I’m a female plumber who went to beauty school – men say I’m the ‘prettiest ever,’ I love being a blue-collar girl
A FEMALE plumber has been talking about her unconventional career trajectory from pink parlor to blue collar.
But she has also opened her heart, confessing to some of the struggles that come with working in a male-dominated industry.
This has nothing to do with sexism, however. Far from it.
Eragon Jones (@eragonjones) loves her job and her work colleagues.
But in a post to her TikTok she pondered over where were the other women working in her trade?
“Female plumber. Where are my blue-collar working girls at?” she asked, missing the companionability of female co-workers.
While she is working in a construction trade, Eragon is the picture of glamor.
She’s took a huge career leap when she entered the world of plumbing, coming from the other end of the spectrum and the world of beauty.
“I very much love my job. I’ve learned so much. I make good money,” she admitted.
But it hasn’t always been easy: “It’s hard to find women in the industry to reach out to.”
“You have to make sacrifices for the job,” she said, and a social life can pretty much go by the way-side.
“I’m pretty free spirited,” she said. “I guess you can say to give up a social life is not very common in people of my age.”
Fans to her post were empathetic, with some other women in the trades reaching out. “I’m a mechanic,” was typical of others.
But some couldn’t help but comment on her looks: “Prettiest plumber ever,” said one fan.
Finally, some well-earned respect: “My father is a plumber and owns his own business and I have mad. Respect for pummbers. That’s pretty f*cking bad*ss babe.”