construction workers hitting on you

[kddani]

Now to start off, i apologize to any "normal" construction workers out there.
But WHY oh WHY do construction workers/repairmen/men with jobs of that type have to make catcalls and comments everytime a decent looking woman walks by? Do they really think they're going to get a response? Do they ever (besides the finger or some profanity) even get a response?
I can usually just see it coming... i was walking to the post office during lunch and saw some telephone repair workers taking their lunch break. I just knew some sort of comments were coming. And sure enough, they did. I ended up walking back to work a different way because I didn't want to deal with it.
They're almost impossible to avoid, my school and work are in a busy city neighborhood with constant construction. I'm not dressed to provoke it in some tube top and daisy dukes, i'm wearing a perfectly respectable dress today.
Is this a job requirement for men to hold those sorts of jobs? Having an arsenal of cat calls and sexual explicit remarks for innocent passerby?
I usually just ignore them, but geez, it gets annoying!
Just wanted to rant, i'm sure this happens to most women.