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[MANTIS01]

I wonder if some women get offended when the James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" comes on the radio??

[bobAlike]

we don't have many ladies posting regularly...

Any thoughts on why that might be the case?

Too many boring old farts?

I have spoken about this to a few females today and not one of them thought any differently to me. The one woman who I thought would be against me was the most vocal about how this type of publicity is bad for the feminist movement and didn't agree with the with the complaint in the first place.

[bobAlike]

I wonder if some women get offended when the James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" comes on the radio??

Well he is shit.

[DungBeetle]

we don't have many ladies posting regularly...

Any thoughts on why that might be the case?

The more I think about it the more I'm against her. I mean for god sake so what if his intent was to pull her? It's not as if he used a company message board to do it.

It's a bloody compliment! Stupid bitch!

I'm with bobblehat.

She will have spent half the morning trying to look nice, and then she kicks off when someone says it.

Stupid vindictive attention seeking bitch.

She's in the evening standard tonight keeping it up.  "I want him to acknowledge he has done something wrong" and she is pursuing the CEO of his company to that end. 

Of the issue of privacy she says her actions are in the public interest.

In my opinion she's a vindictive moron. 

Turn it on its head and let's say the woman posted the comment to the man.

Does anyone seriously think that a bloke would take offence when a woman pays him a compliment.

If he did complain then he needs to grow a pair as well.

On a recent flight back from the USA i was sat right at the rear near the galley.. so traffic of the stewardesses was high..

One of the stewardesses was perhaps mid forties and not unattractive but not my particular cup of tea generally.. wearing my earphones and watching an in flight movie i became aware of her stroke the top of my arm.. I assumed it was to get my attention ( i suppose it was ) As I took my earphones off she said ' i think you have lovely arms '

I was a little taken aback.. smiled awkwardly  and said thank you...

Now you could argue that this was highly inappropriate and unprofessional.. but do you know something I was quite chuffed...

In true Mantis stlye obv if the kids wernt with me id been in the loo smashing its back doors in

Despite my levity I think it was very nice..and ladies.. you can give us guys compliments too..we actually like them

Do you mind explaining your point in relation to my post.  Having looked at the offence and her response I think she is a vindictive moron.  Does having that opinion make me sexist?

[Marky147]

I wonder if some women get offended when the James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" comes on the radio??

Well he is shit.

I think he's great.

Music isn't great, but he is com.

[bobAlike]

I wonder if some women get offended when the James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" comes on the radio??

Well he is shit.

I think he's great.

Music isn't great, but he is com.

You're right Marky just trying for the comedy laughs and failing.

[david3103]

we don't have many ladies posting regularly...

Any thoughts on why that might be the case?

The more I think about it the more I'm against her. I mean for god sake so what if his intent was to pull her? It's not as if he used a company message board to do it.

It's a bloody compliment! Stupid bitch!

I'm with bobblehat.

She will have spent half the morning trying to look nice, and then she kicks off when someone says it.

Stupid vindictive attention seeking bitch.

She's in the evening standard tonight keeping it up.  "I want him to acknowledge he has done something wrong" and she is pursuing the CEO of his company to that end. 

Of the issue of privacy she says her actions are in the public interest.

In my opinion she's a vindictive moron. 

Turn it on its head and let's say the woman posted the comment to the man.

Does anyone seriously think that a bloke would take offence when a woman pays him a compliment.

If he did complain then he needs to grow a pair as well.

On a recent flight back from the USA i was sat right at the rear near the galley.. so traffic of the stewardesses was high..

One of the stewardesses was perhaps mid forties and not unattractive but not my particular cup of tea generally.. wearing my earphones and watching an in flight movie i became aware of her stroke the top of my arm.. I assumed it was to get my attention ( i suppose it was ) As I took my earphones off she said ' i think you have lovely arms '

I was a little taken aback.. smiled awkwardly  and said thank you...

Now you could argue that this was highly inappropriate and unprofessional.. but do you know something I was quite chuffed...

In true Mantis stlye obv if the kids wernt with me id been in the loo smashing its back doors in

Despite my levity I think it was very nice..and ladies.. you can give us guys compliments too..we actually like them

Do you mind explaining your point in relation to my post.  Having looked at the offence and her response I think she is a vindictive moron.  Does having that opinion make me sexist?

Arriving at that opinion does, yes, in my opinion. You have downplayed the offence caused and ascribed a specific motivation to her actions without any real knowledge of the impact on her.

The use of the word moron is pretty ill-advised too. In my opinion.

[DungBeetle]

we don't have many ladies posting regularly...

Any thoughts on why that might be the case?

The more I think about it the more I'm against her. I mean for god sake so what if his intent was to pull her? It's not as if he used a company message board to do it.

It's a bloody compliment! Stupid bitch!

I'm with bobblehat.

She will have spent half the morning trying to look nice, and then she kicks off when someone says it.

Stupid vindictive attention seeking bitch.

She's in the evening standard tonight keeping it up.  "I want him to acknowledge he has done something wrong" and she is pursuing the CEO of his company to that end. 

Of the issue of privacy she says her actions are in the public interest.

In my opinion she's a vindictive moron. 

Turn it on its head and let's say the woman posted the comment to the man.

Does anyone seriously think that a bloke would take offence when a woman pays him a compliment.

If he did complain then he needs to grow a pair as well.

On a recent flight back from the USA i was sat right at the rear near the galley.. so traffic of the stewardesses was high..

