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[Doobs]

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

Probably, but it certainly makes it more creepy too!

[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.

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.

OK I accept that you're not sexist.
I bet you have lots of friends who are women.

[MANTIS01]

tbf I get a lot of women calling me handsome, sexy etc and I do find it quite tiresome and oppressive

[Graham C]

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.

Do you follow him on Twitter?  He's very funny

[GreekStein]

He was slightly inappropriate at best.

She's a complete thunderc*nt.

[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.

Do you follow him on Twitter?  He's very funny

Yeah, that's the only reason I know.

Great watching people trying to mug him off, which generally results in a witty retort that makes them look stupid.

[mondatoo]

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!

I only just realised now that it's called Linked In, have seen it 100's times previously and always thought it was pronounced Link-e-den, but spelt with an I instead of E for some smart reason 

As you were

[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.

OK I accept that you're not sexist.
I bet you have lots of friends who are women.

I have just as much 'banter' with female colleagues as I do male.  It's a good bunch.    I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

[Woodsey]

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.

OK I accept that you're not sexist.
I bet you have lots of friends who are women.

I have just as much 'banter' with female colleagues as I do male.  It's a good bunch.

Same here mate, only once did we ever have an issue with a girl who was under performing and on her way out the door. Of course when seeing the writing was on the wall for her she sticks a complaint in, funny that isn't it?

[tikay]

Yesterday's Times carried a whole page on this matter. Guess what page they put it on? Yup, with delicious irony, Page Three.

Today's Times relegates her to 75% of Page 5, but includes the revelation that Ms Proudman has commented on Facebook on pictures of men, describing them as "Hot stuff!", & "oo-oh lala".

For me, she has lost all ends up - she has damaged the cause of feminism with her hysterical reaction to a relatively minor sleight, and she has most certainly damaged her own career prospects. Who, in their right mind, would employ someone so self-centred, prickly & exciteable?

She has now taken her case to the Solicitors Regulation Authority", determined, it seems, to harm Carter-Silk's career. We all get a bit uppity at times, but I don't ever think we should  jeopardise someone's job so lightly.

Click to see full-size image.

[RED-DOG]

Today's Times relegates her to 75% of Page 5, but includes the revelation that Ms Proudman has commented on Facebook on pictures of men, describing them as "Hot stuff!", & "oo-oh lala".

What a fabulous glass house that is. I love it.

[DungBeetle]

To be fair Tikay - I think her saying "hot stuff" about a guy who she knows on facebook is completely different to random old guy saying she looked nice on a professional site.  Not sure why the papers think this makes her a hypocrite.

I do think her reaction has been ridiculous in the extreme though.

[RED-DOG]

To be fair Tikay - I think her saying "hot stuff" about a guy who she knows on facebook is completely different to random old guy saying she looked nice on a professional site.  Not sure why the papers think this makes her a hypocrite.

I do think her reaction has been ridiculous in the extreme though.

We don't know that she knows them.

[Doobs]

To be fair Tikay - I think her saying "hot stuff" about a guy who she knows on facebook is completely different to random old guy saying she looked nice on a professional site.  Not sure why the papers think this makes her a hypocrite.

I do think her reaction has been ridiculous in the extreme though.

We don't know that she knows them.

Well it is a much better assumption than assuming she was a hypocrite.

Interesting how the journalists think this muck slinging is fair game as she has created this outrage, when in reality the newspapers do at least as much to create the outrage.

[david3103]

I have just as much 'banter' with female colleagues as I do male.  It's a good bunch.    I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

This has gone on long enough. I accept that you are not sexist and that I was wrong to attribute views to you in the manner that I did. I hope you will accept my apology for including your post in the original set of quotes and for the inappropriate defence of having done so.

my post wasn't based on any desire to defend Ms Proudman btw, in truth I think she has handled the whole matter badly and allowed it to become a media storm which has blown the issue out of proportion.