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Brad & Dellwen are seeking "Male Help." Women get offended.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:13 pm
They do realize the owners are gay, right?
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Brittany Hunt was walking along Magazine Street after work when she saw the sign.
The words were written in black and green marker on a plain white shopping bag hanging inside the door of a shop, big block letters jumping out at passers-by: "MALE HELP WANTED."
Hunt stopped. She took some photos, shrugged it off and kept walking. But the words stuck with her.
The sign was discriminatory against women and there was a good chance it was illegal, too, she thought.
"It's their prerogative to hire a man," Hunt said. "It's just the blatant advertising of it in a discriminatory way that I think is hostile to all women."
Charles Wendell, an owner at Brad & Dellwen Flag Party at the corner of Jackson Avenue and Magazine Street, who posted the sign about a week ago, said he has every right to advertise for a male employee.
He and his partner, Brad Stewerwald, opened their flag, kite and gift shop a decade ago and currently have no employees.
Now both men are in their 70s and need help with day-to-day tasks, from lifting heavy boxes filled with merchandise to climbing ladders to hang new flags from the ceiling and fix things around the shop. It is hard work and requires physical strength, he said.
"We feel like it's a man's job," Wendell said. "I don't feel like it's a woman's job."
Hunt posted a picture of the sign on her Facebook account Tuesday after approaching Wendell to ask if he could remove the sign and replace it with a gender-neutral call for help. Hunt said she was told to leave the store after a short, "aggressive" conversation.
Wendell said Hunt was "arrogant" in her approach. The store is doing nothing wrong, he said.
This post was edited on 2/26/15 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:16 pm to arseinclarse
Well, whether they are right or not, responding to this claim by stating that it's a man's job and not a woman's job isn't going to help defend themselves against a discriminatory hiring practice claim.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:17 pm to arseinclarse
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arseinclarse
aren't you a lawyer. isnt that against the law.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:17 pm to arseinclarse
I'm gonna go buy flags there
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:17 pm to arseinclarse
I hate people
Always looking for something to be offended by, it must be miserable to live life that way.
Always looking for something to be offended by, it must be miserable to live life that way.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:18 pm to arseinclarse
I'm pretty sure Hustler club only hires female dancers
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:18 pm to Epic Cajun
The smaller of the couple cracks me up when he jogs with his shirt off. I'm quite confident he got ab implants.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:18 pm to Epic Cajun
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I hate people
Always looking for something to be offended by, it must be miserable to live life that way.
All of this. especially the bolded part.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:18 pm to TigerWise
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I'm gonna go buy flags there
The store makes me nauseated. It's like you're be swallowed by flags.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:19 pm to arseinclarse
Looking forward to pics from her facebook. OT detectives never disappoint.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:19 pm to arseinclarse
I'm offended when ladies get into clubs free and I don't. No bars ever have a men's night. Never had a male waiter at Hooters.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:20 pm to arseinclarse
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Hunt called the local office for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to file a complaint, but was told that she would have to apply and be denied for the job in order to do so.
"I think it's discrimination," Hunt said. "There are better ways to say what they're looking for. Just say 'We need someone who can do heavy lifting.' Some women can lift that much."
Sounds like she can only complain if she applies, which could lead to two potentially hilarious outcomes:
1.) She applies but gets turned down for having a 600 grit sandpaper twat
or
2.) Gets hired and has to lift heavy boxes because she can do it as good as the boys can.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:21 pm to Martini
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As for Hunt, she said she is aggravated by the sign and hopes Brad & Dellwen will take it down.
Hunt called the local office for U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to file a complaint, but was told that she would have to apply and be denied for the job in order to do so.
"I think it's discrimination," Hunt said. "There are better ways to say what they're looking for. Just say 'We need someone who can do heavy lifting.' Some women can lift that much."
She obviously isn't getting any good dick.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:23 pm to arseinclarse
People love to be offended.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:23 pm to Martini
I WANT TO BE OFFENDED LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:23 pm to Topwater Trout
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i wonder what they pay
not enough for me to be lifting boxes and climbing ladders to hang flags...that's man's work.
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