After a woman named Charlotte applied for a landscaping job fitting her level of experience she got an unexpected sexist response.
However, Charlotte clapped back in a scalding email.
Her brother posted on Twitter for all to see the initial response from the employer which—despite Charlotte's experience—suggested she cannot handle the physical demands due to her gender.
Then her bother added Charlotte's response.
The email my sister got from a landscaping company job she applied for vs. The one she sent back 💀 https://t.co/W9LSjyXrBP— 𝚍𝚊𝚗 (@𝚍𝚊𝚗) 1627589411.0
The employer Mark's email got problematic when he made an unnecessary remark ignoring her previous work and made assumptions because she was female.
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He wrote:
"Unless you are a bodybuilder I fear that you will not be able to handle the workload."
Before adding again the job was “very physically demanding" but to contact him if Charlotte was indeed “up for it."
The point lost on Mark seemed to be the list of previous work she included on her application he had in hand before thinking his email was a good idea.
Charlotte responded to his email in kind, saying she no longer was interested due to Mark's response and taking his sexist attitude down a peg...or two.
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In her response she highlighted a few key points.
"Funnily enough, I probably have just as much experience bodybuilding as you do, which I'm guessing is none."
She added her years of experience of working in the Australian heat.
"What I do have is year's of experience landscaping and also building training walls in 40 degree heat [104F] as I did this for many years while I lived in Australia."
When withdrawing her interest in the company she cited her reasoning.
"What I do find challenging is working with small-minded individuals such as yourself that I could probably bench press five minutes after being woken up from a three-year coma."
She signed the email "Charlotte (AKA not the body builder)."
Twitter went wild over her hilarious pointed response to “Muscle Mark's" initial assistive response to her application.
@dzzzny What’s extremely worrying is the amount of people who genuinely view Mark’s email as respectful— Katie Minns 🏳️🌈 (@Katie Minns 🏳️🌈) 1627643196.0
@chellerr @dzzzny Guys who do this are the worst. I work in a pub. My boss is female, I'm the oldest "male" on site… https://t.co/aaL3rdZaFS— Kriss (@Kriss) 1627636244.0
@dzzzny She could@sue for gender discrimination. It's all in writing. At minimum have a file a complaint with the EEOC.— blkupnme (@blkupnme) 1627604485.0
@karterrrrrrrr @dzzzny Literally the best part, I knew it was gonna be fire after that 😂😂😂— Selima Tate (@Selima Tate) 1627623263.0
@dzzzny Bruh everyone saying “he was just letting her know about the rigor of work 😭” is ignoring the fact SHE APPL… https://t.co/cAOqJSb4bj— Justini 🐞 (@Justini 🐞) 1627650817.0
@dzzzny So annoying…..I had a guy say and act so stunned that “my husband” wasn’t discussing things with him (re wo… https://t.co/3sDZuVnNYh— Chelle (@Chelle) 1627627746.0
@SpaceBandido8 @blkupnme @dzzzny What he said implied his bias, you don't question the strength of what a person ca… https://t.co/RXQszgxYBc— Great Wulf-Rat Warren (@Great Wulf-Rat Warren) 1627655292.0
While the emails sparked some laughs sexism in the workplace is serious, common and no laughing matter.
It has no place in our society.