Before you think your Chevrolet NJ dealers are sexist for suggesting female oil changers, this article (written by a female writer, mind you) applauds the idea. She even encourages more garages and service stations to employ women for working under the hood.
The writer tells how she and her family were driving around early on New Year’s Eve. She noticed her car had 3,000 miles on it since she last had the oil changed. Heeding her father’s advice, she pulled into the nearest oil change station she saw. But this station was different than any others she had seen before. This station had four women and no men at the place to do the oil change and other minor repairs that customers may need.
“Oh, my gosh, you’re all women!” she exclaimed out her window in surprise.
“Yeah,” said manager Jen Good. “We hear that a lot. We already know it.”
When asked about the reason there is only one man working at the station, Good said that men usually do not work out there. “We try to hire men,” she explained, “but they usually don’t work out.” She went on to say that men are typically “too messy” and they leave “too many fingerprints on the hood” and “too much oil dripping on the bumpers.” Unfortunately, she also said that many men pull into the station and leave in a huff once they see the workers are all women.
So if you’re one of those “macho” men that generally wouldn’t let a woman work on your Chevrolet cars, change your attitude. It’s 2009 and time to use some common sense.
