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Blue Dawn

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6. I agree with you, secondwind.

Reply to secondwind (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 05:56 AM

Aug 2021

I thought her response was rude and unnecessarily defensive. In my opinion, Mark's email was neither disrespectful nor sexist.

(Edited to make clear to whom I was responding.... ...)

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Woman Fires Back After Applying For Landscaping Job And Getting A Super Sexist Response [View all] Demovictory9 Aug 2021 OP

Maybe I'm just getting old... I think her response was a bit over the top. secondwind Aug 2021 #1

I'm surprised. I actually think it was spot on and actually jimfields33 Aug 2021 #5

Agree ananda Aug 2021 #20

I agree with you, secondwind. Blue Dawn Aug 2021 #6

Mark was sexist & therefore rude. He would NEVER ask a MAN if he was a bodybuilder Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #9

Thank you. Treefrog Aug 2021 #16

Speculation Roy Rolling Aug 2021 #19

Informed speculation based on observation of many sexists. I'd bet against you, bet he would not Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #23

Speculation, perhaps, but it is how SYSTEMIC racism and sexism work. It's like Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #27

No, he wouldn't ask a man that, and you know that obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #29

THIS malaise Aug 2021 #21

Mark was very sexist and rude obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #26

You're joking, right? North Shore Chicago Aug 2021 #36

I sure hope so. Treefrog Aug 2021 #41

Bullshit tonedevil Aug 2021 #39

The first part of you post is correct.... 😊 ashredux Aug 2021 #11

.... Lochloosa Aug 2021 #13

... kcr Aug 2021 #32

... demmiblue Aug 2021 #42

Why should she be respectful to a sexist asshole? Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #12

It sounds as though the entire thing is contrived. Fiction. NurseJackie Aug 2021 #14

+1 treestar Aug 2021 #28

It could very well be fiction, but this happens all the time obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #30

It does, but I was once told to my face that they didn't hire women at a landscape company I Treefrog Aug 2021 #40

That's a much better story... with a much more satisfying ending. NurseJackie Aug 2021 #44

Seems like you are getting downright fossilized. /nt tonedevil Aug 2021 #38

I think the response given in the original op is just fine. It's pointed but respectful in contrast abqtommy Aug 2021 #2

To each his own... I wait for bigger stuff to upset me... secondwind Aug 2021 #3

such as YOU applying for a job and getting a super sexist response? Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #4

Have you been told you won't be hired for a job because of your gender? Treefrog Aug 2021 #18

Well, employment discrimination on gender is "bigger stuff" to most of us here obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #31

She forgot that USA has backward measurement systems. 40 d C is 104 degrees F, for simple folk. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #7

You can't teach those that already know everything. twodogsbarking Aug 2021 #22

Yeah. Even Canadians can be ignorant! And maybe she was writing in Canada anyway Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #24

My coldest experience was minus 26 F. Shrinkage. twodogsbarking Aug 2021 #25

Zing!!! oasis Aug 2021 #8

Perfect --and hilarious-- response to a douchebag. Wish I could hire her! SunSeeker Aug 2021 #10

the reason Mark's response is so lacking NJCher Aug 2021 #15

"just a manual laborer" chia Aug 2021 #33

Go ahead NJCher Aug 2021 #37

K&R ck4829 Aug 2021 #17

Awesome reply! Well deserved, imo. Oneironaut Aug 2021 #34

KNR niyad Aug 2021 #35

I'm curious why she applied if she held the company in such low regard. fescuerescue Aug 2021 #43