Hollywood's Premiere Botique Catering Company Pandering To Bigotry
I fell asleep while reading another Stephen King short story last night (around 9:45pm). But, awoke for no particular reason at 12:30am. Frustrated at being wide awake instead of in the land of nod, I got online to look up more job offers.
Below is the ad I copy and pasted from craigslist.
SERVERS/BARTENDERS
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Reply to:
Date: 2008-01-29, 6:15PM PST
Hollywood's premiere botique catering company is looking for extremely polished, exceptionally attractive servers and bartenders. Please respond with resume AND PHOTO.
$20.00 hour
Location: Hollywood
Compensation: $20.00 hour
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
PostingID: 556284125
Isn't that sad? I would like to think that only in Los Angeles would such open discrimination be allowed to take place, but I'm sure it happens everywhere. Imagine being so unconcerned with the actual quality of the people that you hire! Imagine basing your company reputation on fake-boobed, pretty little, empty-headed girls rather than focusing on real experience and knowledge.
I'm pretty - I've been told that enough to know I am. And, in all my years in the catering field - behind the bar or serving - I've been hit on by enough clients and their guests to back that up! But, that still wouldn't be enough for this company who is offering $20.00 an hour to provide a backdrop instead of genuine, professional service. That really turns my stomache.
I think of all the people I've worked with in the past. People who's dedication to this unappreciated field make them greatly respected and in constant demand. NONE of them would have a chance in hell of being hired with this blatantly bigoted, sexist company.
I considered replying to this ad and letting 'em have it, but I know it will only fall on deaf ears. People like this - folks who pander to sexism and discrimination - never see themselves as they really are. So, instead, I decided to post the ad here along with my disgust. Who knows - it could be read by a few and ignored OR maybe, if the Gods are smiling, read by the company itself! Oh what fun that would be to see them even TRY to justify their hiring practices!
To the company too cowardly to include your name in it's help wanted ad : YOU SUCK ~ YOU'RE WRONG ~ YOU DEMEAN WOMEN!
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Spooky,
I once almost did a mystery shop for a clothing store, until I got turned off by the descriptions of how their associates had to dress. It was geared towards looking like they just came from the set of "Turistas". It was that whole "I got drunk and screwed some random surfer on the beach, and I can't remember where I put my bra, but it doesn't matter since I don't have any tits anyway" look. I didn't think I could stand to be in there long enough, so I skipped it.
On a different note, there's a Stephen King story you have to read. It's absolutely his best work ever, and the writing quality is WAY above his normal standard (which isn't to insult him or anything). It's not the oogie-boogie type Stephen King, but is true, genuine horror. It's called "The Gingerbread Girl" and it was published in Esquire magazine in either July or August of 2007. It's the one with Angelina Jolie on the cover. Look it up in a library, try to find it online, or whatever, but it's damn good and worth hunting down.
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I've been a fan for soooo many years, yet there's still books and short stories I haven't read! That's what I'm doing right now since my brother has them. He gave me another book to read yesterday called 'The Fraternity of the Stone' by David Morrell. The one he threw at me first was called 'The World in Shadow' by Theodore Beale (second book in a series) and while it's a Christian fantasy book, I quite enjoyed the hell out of it! Not your typical "beat you over the head with Christ" type that usually turns me off. I have to say I was impressed enough to get the rest eventually.
Ya, this ad just really hit a cord with me! It is not an easy job and it's alos something I actually take pride in when I'm doing it. Even setting up a buffet table is an art form that can be done horribly wrong! So, to demand a photo to be even considered for the job makes me sick. I swear to all that's holy - even if I thought I'd have a shot to get the job, I'd rather starve! No one deserves to be treated that way.
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Ah, what a sad sad world we
Ah, what a sad sad world we live in....
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Isn't it, sire?
We can say with a roll of the eye - "Only in LA", but in truth, this kind of crap goes on everywhere, just in diferent forms. It's just too bad that it's allowed to happen!
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The real sad thing is that
The real sad thing is that the company may read this post but they just wouldn't care.
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I hope they do!
I really hope they'll read it and try to justify their practices! That would be funny to watch them dig themselves even deeper!
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i wonder if it was...
for a company called "beautiful bartenders". they hire only "models" to work as bartenders aka eye candy. (i had to put models in quotes because i hate that all models are lumped into the same category even though some are fashion models and some are porn stars and definitely NOT the same thing. ack!)
it really is lame, but SO L.A. have you watched the "millionare matchmaker" on bravo. have mercy. all the girls on that look like escorts. awful. set in LA. i love my city for so many reasons but the whole looks are everything is not one of them.
on a pos note....you will find a better gig than that anyways!!!! go spooky!
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I wonder, too, modelmom
As everyone can see, they didn't have the nerve to add the company name to the ad, so who knows! I find the idea insulting and degrading. They are more interested in decorating an event than the service to be provided. They are also, clearly not interested in the safety and wellbeing of their clients! It's been my experience that the pretty & brainless crowd tend to steal more often than the folks who are there for the purpose of actually working! Plus, as you pointed out - when you're hiring "models" (porn stars and escorts) you get a mess that only makes your company look bad. Hire for looks only and then get complaints that the servers are turning tricks for drug money - uh, that'll go over well!
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wrong in so many ways....
i hadnt even though about it but the fact that they dont give a business name is pretty shady & creepy. so here are a bunch of girls sending in their info and pics not knowing who the heck is looking at (or jerking off to ) their stuff. ugh. that job posting is wrong in too many ways.
and i agree with you about the whole turning tricks for money, etc. if that is they type of server/girl these companies want to hire why not just throw parties at a strip club? really. the sad thing is that too many women go for these types of jobs which just perpetuates the problem. i guess they gotta pay for those gargantuan fake tits somehow! :-P
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And, that too!
Man, you're right! They might not even exsist! Sure, there are some who don't put their names in the ad, but they offer more info than these jerk-off's! Usually, they'll talk about their company or give a phone number (although, admittedly, most catering companies don't). But, these idiots don't even specify if it's full or part time, on call, where they're located (even in general - Hollywood implies where they hold events and I seriously doubt their offices are there) Ya, they very well could be those kinds of creeps who hold casting sessions just to get laid!
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*Sigh* Spooky!
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As long as there are men with dicks and women with no brains, this behavior will perpetuate itself. A famous comedian once said "I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member" LOL. Snobs and hypocrites always get theirs in the end...they get old! I promise you that even if they would hire you on your looks alone Spooky, they wouldn't hire you because they feel threatened by someone that has a brain and knows how to use it.
Ya, no kidding, Sassy
And, it upsets me even more to think that this business WON'T be run into the ground because women will be stupid enough to jump at it. To pander to ignorant men has been going on for much too long, but it's the women who still take the jobs! But, on a happier note - I did flag their ad. It will probably pop up again, but if I see it, it'll get flagged again! Sorry, but I find it offensive and discrimination goes against the sites terms and conditions! HA!
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So it's a lost cause my dear
So it's a lost cause my dear Sassy, at least until some dicless wonder are born anyway.
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