What The Fucking Hell?! My Life As A Female Maid
A day in the life. A day in the life it's been. As I've told you guys before, I work as a maid in people's homes. Well let me tell you about a common fucked up scenario in the life of the independent female worker. A man contacts me about working in his home. When it comes time, I give the man a call-back. To see if he is still interested in hiring me, and for a meeting in which we would go over the details of the job. And so I call the man. And his wife answers the phone. Ok, fine. "Hi this is Rachel I'm calling for _______" wife: "RACHEL?? wtfomg?? Rachel who?" "I'm Rachel the maid I am calling to speak with _______ about a possible job at your home" At which point the lady-of-the-house loses her goddamn mind and treats me like some kind of hussy, some kind of prostitute woman hunting down her husband. All because I am a female making a phone call to her husband.
http://youtu.be/xfjV7u012ls "Jake from State Farm commercial" sums up the situation nicely.
I don't even know where to go from there. And not to mention the unspeakable insult to my character. My question is when this situation occurs, where to go from there? What would you do? Walk away from the job offer after having been insulted , or continue to pursue the job and try to explain the situation to the diabolical wife?
I cannot begin to describe how insulting this situation is, both as a female and as a feminist, to be on the receiving end of such disrespect from another woman. For all these women know, I'm a lesbian, or perhaps I would never be attracted to their husband, point is, they don't even know me but they are judging me. I also think it is pathetic for a wife or girlfriend to be so distrusting of their spouse. If they can't trust their spouse enough to let them be on the phone with another woman, there are serious trust problems in that relationship, and I would suggest they don't even love each other, because real love means real trust. I seriously question whether I'd be willing to work in homes that treat me like this, but then I feel bad for the men, because they were innocent in the situation and simply trying to offer me a job.
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