woman employed there ( I am 1 of 4, 2 work days and me and another lady work nights) but nine times out of ten us ladies are not scheduled to work together. Soooo, that leaves me working alone for 10, 12, even 14 hours at a time with an entire crew of men, who dislike having a woman out in the field, it makes them have to be accountable for their behavior, language, etc. I, and the other ladies, rain on the parade I guess.
They don't come right out and say anything, they can't, it would cost them their jobs but they do other things like.....they ignore you when you are trying to get your load numbers and time out, I'll ask over and over again on the CB and zero response. Until I finally get out of my truck and walk to the shop truck to ask them face to face. More effective? One would think, they simply walk away. Then after I've tried for 5-10 minutes to get the necessary information to leave the FB (field boss) will get on the CB and say something sh**ty like "Hey Brenda, are you ging to take that load to the plant or sit there all night?" OMG.
Last night was bad.
First, on my first trip into the field to pick up my first load of green beans I ran the passenger-side front fender into the Byron (its a HUGE piece of farm equipment, my dump truck has 16 wheels and it is 2x it size) and demolished my fender and peeled back my front bumper. F**king great! I added fuel to their fire that I don't belong there. How could I have done that? Well, we have to pull our passenger side up against the machines rear wheel, this is not easy in the dark and the Byron operator (who has a light that shines down there) directs the drivers by telling them things like steer out, your too close or turn your wheel in, etc. As for me? I get no direction, they don't talk to me and the result was, bam! wrecked truck! The night got worse and worse and worse. I am not going to bore you with all the stupid bulls**t but it ended with me going to pick up my last load (I already had 3 on my truck and my truck holds 4) and being told that I didn't need it so I asked for my load and time-out to which I got my a$$ jumped b/c my truck wasn't full (what?!?!)and told not to leave, so I didn't leave. Fifteen minutes later the FB says "Hey Brenda, why the hell are you sitting there, aren't you ready to go?" I answered, "Honestly Jim, I don't know" He huffed and told me "Your load 17, your time out is 3:25, your new field is M S*****K, now get out of here." Irritated I dropped my tag axel and left. I didn't get a mile down the road when someone chimes in on the CB, "Where the hell is Brenda?" Someone else answers "She took off!" Then it happens......The first voice says "I told her to wait, I can't believe that f**king woman!"
Girls, I L-O-S-T it, I grabbed that damn CB mic and said.....drum roll please...
"You can't believe this f**king woman? Is that what you said? Well, I can't believe you f**king men! Believe this, I didn't give myself a load number, I didn't give myself a time-out and I sure as f**k didn't tell myself to get my a$$ down the f**king road, so if you are having a hard time not believing someone it sure as f**k better not be me. You know, I am out here doing something I've never done before and I'm learning to do it in the f**king dark without any help so why don't each one of you kiss my fat a$$ and back the f**k off!"
What was said? Not one word. So I chimed back in...
"What, nothing to say? Big f**king surprise there!
When I showed up at the next field you could cut the tension with a knife but! I got the direction I hadn't been getting before and when I asked a question on the CB, it got answered! It didn't feel good though. Its 2007 and although it doesn't seem possible, there are still places men don't believe women belong and in order to get what I needed I had to stop being a working mother and become a bitch. Its sad.
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Aug. 8, 2007 at 11:36 PM
DIck heads WTG! I couldn't have said it better myself
Aug. 9, 2007 at 8:30 AM
You go girl... Glad to hear that you stood up for yourself. Men seems to think that they are God and do know wrong..
Aug. 13, 2007 at 10:48 AM
That is very sad that in this day and age that women still have problems with men on jobs. Good for you that you stood up for yourself they needed to hear it.
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