An Oil Change is Not Just a Man's Job

Most women have encountered a situation where they have either seen or experienced male chauvinism. Some incidences have left them with bad tastes in their mouths and others have left them downright angry. Then there are times when they get the satisfaction of seeing a male chauvinist make a complete fool of himself.

"I really need to get an oil change," said Pamela. "It's long overdue."

"I know dear, but ever since Brad closed his shop down last month I haven't been able to find someone worthy to take care of our cars," said her husband Earl.

His wife sighed as she looked out the window, while washing the last load of dishes.

"How about we ask Tammy and Eric?" she asked. "They seem to be getting their cars pretty well taken care of."

"Really?" asked Earl. "Where do they go?"

"I think they get their service done at Maddy's Car Shop on Ferry Road," Tammy said.

Earl began to shook his head is disagreement.

"Are you talking about the place with all of the women workers?" he asked. "No offense honey, but there is no way I'm allowing a woman to do my oil change."

"Now Earl, why must you be so negative towards women?" asked Tammy trying to hide her slight feeling of offense.

Earl tried to appease the situation.

"No, it's not that at all," he said. "It's just a fact that women can't do certain things as well as men and one of them is giving my car an oil change."

A couple of weeks later Earl finally decided to take his wife's car to the auto shop. However, no matter which place he tried, he kept having bad experiences. The first place put the filter in incorrectly. The second place put in the wrong oil. The workers at the third place were just downright rude and unprofessional. After days of horrible experiences, Pamela decided to make a suggestion.

"I know you said you don't want a woman to do the oil change, but this is getting rather ridiculous," she said. "We've been going from place to place and haven't had anyone do the job correctly. I think we need to try Maddy's."

After giving the idea much thought, Earl finally decided to give in.

"I guess," he said. "It does seem like we are at our wits end."

When they got home from getting their fourth oil change that week, Earl rushed to do an inspection.

"If all of those other people got something wrong, I know they did," said Earl as he lifted the hood.

After about ten minutes of through inspection, he couldn't find anything wrong no matter how hard he tried. There was no oil leaking and everything seemed to be in its proper place.

Slightly embarrassed, he looked over at his wife who was smiling from ear to ear.

"So, I guess the girls won this time huh?" said Pamela as she walked inside feeling accomplished.