I didn’t think of you before – but now I will. Last night I read a post from a woman who was upset that a young, presumably attractive female, made a sales call to the farm – and rode in the cab of the combine with the farmer (the poster’s husband).
I didn’t think of you before – but now I will. Last night I read a post from a woman who was upset that a young, presumably attractive female, made a sales call to the farm – and rode in the cab of the combine with the farmer (the poster’s husband).
You’ve left a close italics tag open, Lance, that’s affecting the rest of the home-page. 🙂
As soon as I hit ‘As a millennial…’ my eyes glazed over. I can’t be arsed anymore about stuff like this.
“Facebook from the 1950s” Some changes in tech and thought rules, but same instincts remain as a constant. Reeeeee-eeeeeerrrr !!
Is this woman stupid? “As a millenial. ..”
Good God. If your husband finds you as absurd as the rest of the world does, hell, why not?
“One person even commented that she was taught “a woman should never be alone with an unrelated male”.”
Shades of Sharia!
What would the howling “progressives” say if this attractive salesperson were to be raped and thrown into a ditch? Then there would be three riding in the cab, every farmer having to take sensitivity training and register themselves and their machines with local Human Rights Tribunal authorities.
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2015/09/blame-women-dis.html
In case you missed it, after reading this post, please refer to the previous post, linked above.
The woman who wrote that is a true feminist, not like those poseurs who preach from their perches in institutions of higher learning.
It’s naive to believe that “sex” isn’t used as a tool when being a sales person or managing a sales team. I’m not necessarily suggesting the act of “sex”, but the mere thought of it.
That’s hilarious ! The intimacy of combine, seduction in the cornfield, agricultural machinery saleswoman private diaries.
@Glacieman
Relax, in normal world interaction between man and woman don’t end up in a rape. The left projects their own toxicity in all directions, it doesn’t mean it is real.
Are you suggesting that that’s a likely scenario? I don’t know very many farmers. In your experience are they given to raping women and throwing them “into ditches”? If so, how can women avoid this? Is it something to do with wearing make-up?
I don’t know, after reading the story and comments above, I have this cartoon picture in my head of horny farmers on combines chasing women in mini-skirts riding sport’s convertibles.
In any male-dominated industry, businesses always send attractive women as the sales reps. This is a universal. I get it in tech all the time, to the point that they’ll send three people on any on-site meet-and-greet: the male consultant who actually knows what he’s talking about, and two well-turned out female sales reps conspicuously hiding their wedding rings. They do it because it works, and guys who work in an office full of other guys do like getting to ogle a bit of skirt every now and again.
Is Millenial farm wife right to be so indignant? Probably not. Certainly I’ve known of large dollar deals that got sealed with more than just a kiss. It happens. I spent most of that blog post rolling my eyes; this twenty-something hasn’t got enough real world experience to realize that an attractive female sales rep riding alone in a combine with her husband doesn’t give a rat’s ass about her marriage or sisterhood; she gives a damn about making her quarterly numbers and paying her rent or she wouldn’t be in sales.
Lastly, this part: I know you are working your tail off, in an industry you love, that generally views you as less competent.
There’s a reason for that and it isn’t patriarchy. I’ve known a number of women in tech sales or marketing who would get in high dudgeon when potential clients at tech shows would treat them like booth babes or ask to speak to a male pre-sales engineer. It was a truism that the louder such women shrieked, the less competent at basic tech they actually were.
An oilpatch guy told me a story of a golf tournament where a female sales rep was found unconcious in a secluded part of the golf course. The rumour was she had been given a date rape drug. Not a profession I would council my daughter into.
Bad Things Can Happen.
Good Post Daniel. My thoughts and experiences also.
After my first interview in my first management position, my manager (who was a women BTW) sat me down for a one on one regarding the women I just interviewed; it was for a sales position. I told her that this lady had great credentials and not to sound like a cliche, a great personality. My manager immediately and without hesitation asked me if I would f#@k her. I was a little flabbergasted, but she assured me that no person however nice or qualified they were, were being hired unless that question could be answered with “yes”.
The company that I worked for most recently(laid off due to oil prices) which is a global services company has a couple of these attractive sales women in Calgary. And like Daniel said, they are used as lures to the eventual sit-down with a senior sales rep that has the higher knowledge necessary to make the sale. It is not uncommon at all, and the sales ladies are not naive to the situation.
I personally wouldn’t be opposed to a sales lady sitting with me alone in a combine doing her job (if the timing was appropriate), but I also wouldn’t hide the meeting from my wife out of respect. I would also tell my wife if I thought the saleswomen was attractive or not. This farming couple seems to have some trust issues to iron out.
I have quite a bit of sales experience; industrial and retail.
In a retail setting, I’ve found that attractive women are most often among the best of the sales team. Why? Because typically, men make the buying decisions; and they make those decisions with their d1cks.
Personally, I always had difficulty(past career experience) closing middle-aged white guys. Why? I perceived them as being very cynical; and typically smarter(more informed about what they are looking for, and more street-smart). I typically would close much better with minority folks and or women. To each his own I guess.
Finally, it may sound ‘old fashioned’ or ‘misogynistic’; but I have counseled my daughters and my wife, and I extend this advice to all women & children… that you should travel in pairs if you are planning on going-out. This is much better advice than “don’t talk to strangers”.
Cheers
I checked with a farmer friend and, alac, it’s true. Ditches are filled with raped women. I. Can’t. Even. Ditches and ditches of raped women. All over the country. It’s up there with the epidemic campus rapes going on. Something like 200% of all women.
Life’s a ditch and then you cry.
I sense a new hit tune written by Davers6 and recorded by Toby Keith coming out any day now, called “Combine Crush”…
Chorus:
“Who knew that I would find her
On my combine thresher-binder,
Hope muh wife ain’t gonna mind ‘er
Bein’ muh hot new workspace grinder.”
Country music … the poetry of America!
Hey, we all read Bridges of Madison County. Those wives have nothing on the farmers. The little minxes.
I was a car-truck salesMAN for many years. I remember one promo we had (1988??) where we sold specially equipped diesel tandem trucks to farmers. They had Allison automatic transmissions, came with a box and hoist, roll up tarps and a special paint job.
We (salesMEN) took the trucks out to the farms, if the wife was trucking the grain, we’d let her climb aboard and drive. Sometimes she’d take over on the combine while the guy tried out the truck. I even drove the combine a couple of times to let the couple try the truck out together! We even let the kids drive!
For a sales person to climb aboard a combine and ride with the operator in order to sell chemicals, fertilizer, tractors etc. shows ambition and professional conduct. And I’m sure the salesperson phoned before showing up at the farm.
I’m now retired, I drive by a farm from time to time where one of our old tandems is sitting outside. Brings back fond memories.
Hmmm. Spent the last month in a combine cab and not once had a hottie sales rep in the buddy seat. Course being merely a hired operator, no longer a manager, probably had much to do with it.
To Benny Hill music of course. (Oh, God, how long before they ban Benny Hill?)
The Wurzels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btEpF334Rtc