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Something men are better than women at

  • 09-05-2018 2:08pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭


    This is going to be a PC minefield, in which accusations of sexism are inevitable I think, but in my experience what I'm about to suggest is completely true. There is no easy or gentle way to say this, so I'll just say it: Men are much better than women when it comes to making rolls. There, I said it, and I believe it.

    Let's take Magda from my local Super Valu. It took a while for Magda to master the art of not splitting a baguette in two. In fact, when she serves me I tend to order the sliced cheddar cheese, because history has taught me that cheese can and does spill out both sides of the roll if I go with the grated selection, which is very frustrating. Magda has had a lot of female colleagues down the years. Some have been grand at making rolls, and others have struggled.

    But recently, Magda was given a male colleague and he might just be the best thing that has ever happened to this Super Valu. I don't know his name, because it's hard to read a nametag of someone who blinds you with light - It's like when the Hobbits saw Gandalf the White for the first time - but I do know one thing about him: he makes a fantastic roll. It's like a weapon when he hands it back to you. You're thinking, 'I ordered a roll, not a truncheon', but that's a refection of how tight and compact the roll is.

    That's how you know you're about to eat a brilliant roll, when it's wrapped to perfection. You know that all of the ingredients are firmly embedded into a roll, which means when you eat it, nobody is left behind. Every bit of grated cheese, every jalopeno, every crumb on the chicken fillett is in your body, unlike with Magda who, by the time you unwrap the roll, has often served you a plain baguette and the ingredients separately.

    I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I'm judging all male delicatessen workers by this one Saint, which isn't true. Thinking about it now, I'm always chuffed when a lad makes me a roll. For instance, there's a fella in the Donnybrook Fair in Malahide who consistenly pleases me.

    tldr - In my opinion - and it is just my opinion - men are better than women at making rolls.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭Dog walker 1234


    Directions and parallel parking!


  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You've obviously never eaten a sandwich made by my partner. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,817 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    For instance, there's a fella in the Donnybrook Fair in Malahide who consistenly pleases me.

    Oooh Matron.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    Packing dishwashers... We're not even playing the same sport on this one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Hey, make me a sandwich there, love.

    Actually, no, don't.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭cichlid child


    Sport in General


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭LarryGraham


    P1ssing while standing up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭seanrambo87


    I whole heartedly agree with the op. I've said it numerous times myself. What better way to spoil lunch than with a poorly constructed sambo/roll. Take some bloody pride in your work!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Oddly enough, some places have suggested that delis who employ male staff see less footfall than ones who employ female staff. There's an implicit anti-male bias when it comes to people preparing sandwiches, apparently.

    But I don't think you can assess the roll-making skills of all men or women based on two people in some shop.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Committing suicide.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭Y2K86


    Everything


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Killing spiders. I swear if vibrators could spontaneously kill spiders, the book and series would have been called The Handmen's Tale.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    Committing suicide.

    As has been pointed out, poor Magda already cuts things far too deep so she might be good at this.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Killing spiders.

    Why would anyone ever want to kill a spider?

    WDowLa.gif


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,370 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Abusing women.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    Murdering


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Committing suicide.
    GreeBo wrote: »
    Abusing women.


    ff.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Pissing on the toilet seat - my missus just can't seem to hit the thing at all, not a drop, I'm so good at hitting it that sometimes I don't even look at the toilet and I still manage to piss all over it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Anything physical or that involves hand eye co-ordination.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    This is going to be a PC minefield, in which accusations of sexism are inevitable I think, but in my experience what I'm about to suggest is completely true. There is no easy or gentle way to say this, so I'll just say it: Men are much better than women when it comes to making rolls. There, I said it, and I believe it.

    Let's take Magda from my local Super Valu. It took a while for Magda to master the art of not splitting a baguette in two. In fact, when she serves me I tend to order the sliced cheddar cheese, because history has taught me that cheese can and does spill out both sides of the roll if I go with the grated selection, which is very frustrating. Magda has had a lot of female colleagues down the years. Some have been grand at making rolls, and others have struggled.

    But recently, Magda was given a male colleague and he might just be the best thing that has ever happened to this Super Valu. I don't know his name, because it's hard to read a nametag of someone who blinds you with light - It's like when the Hobbits saw Gandalf the White for the first time - but I do know one thing about him: he makes a fantastic roll. It's like a weapon when he hands it back to you. You're thinking, 'I ordered a roll, not a truncheon', but that's a refection of how tight and compact the roll is.

    That's how you know you're about to eat a brilliant roll, when it's wrapped to perfection. You know that all of the ingredients are firmly embedded into a roll, which means when you eat it, nobody is left behind. Every bit of grated cheese, every jalopeno, every crumb on the chicken fillett is in your body, unlike with Magda who, by the time you unwrap the roll, has often served you a plain baguette and the ingredients separately.

    I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I'm judging all male delicatessen workers by this one Saint, which isn't true. Thinking about it now, I'm always chuffed when a lad makes me a roll. For instance, there's a fella in the Donnybrook Fair in Malahide who consistenly pleases me.

    tldr - In my opinion - and it is just my opinion - men are better than women at making rolls.

