Girls + Tech = Pink iPhone + Boobs?

I am not your typical girl.

I watch football, drink beer and use pretty foul language. Especially when watching football. And drinking.

Thanks to my dad, I have never felt confined to what society deems as “girl stuff”. I may get a manicure and have tea with my mom one day and then go to Hooters and a car show the next. I’m just that kinda chick.

Along with all of the above mentioned things, I am also a lover of technology and social media. I love buying new apps and gadgets. I remember the day when I first synched my Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Gmail accounts together. It was like prom. Ok maybe not my prom because I didn’t actually have a date. I went with a group of girls and one of the girls was wearing my same dress after she totally pinky swore she wouldn’t.  So not prom but it was definitely a momentous occasion nevertheless.

Anyway, with my huge love of technology comes a pretty good understanding of it as well. I am not a tech goddess by any means, but I can hold my own in conversation. This leads me to this point of this rant.

I recently went browsing at the Apple store. I am currently a Blackberry loyalist but wanted to check out the iPhone 3GS.  Nope, wasn’t cheating on my BB, just doing a little flirting and seeing what was out there. Anyway, a salesguy came over and began selling me on the awesomeness that is the 3GS. “Did you know that there is a built-in compass? I bet you didn’t know that you could make calls or play music using just the sound of your voice? If you buy this phone, you will lose 10 pounds this week!” Ok, he didn’t say that last one but man, wouldn’t that be awesome if it were true!!

So after a few minutes of this, I really started to seriously consider making the switch over. Jumping on the proverbial Apple bandwagon. Just as I was about to tell him ring it up, the sales guy says “Unfortunately, it doesn’t come in pink ma’am hahaha”.

WTF. Why would he assume I’d want it in pink? I bet you he doesn’t make that same lame ass joke with guys. So why assume that I’d want it in pink? I’ll tell you why. It’s because I’m a freakin girl!

According to a “Women &  Digital Life” study conducted by the Solutions Research Group, about 36% of women polled have bought a new gadget (cell phone, computer or digital camera) in the last 6 months. More specifically, 42% of women 25 to 39 have made such a purchase.

Technology can no longer be seen as just a “guy thing”. Both men and women equally are wasting time on Facebook, playing online games and buying crap we don’t need.

The Apple sales guy probably felt he was doing his job in “warning” me about the lack of pink phones at his store.  He probably didn’t want me coming back to the store later that month crying with a raging case of PMS demanding a pink phone. Because that’s what girls do right?

Who knows.

I actually was offended and left the store. I started wondering if that’s all my twitter friends and social media buddies saw me as was a pink phone. With boobs.

I told my girlfriend this whole story hoping to get some support and what was her comment?

“Hey, don’t be upset, Blackberry makes pink phones!!!”