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Originally Posted by leesa
slowsnake I don't know how much experience you have being a woman and telling a man that he's wrong, particularly to mechanics whose entire sense of masculinity is often tied to their line of work.... but telling an unknown-to-you mechanic that they're wrong is a sure fire way to start a war.
He estimated my trailer's weight at 2.5 tonne and when I responded that it was stamped 1.1 tonne, he flew into a fit and got shouty and then felt the need to try educate me on things about my own trailer.. presumably so as to re-inforce the masculinity he thought he lost when I corrected him on the trailer's weight.
As a woman you learn to pick your battles and a $100 roadworthy certificate isn't it, especially when the guy who has just taken offense is the one who in the end will sign the slip or not.
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Leesa you are not the first one to be done over with RWC by mechanic who thinks he knows better than the regulations and never wrong; sometimes it just easy to comply and get over with it or find another mechanic.
I have empathy for your predicament.