    Talking bollix , an excellent example , OP.


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  • Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You're completely wrong OP. I've genuinely walked out of places rather than get served by a guy. Women at deli counters vary but every guy I've come across takes longer than me to do anything and you'd swear that every shred of cabbage and drop of mayonnaise was paid for out of their pocket.


  • Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    seamus wrote: »
    Oddly enough, some places have suggested that delis who employ male staff see less footfall than ones who employ female staff. There's an implicit anti-male bias when it comes to people preparing sandwiches, apparently.

    But I don't think you can assess the roll-making skills of all men or women based on two people in some shop.

    I base my opinion on over 100 women and over a dozen men who have made me rolls. :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭draiochtanois


    This post has been deleted.


  • Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lifting and dragging and pulling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭buckwheat


    Stand up comedy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    ... pulling.

    Dunno about that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Collecting wheelie bins, I assume. I’ve never seen a woman actually do that job.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Lifting and dragging and pulling.

    Boll0x, women lift drag and pull men along all the time :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,817 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Shopping, in and out like a military operation and no faffing about.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Taking orders.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Flatulence.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,719 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Men are deliberately sh1t at things we don't like so we won't be asked to do them again. Dishwasher, ironing that sort of thing. So we are better than women at subterfuge.

    And if women believe they are one step ahead of their fella when it comes to accessing his phone, tracking his movements, potential affairs, they arent. Any stuff they find, they are being let find to throw off the scent and keep them content. Subterfuge ftw


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Collecting wheelie bins, I assume. I’ve never seen a woman actually do that job.

    The Bin Business is practically 100 per cent male on the frontlines.

    Women need to break down that wall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Reading maps. Many men have an advantage at that.

    Talking to two people at once is never going to happen though.

    Men are not as good at spotting things in the fridge if they are turned around 90 degrees from the way they remember it.


  • Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Getting things off high shelves.
    Changing tyres and everything else car related
    Chopping things
    Drinking pints
    Minding me
    Getting rid of creepy crawlies
    Getting out the door in jig time

    I love men :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭Bracken81


    The Bin Business is practically 100 per cent male on the frontlines.

    Women need to break down that wall.

    Cutting the grass must be at least 98% male dominated too
    What gives?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    What can 4 men do with a bucket that 2 women can't?

    Pee in it at the same time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭TheAnalyst_


    Having autism which helps with some areas where most people would give up and say **** this,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Lifting things and opening jars.

    They can't make a decent cup of tea though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭mojesius


    DIY*
    Winding babies
    Mowing the lawn
    Pouring beer from cans/bottles into a glass so it doesn't lose its head quickly
    Flipping the mattress

    *Although I hate DIY so am probably naturally drawn to men who are good at it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Hunting.

    Although, seen some female spear hunters on some docu that were no slouches.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,039 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    The willingness to embrace technology to make their lives better. My missus refuses to use Google Maps on her phone. When I drive I know how to get to where we're going. When she's driving there's stress and a lot of guesswork.

    Our TV only has 2 x HDMI ports so sometimes I'll unplug the Chromecast to connect the PS4. I'll frequently get a WhatsApp message asking how to get YouTube videos on the TV. She knows how the app works.... just not which cable to unplug and which lead/dongle is the Chromecast.

    I could go on and on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Getting things off high shelves.
    Changing tyres and everything else car related
    Chopping things
    Drinking pints
    Minding me
    Getting rid of creepy crawlies
    Getting out the door in jig time

    I love men :)

    IME, men are very sentient about the things that the ladies do better and there are a LOT.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    Writing love songs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    Men are better than women at anything they put their mind to.
    Women are then left feeling better at the sh*t that men don’t want to do.
    Fact.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,744 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    don't think men are better at sandwich making , if anything i'd say women are better -

    but Sport and in particular rugby , boxing , golf, football and many others - men are better - not PC to say so but don't get why women must prove themselves at rugby - womens tennis , hockey and most athletics I think are great.
    In general I would say men are better drivers , but ther are many other skills women are way better than men.


  • Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    cantdecide wrote: »
    IME, men are very sentient about the things that the ladies do better and there are a LOT.

    I'm like the anti-woman when it comes to certain things we're supposed to do better :p I'm a terrible cook, cleaner and multi-tasker. Basically anything domestic whereas my boyfriend is the opposite and a whizz with the hoover.
    I do a good a line in diplomacy and communication though :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,375 ✭✭✭Sin City


    Opening jars
    and getting up to see what that noise was at 4 am


    However

    Women or at least my one is a fantastic cook

    I mean she makes food I used to hate pleasurable

    Also shes fairly tech savvy too and doesnt need a map :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,079 ✭✭✭leakyboots


    buckwheat wrote: »
    Stand up comedy.

    Maybe it's the numbers against them and that we see more male comics... but I think men in general a bit funnier


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭Rechuchote


    Fishing, and any other sport activity that involves standing still and drinking.


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