u/Beliy_Lebed

Yes, yes I do. Why? Because I was absorbed in my task. I wear ppe, but I wasn't going out of my way to avoid getting dirt/dust/oil on my face. Sure I'm going to avoid a crazy hydraulic spray or nasty oil dump. Of course. No, I am not worried about dirty simple green dripping on me when I am cleaning overhead.

Is it ideal? No.

Fo I give a shit if I look dirty while I am fixing million dollar machines? Also no.

But aaaalways I get told this. I wiped my face off after today, in annoyance because I just don't want to fucking hear it and then got "well at least you got the dirt off your face?"

I'M WORKING.

It's not MEK. It's not battery acid.

Leave me the fuck alone.

Yes, I have noticed that other people manage to NOT get dirty faces. I also notice that I'm often putting my whole pussy into getting something done. Idfk. I don't quite believe the "if you ain't dirty, you ain't working" macho bullshit but sometimes it's like....yeah I'm fighting for my fucking life over here.

My hearing is fine, doing great there. No unexpected hearing loss, doing a little better for my age (32) than expected according to the audiologist. Nice.

I am lucky enough to NOT be the only woman in my shop. There's 5 of us! Woohoo!

Except the two I actually work with have that super quiet, mousey voice that I cannot fucking hear in a shop. Walking in front of me and asking me questions? You're gonna have to repeat that. Standing across a 4" wide table? Can't fucking hear you.

It sucks, because women get shit if they're too loud OR too quiet. So I don't want to pile onto that. It's just much easier to tell a mumbly dude "speak up, can't hear you!" than it is to say that to a woman...even as a woman.

I feel for naturally quiet women who get shit for it. I really do. But I also dread working with the quietest one because like...oof. It's so awkward.

I am starting an apprenticeship on Monday, meaning actually getting my A&P is 30 months out. Still, I am very motivated and really excited to learn. OJT is probably king in my situation, but I want to really understand the theory as well. I asked in my interview what textbooks were recommended, but didn't get a really solid answer other than "there are a lot of good books out there" and "I personally just memorized a test question pool"

So, for someone with an unrelated STEM bachelors and a love for all the nitty gritty engineering questions...what textbooks for the A&P are going to help me really understand? Test question guides are great for later on, but right now I just want to really dive in.

Bonus points for NCATT/AET books and GROL (probably useless but I'm into radio as a hobby at home so I thought it would just be fun).

When I was an automotive mechanic, I got looked at like I had three heads for asking weird shit like "What's the relative hardness of the cam material to the rockers?" and uh...I know better now than to bug people with that shit but that's the kinda overthinking I'm on.