no women allowed!

[stuart noble]

Thanks for setting me straight :-)

[Lobster]

On 17 Nov 2015, stuart noble grunted:

Actually I genuinely can't remember the last time I saw a woman in Toolstation (other than the perfectly competent ones behind the counter, that is)

[pamela]

A female friend of mine is a civil engineer. Last I heard she was in charge of building a big road somewhere in the south east.

[ARW]

Care to name the road that she will f*ck up?

[pamela]

The road is complete now but she didn't tell me the name.

Although you may not have designed as many roads as she has, please don't feel jealous or insecure. It is what it is.

[Brian Reay]

There is no reason why women can't be excellent engineers and/or project managers, or anything else they decide to do.

The problem is those who stereotype roles as being the preserve of men or women.

[Brian Reay]

ROTFL

Brilliant response.

[newshound]

I really do think you will find it is changing. I was TUPE transferred into the private sector about ten years ago, and (to build up a new part of the business) they recruited roughly even numbers of boys and girls out of university with various science degrees for us old farts to train up. Look at them now, most of the ladies are in management while a lot of the lads are still engineers.

[Albert Zweistein]

I knew her once, lovely girl.

[stuart noble]

The colour range in hard hats is just so limited

[pamela]

I dunno. It's not as bad as the choice of colours for steel-capped boots.

;-)

[The Natural Philosopher]

Indeed, and if they fail abjectly, they can become strident feminists...

[ARW]

So it is a road.

A road that women will drive badly on, just like every other road that they drive on. The only difference is that this road was designed by a woman?