Even at the time I was a little worried about the strict gender divide, but there was no discussion as to whether women should be working with the lads or vice versa. Some years later, the crunch came. A colleague was organising a girls' weekend.
As the time approached, it transpired that they did not have a driver for the minibus. My colleague consulted with the girls who were going and they decided to ask me.
This took me by surprise. They insisted on only one ground rule: if matters of embarrassment or sensitivity came up, I had to leave (wherever we were, whatever the weather). This suited me as I was rather apprehensive about the whole thing. I quickly cast my role as no more than the driver, the fetcher and the carrier. The professional stuff I would leave to my colleague.
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