I’m a young female electrician & I always get the same annoying comments about my job…it’s women who are worse than men
A YOUNG female electrician has taken to social media to reveal the typical comments she receives from people when they find out what she does for work.
21-year-old Katie Harvey from Oxford, explained that old men often assume that she isn’t actually an electrician and young boys will always say the same thing about her job.
She also noted that women can be pretty annoying too.
Taking to TikTok, Katie shared her video with the caption ‘It really is a wild life.’
She said: “POV: You’re a female electrician.”
Katie used a variety of different stock pictures to describe the types of people and the comments they typically say to her.
Firstly, she shared a stock image of an elderly man and claimed that old men assume that being an electrician is a man’s job.
She claimed that old men will typically say to her: “When’s the electrician going to be here? Aren’t you meant to be in the office?”
Next she shared an image of an elderly woman, as she claimed that these women are very positive to her working as an electrician.
She claimed that these women often say: “I’m going to tell all my friends to use you!”
Following this, Katie shared an image of a group of women protesting.
To this, she claimed that when women found out that she is an electrician, they will praise her for it, but she noted that she finds this “annoying.”
She claimed that these women will say to her “go team women woooo”, which gets on her nerves.
As well as this, Katie then shared a picture of a group of young boys, to which she claimed that they often find it attractive that she works as an electrician.
She claimed that they will often say to her: “That’s actually bare sexy yanno.”
After this she shared a picture of a man, to which she claimed that some men will often assume that she can’t do her job properly.
She explained that they will often ask her: “Are you sure you can manage your own tool bag?”
Finally, she shared an image of a strange looking man and claimed that often some men can be very flirty and cheeky with her.
She claimed that some men will say to her: “You’re too pretty to be getting those hands dirty.”
She then shared a “real quote I had last week” which read “could you bend under that counter again.”
Katie’s video has clearly shocked many, as it has quickly racked up 46.6k views.
It has 1,622 likes, 32 comments and 12 shares.
Many social media users took to the comments to share their thoughts on Katie’s video.
One person said: “Shocking…. just shocking….”
Another added: “Is it really that bad on site?”