Quote Originally Posted by noname View Post
Origonally it was a joke between my wife and I. Sorry mam, your too ugly for makeup. Of course I do more than my fair share of complaining. Perhaps I just think too much. I guess I have a couple of points. One, makeup can't look that bad on guys. Two, it's unlikely genetics determine if one likes makeup or not. Third, I'm complaining a bit. I guess all I want is to be respected the same respect women are. Women are not looked down on for wearing makeup, so why should I. People just assume a women wears makeup because she likes the color/look whatever. Why can't they make that same assumption for me?



If I see samples handed out I usually make a point to get one. For instance, when waking through the store and they hand the wife one and not me, I usually ask, why didn't you give me a sample? They usually say it's for women, to which my responce is, What? I'm not good enough?
Here I go again I will probably get the riot act again for comparing cding to fishing but well it is a relavent example for me. My dh and I go to a fishing/boating show. I LOVE to fish and am looking for stuff for MYSELF. 9 times out of 10 the sales people totally ignore me because I am a woman and fishing is done predominately by men. I have been to places looking at stuff, no sales person approached me but a man walked into the booth and they magically appeared.

Here's another...I was in sears looking at a lawnmower. There were 3 or 4 salespeople just standing around the register chatting. They clearly saw me looking, they chose not to help me because I am a woman...how do I know this you ask? Well a man walked into the same area I was in and again immediately one of the sales people came up to the man asked him what he was looking for and if he could help him in any way.

Like you and the make-up samples, I was looked over as a possible sale because of my gender...is it right? NO!!! Does it happen? Of course it does.

What I do in the case of the fishing stuff is buy from someone who sees me as a potential customer and treats me with the respect I deserve.

At sears I found the manager for the department and let him know that he just lost a 400.00 sale because I was in the market to buy a lawn mower and planned on purchasing it that night at his store, but because of the lack of attention and ignorance of his sales staff I would now take my business elsewhere.

The way I see it is you can either 1) stand up for yourself and get what you want in life or 2 ) you can sit back and whine about how the world is doing you wrong and do nothing about it. Your choice.

And your "sorry maam your too ugly for makeup" comment is just rude and insensitive. Tell me are you maybe transfering your own insecurities with your looks onto everyone else to make yourself feel better....you could dispel that theory by posting that pic...

Ang.