There is no doubt about it men and women are different. When John Gray wrote the book Men are from Mars Women from Venus he certainly got the right idea. It's true biologically the male and female of the species are very different but not just in appearance or biological function, but also in rates of development physically, emotionally and intellectually. In these facts is where the powers that be get it wrong. The bottom line is that men and women are not the same, they don't ever become the same and as such they deserve the right to be treated differently and with respect.
Although the
store had only just opened, the food hall was busy and there were long queues
at the tills. I took a place in a line behind eight other shoppers. They were
all women and they all did the same mystifying thing: they acted surprised when
it came time to pay. This is something that has been puzzling me for years.
Women will stand there watching their items being rung up, and then when the
till lady says,
'That's
£4.20, love,'
or whatever,
they suddenly look as if they've never done this sort of thing before. They go
'Oh!' and start rooting in a flustered fashion in their handbag for their purse
or chequebook, as if no-one had told them that this might happen.
Men, for all
their many shortcomings, like washing
large pieces
of oily machinery in the kitchen sink or
forgetting
that a painted door stays wet for more than thirty seconds, are generally
pretty good when it comes to paying. They spend their time in line doing a
wallet inventory and sorting through their coins. When the till person
announces the bill, they immediately hand over an approximately correct amount
of money, keep their hand extended for the change however long it takes or
foolish they may begin to look if there is, say, a problem with the till roll,
and then — mark this - pocket their change as they walk away instead of deciding
that now is the time to search for the car keys and reorganize six months'
worth of receipts.
God Bless
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