smilingcat: yeah, in retrospect I should have, and perhaps I still will. It does burn me still...

this isn't a lone female thing, but a female thing. I was reminded of this when I was telling my co-worker about my experience yesterday.

A few months ago, I had expressed interest in acting as a driver. You drive a cube van to all the firehalls picking up and dropping things off. At first they seemed keen, but then they said I needed to take a driving assessment. Nobody else needed to do this, but whatever. The assessor was impressed and told my manager that I was one of the best drivers he's tested.

I still haven't driven the truck... because the guy who does it right now says I can't lift things. How does he know that?? If I tried and I couldn't, then I can concede, but I hate being written off even without trying to see if I can do it.