My roommate is our Grandma, who is still acclimating to this country. I was born & raised here, because our parents immigrated here before I came along. It was only a few years ago that they finally convinced our Grandma to join us in the United States. She is still getting used to it, however after a lifetime there may not be a lot he can change. One thing he had a large problem with is having boys in our apartment. Anyone outside of the family is considered suspect by her. This presented a problem recently when the central HVAC plan stopped working, & I needed some emergency repairs. I called a local HVAC supplier I have heard nice thing about, & asked if they had a female tech they could send out. This was the easiest solution I could believe of — to simply have a female HVAC tech come & do the work. The problem was they had no female HVAC techs, nor did the next more than one companies I called. In a bit of a snit, I posted about it on Facebook, & asked if the HVAC industry was even allowed to hire ladies. This generated a dumpster fire in the comments section, however it also put myself and others in contact with a local guy who was an HVAC supplier. She was sheepish to inform myself and others that he didn’t have any female HVAC techs at his supplier, either! But he was still HVAC certified, & offered to come over & toil on our plan personally, & do it free of charge.