Post by BlasterBabe03 on Mar 11, 2005 13:37:28 GMT -5
I just thought I would describe a trip to the local dealership... from the girl's prospective.
Drive up in a Jeep with a large Thor sticker on the back window, people in the parking lot all looking surprised to see me step out of the driver side.
I walk in to see a room full of men, some sitting on show room quads and dirt bikes, some trying out a couple crotch rockets... others standing around, seeming to have been looking at the bikes. Well I gave them a shy smile, and felt like I have a huge booger on my face or something because they all stop and stare at me, and watch me as I walk past them and up the stairs to "Parts".
Coming up the stairs I finally see the friendly face of another female, attractive and around my age, standing behind the register. We gave eachother a knowing, sympathetic smile as I continued to the back counter... to order my plastics.
Once again, more stares from men looking at helmets and riding gear. I reach the counter to see 3 guys, all under the age of 20. Here we go....
BalsterBabe~ I would like to order some plastics for my '01 Blaster please.
dude at counter~ sure (as he flips through a book of parts) all the plastics?
BlasterBabe~ I just need the gas tank cover in black, the front racing plastic, also in black.
dude at counter~ The racing plastic? Um... there are two different ones in this book (confused look on his face while at stares at the book)
BlasterBabe~ Is one the Z hood and the other the 250 hood?
dude at counter~ (now confused) No it's a racing plastic. A racing plastic is all one peice, it includes the hood and the two side fenders.
BlasterBabe~ Yes i know, but what does the hood look like, the z or the 250?
dude at counter~ It's all one peice.
BlasterBabe~ (frustrated) yes I know, but...
dude at counter~ (calls over his Ricky Martin looking buddy, also behind the counter) She is asking about the racing hood for an '01 Blaster.
Ricky Martin~ What exactly are you looking for?
BlasterBabe~ I would like to buy the front racing plastic for my Blaster, but this book gives two different choices of racing plastics. I asked this guy if they were the 250 and the z looking hoods, so I know which one to order.
Ricky Martin~ Well... you see (as he grabs a pen and paper and starts to draw) the racing hood is a front peice that includes the fenders and the hood in one whole peice.
BlasterBabe~ Yes, I know this. But I need to know which hood is which so I know what to order!
Ricky Martin~ (now flipping through a different book, coming to a page with banshee plastics) You see this banshee racing hood? See how it is all one part?
BlasterBabe~ (trying to figure out where this dealership got these guys) Yes, I understand what you are saying, I know all this..... never mind, I guess just order me one of the two racing plastics...
dude at counter~ Which one would you like?
BlasterBabe~ (frustrated) surprise me.
Once everything was ordered, I paid the girl at the register... told her she was brave to be working with these guys... she said "thanks I know". We smiled, I continued back down the stairs to the show room (which again I got stared at) but this time I gave them all dirty looks because the morons in Parts pisssed me off... got into my jeep and took off.
Sometimes it's tough being a girl in an all guy sport.
Drive up in a Jeep with a large Thor sticker on the back window, people in the parking lot all looking surprised to see me step out of the driver side.
I walk in to see a room full of men, some sitting on show room quads and dirt bikes, some trying out a couple crotch rockets... others standing around, seeming to have been looking at the bikes. Well I gave them a shy smile, and felt like I have a huge booger on my face or something because they all stop and stare at me, and watch me as I walk past them and up the stairs to "Parts".
Coming up the stairs I finally see the friendly face of another female, attractive and around my age, standing behind the register. We gave eachother a knowing, sympathetic smile as I continued to the back counter... to order my plastics.
Once again, more stares from men looking at helmets and riding gear. I reach the counter to see 3 guys, all under the age of 20. Here we go....
BalsterBabe~ I would like to order some plastics for my '01 Blaster please.
dude at counter~ sure (as he flips through a book of parts) all the plastics?
BlasterBabe~ I just need the gas tank cover in black, the front racing plastic, also in black.
dude at counter~ The racing plastic? Um... there are two different ones in this book (confused look on his face while at stares at the book)
BlasterBabe~ Is one the Z hood and the other the 250 hood?
dude at counter~ (now confused) No it's a racing plastic. A racing plastic is all one peice, it includes the hood and the two side fenders.
BlasterBabe~ Yes i know, but what does the hood look like, the z or the 250?
dude at counter~ It's all one peice.
BlasterBabe~ (frustrated) yes I know, but...
dude at counter~ (calls over his Ricky Martin looking buddy, also behind the counter) She is asking about the racing hood for an '01 Blaster.
Ricky Martin~ What exactly are you looking for?
BlasterBabe~ I would like to buy the front racing plastic for my Blaster, but this book gives two different choices of racing plastics. I asked this guy if they were the 250 and the z looking hoods, so I know which one to order.
Ricky Martin~ Well... you see (as he grabs a pen and paper and starts to draw) the racing hood is a front peice that includes the fenders and the hood in one whole peice.
BlasterBabe~ Yes, I know this. But I need to know which hood is which so I know what to order!
Ricky Martin~ (now flipping through a different book, coming to a page with banshee plastics) You see this banshee racing hood? See how it is all one part?
BlasterBabe~ (trying to figure out where this dealership got these guys) Yes, I understand what you are saying, I know all this..... never mind, I guess just order me one of the two racing plastics...
dude at counter~ Which one would you like?
BlasterBabe~ (frustrated) surprise me.
Once everything was ordered, I paid the girl at the register... told her she was brave to be working with these guys... she said "thanks I know". We smiled, I continued back down the stairs to the show room (which again I got stared at) but this time I gave them all dirty looks because the morons in Parts pisssed me off... got into my jeep and took off.
Sometimes it's tough being a girl in an all guy sport.
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