"May I speak to the home owner please"

[demnan]

You get this call. And you ask why they want to speak with a homeowner and they have a foreign accent and repeat this request.

I get so mad at this. I'm a female and it is assumed I'm not the home owner. I worked hard to buy my own place and no one helped me. And I get these stupid shit calls on the phone from sexist people from Asian countries where they burn widows on pyers assuming (when I answer the phone!) that someone else paid my way to live here. I'm sorry but you are due a string of cusswords if you assume I don't own my own home.

[eyesroll]

1. I bet they ask to speak to the homeowner no matter who calls.

:shrug:

[bbinacan]

8. I was thinking the same thing. I've gotten calls

like that and have seriously thought about saying, "the homeowner is not here, thank god, because I'm robbing the place." Thought better of it though. Don't need a SWAT team showing up.:evilgrin:

[Ohio Joe]

2. Don't feel bad

I'm a man, but live in an apartment and I get the exact same calls.

[sbj405]

3. I was going to post a similar thread - re: assuming "Mrs"

I'm getting some work done and everyone refers to me as "Mrs. X" as if a single woman couldn't possibly own a home, let alone make decisions.

[democracyindanger]

4. "Asian countries where they burn widows on pyers"

:wtf:

[Texasgal]

5. " Can I speak with the man of the house?"

ARRRRRRRRRG!!!! :mad:

[GirlinContempt]

6. I think you're WAY overreacting

and 'Asian countries where they burn widows on pyers' :wtf:

Christ, get over it. They ask that no matter WHO answers. ffs.

[liberalitch]

9. How about training them to ask...." Am I speaking with the owner?"

[GirlinContempt]

10. How about training people not to be oversensitive gits?

Seriously. How is " Am I speaking with the owner?" any less offensive, if you're inclined to be offended by "May I speak with the home owner"

[redwitch]

11. settle down please.

a tad oversensitive yourself this evening? :-)

[GirlinContempt]

12. I'm totally oversensitive about oversensitive gits

[liberalitch]

15. I was gonna say....

[liberalitch]

14. Because you're not behaving as though you KNOW no woman...

could own a house.
It is more polite..... remember polite?

[GirlinContempt]

17. Yeah, so, how does it work

when they ask a man?

That isn't assuming that no woman could own a home, thats assuming that anyone could answer the phone and they don't KNOW who owns the home, so they ask for the *gasp* homeowner.

They ask this question of men. It isn't more polite, it's just overcompensating for some peoples insecurities by making the question even more vague and wasting more time.

[hobo_baggins]

7. Yeah, its not sexist, get over it, maybe you have a victim complex

I get those calls all the time...damn them thinking a man can't own a home!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. from sexist people from Asian countries where they burn widows on pyers

how NOT racist of you

incidentally india has had a female prime minister...have you had a female president yet?

[liberalitch]

16. I prefer to think of Asian widows burning sexists on pyers.

Now who can argue with that?

[TheProphetess]

18. I haven't gotten that one but here's what burns me up

I will be out at a restaurant with my husband and the waiter or waitress will hand him the bill. Ok. But then I will physically give the person my debit card to pay for the meal and then he or she brings the receipt back to my husband! WTF? I handed the damn thing to the person and it has my name on it (which is unmistakenly a woman's name) but it must belong to the man at the table. ARGH!! :mad:

[AlCzervik]

19. that same thing happened to me Saturday night!! the waiter comes back and

trues to hand my husband back my debit card, my husband says "Do i look like a Kimberly?"

[Pithlet]

20. Locking

Please don't post broad brush statements.