This dude's message is by far the least creeptastic thing ever. Its not perfect either but I'm not really concentrating on that. More the fact that every guy thinks my job is cool and "sexy". Yes my job has its cool moments but I work in the world of CRM basically doing quick archaeology for government and utility jobs so that they can make sure they are not about to wipe out a bunch of Native American sites and be in a legal mess.I get to do some excavation, surveys and A LOT of construction monitoring. Excavations and surveys are really cool because I am being paid to play in the dirt and hike for 8-10 hours a day. Construction monitoring not so much. I get paid to stand around in horrible weather, usually in one spot all day long, watching big fat sexist construction workers with mad plumber cracks dig in the ground and I have to be a hard ass and yell at them when they seriously fuck up. Not so sexy.
Also not sexy, what I wear to work. Excavations and surveys I have a bit more freedom in what I can wear. My real non-sexy moments come from my monitoring outfits. I wear baggy jeans or hiking pants that do nothing for my ass or thighs. When its cold out I layer up on thermal shirts and long johns....yes long johns. I've even been known to wear two pairs of long johns when it gets cold enough. Even when the weather is nice I still have to wear long sleeve shirts regardless of temperature (thanks project requirements!). I'm really looking forward to this summer when its 105 degrees out and I have to wear long sleeves. Although they do prevent gross farmer's tan lines (that I FINALLY got rid of). I'm also a funny shade of white thanks to the layers upon layers of sunscreen I wear. I don't wear makeup. I don't brush my hair and sometimes whether I brush my teeth or not can be questionable. And top it all off with a hard hat and fluorescent yellow safety vest.
Majority of this comes from project requirements from the client, my own laziness because I'm not doing shit at 4am and the need to hide my body. I would say 9 out of 10 times I am the only female working with the construction crews. Usually the guys are fine but there is always that one that fucks it up for everyone and has to be the creep that says rude comments. So its best to just dress myself as down as possible to avoid those comments. They still happen but at least I can say I didn't give them a reason for it.
Other non-sexy moments for me at work- being stuck in a manzanita tree,being covered in head to toe poison oak, being covered in ticks, being stung by a bee on the neck and not knowing if I'm allergic or not, having pond scum cover your clothing, being so sweaty you smell worse than the guys, biting off blisters on my hands so they don't get worse, splinters, cutting my back open on rusty wire while shimming under a gate, tripping on ALL the rusty barb wire, being covered in cactus (in the ass is the worst), other insect bites, getting sunscreen in your eyes, start going delirious because you ran out of water and still have a two hour hike back to the vehicle, watching a bunch of old men out hike you (more embarrassing), feeling like you just smoked 20 packs of ciggies because you are not used to the altitude, losing toenails, smashing your knuckles so many times in the screen frames that when you wake up your hand is stuck in closed fist position- the list could go on forever
Oh, a nice tidbit for you- usually for environmental reasons they don't want us peeing in the habitat we are working in so we get porter-o-pottys. Pottys that are used by 10 different men everyday, that take disgusting dumps. Porter-o-pottys that I am lucky if they get cleaned out once a week. Sexy, right?
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