skiareagirl, on Oct 11 2007, 11:23 PM, said:
being a girl in lift maintenace is all about attitude. I have had to outlast 3 guys to get where I am now, only one of which was anywhere near as competent as I am. You just have to get out there and show you can kick ass with everyone else. I think the advantage is that if you have to fight to get something you are much more likely to do the best job that you can to stay in that position. A few of the guys i have worked with over the years have been handed the job because the assumption is that they are guys, so they are going to be more mechanically inclined or whatever bullshit, but they ended up being lousy employees that we had to fire because they just assumed they were entitled to the job and didn't work to hard to keep it. Luckily I work with a couple of awesome guys who see the facts and don't care who gets the job done, as long as it is done right and safe.
And, girls in lift maintenance should always wear sexy underwear and polka dot socks beneath the ugly, horribly ill-fitting men's Carhartts and Koflachs. However, if you know you're going to be spending a lot of time in your harness that day, I do not recommend satin bikinis.
I don't want to seem sexist, so the boys are welcome to the above advice too. I have 14 guys working for me and, while I hope to never find out for sure, I bet some of them wear very nice undies.
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