One of the stewardesses was perhaps mid forties and not unattractive but not my particular cup of tea generally.. wearing my earphones and watching an in flight movie i became aware of her stroke the top of my arm.. I assumed it was to get my attention ( i suppose it was ) As I took my earphones off she said ' i think you have lovely arms '

I was a little taken aback.. smiled awkwardly  and said thank you...

Now you could argue that this was highly inappropriate and unprofessional.. but do you know something I was quite chuffed...

In true Mantis stlye obv if the kids wernt with me id been in the loo smashing its back doors in

Despite my levity I think it was very nice..and ladies.. you can give us guys compliments too..we actually like them

Do you mind explaining your point in relation to my post.  Having looked at the offence and her response I think she is a vindictive moron.  Does having that opinion make me sexist?

Arriving at that opinion does, yes, in my opinion. You have downplayed the offence caused and ascribed a specific motivation to her actions without any real knowledge of the impact on her.

The use of the word moron is pretty ill-advised too. In my opinion.

I called him a "bumbling dinosaur" early in the thread.  Nobody emerges with credit.  Basically you're saying unless I agree with her actions I am sexist.

Frankly that's imbecilic.

[Woodsey]

I wonder if some women get offended when the James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" comes on the radio??

Some people are offended if you as much as fart in their direction from 5 miles away these days.....

[Marky147]

I wonder if some women get offended when the James Blunt song "You're Beautiful" comes on the radio??

Well he is shit.

I think he's great.

Music isn't great, but he is com.

You're right Marky just trying for the comedy laughs and failing.

[Junior Senior]

I use Linked In every day and have a premium recruiter account and have over 1500 connections. There is ABSOLUTELY one thing for sure. Some women AND men use their looks to try and get a commercial business advantage, especially in recruitment.

Look up ANY high street or professional recruitment agency and you will see exactly the evidence you need.

Rob Yong's old recruitment business whilst it did have good consultants, they were all certainly easy on the eye and 'presentable' and we all know he ain't a daft operator when knowing what people want and providing it.

It's life! It always will be! Get over it!

[Woodsey]

I use Linked In every day and have a premium recruiter account and have over 1500 connections. There is ABSOLUTELY one thing for sure. Some women AND men use their looks to try and get a commercial business advantage, especially in recruitment.

Look up ANY high street or professional recruitment agency and you will see exactly the evidence you need.

Rob Yong's old recruitment business whilst it did have good consultants, they were all certainly easy on the eye and 'presentable' and we all know he ain't a daft operator when knowing what people want and providing it.

It's life! It always will be! Get over it!

You're right it's life, looks make a difference in the commercial world. We do a lot of recruitment for sales people in our line of work, assuming most other things are equal (which is often the case) the attractive presentable person will get the job every time!

Studies show that attractive people are generally more successful in life too....

[Doobs]

I use Linked In every day and have a premium recruiter account and have over 1500 connections. There is ABSOLUTELY one thing for sure. Some women AND men use their looks to try and get a commercial business advantage, especially in recruitment.

Look up ANY high street or professional recruitment agency and you will see exactly the evidence you need.

Rob Yong's old recruitment business whilst it did have good consultants, they were all certainly easy on the eye and 'presentable' and we all know he ain't a daft operator when knowing what people want and providing it.

It's life! It always will be! Get over it!

You're right it's life, looks make a difference in the commercial world. We do a lot of recruitment for sales people in our line of work, assuming most other things are equal (which is often the case) the attractive presentable person will get the job every time!

Studies show that attractive people are generally more successful in life too..*..

Didn't you just get upgraded to business class?

The bloke has clearly been an idiot and shouldn't have said what he said on linkedin.  I don't know what others have been seeing, but it isn't like she put a really sexy shot out there, it almost looks like his excuse that he was commenting on how professional the photo was more believable.  Obviously isn't believable though.

I have no understanding how she had to look up who he was after he had responded to her invite.  Surely you do that stuff before inviting anyone, and the whole thing has blown massively out of proportion.  Not sure how much of that is her fault though, the press does its own thing.  Another day, nobody would pick this up and it would blow over quietly.

* to be fair, I have done ok too.

[bobAlike]

Does the fact that she mentions, in her reply to him, that she was half his age, does this make her ageist?

[Woodsey]

I use Linked In every day and have a premium recruiter account and have over 1500 connections. There is ABSOLUTELY one thing for sure. Some women AND men use their looks to try and get a commercial business advantage, especially in recruitment.

Look up ANY high street or professional recruitment agency and you will see exactly the evidence you need.

Rob Yong's old recruitment business whilst it did have good consultants, they were all certainly easy on the eye and 'presentable' and we all know he ain't a daft operator when knowing what people want and providing it.

It's life! It always will be! Get over it!

You're right it's life, looks make a difference in the commercial world. We do a lot of recruitment for sales people in our line of work, assuming most other things are equal (which is often the case) the attractive presentable person will get the job every time!

Studies show that attractive people are generally more successful in life too..*..

Didn't you just get upgraded to business class?

The bloke has clearly been an idiot and shouldn't have said what he said on linkedin.  I don't know what others have been seeing, but it isn't like she put a really sexy shot out there, it almost looks like his excuse that he was commenting on how professional the photo was more believable.  Obviously isn't believable though.

I have no understanding how she had to look up who he was after he had responded to her invite.  Surely you do that stuff before inviting anyone, and the whole thing has blown massively out of proportion.  Not sure how much of that is her fault though, the press does its own thing.  Another day, nobody would pick this up and it would blow over quietly.

* to be fair, I have done ok too.

Yeah but I'm absolutely shit hot at my job, they'd need to be miss world to get their noses in front of me in the promotion game