OMGWTF?!

What the heck. I am having the WEIRDEST week. First the institutionalised sexism in that religious event I won't be mentioning, and now this...

I've just dropped my car off at Toyota for a service. All good, nice friendly man behind the desk. Then he says we just have to go and look over the car to note down scratches etc, no problem. I point out the only one I've noticed (which, incidentally, was there when I bought the car second-hand). So he looks over the rest of the car, and says:

"I'm impressed - that's not many scratches for a woman driver."

Let me just give you a second for that to sink in.

EXCUSE ME?!?! Unfortunately I had no cutting reply, because my brain just froze and went "OH HOLY JEEEEEBUS, DID HE ACTUALLY JUST SAY THAT?!"

All I could manage was to laugh and reply that it wasn't too late for me to take my custom elsewhere.

Now, I'm sure this guy isn't the total jerk he sounded - probably just a nice guy with a bad case of foot in mouth disease. Whatever - even if you're thinking that sentence in your head, what part of your brain tells you that it's in any way OK to say it out loud?!

I could rant for a while longer, but I'm saving it up to email someone at Toyota - complaints department, management, whatever email address I can find. Although I will wait until my car is safely back home :D

Ugh. I've been planning a post for this evening, which I'll hopefully still get to, but I just couldn't hold this in. My mind is still boggling.