This made the rounds here at Share Results... in my defense, I don't have a car, so this does not apply to me specifically.
Last Friday's Globe & Mail Business Magazine had an article about "Why Women Can't Get Ahead".
Included was this "insiders joke":
A sign in the bank lobby reads == Please note that this bank is installing new drive-through teller machines. After careful research ,MALE and FEMALE procedures have been developed for using this facility.Customers are asked to follow the appropriate steps:
MALE PROCEDURE
1. Drive to the cash machine
2. Roll down your car window
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN enter amount of cash required and withdraw
4. Retrieve card ,cash and withdraw
5. Roll up window
6. Drive off.
FEMALE PROCEDURE
1. Drive up to cash machine
2. Put vehicle in reverse and b back up the required amount to align car window with machine
3. Set parking brake and roll down window
4. Find handbag and remove all contents onto passenger seat to locate card
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up
6. Attempt to insert card into machine
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine
8. Insert card
9. Reinsert card the right way
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN number written on the back page
11. Enter PIN
12. Press cancel and reenter PIN
13. Enter amount of cash required
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror
15. Retrieve cash and receipt
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside
17. Write debit amount in chequebook and place receipt in back of it
18. Re-check makeup
19. Drive forward one half metre
20. Reverse back to cash machine
21. Retrieve card
22. Re-empty handbag ,locate cardholder and place card in slot provided
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you
24. Restart stalled engine and pull away
25. Redial person on cell phone
26. Drive for two or three kilometers
27. Release parking brake.
