An 11-year-old girl was allegedly told to ‘get lost’ when she complained an advertisement was not inclusive of both genders.
Mollie McMahon called Seears Workwear in Canberra and asked an employee to change the advertising theme-song ‘Get down to Seears, boys, quick, quick, quick,’ to include the word ‘folks’.
The theme song in the ad was based on Australian Folk song, Click go the Shears, with a chorus ‘Click go the shears boys, click, click, click’.
Mollie McMahon called the manager of Seears workwear in Canberra and asked him to change the advertising theme-song, ‘Get down to Seears, boys, quick, quick, quick,’ to include the word ‘folks’
The girl told Kidspot she requested the change to reflect the fact both men and women require work wear for heavy duty or trades jobs, but the employee didn’t react well.
‘He said: ‘Look, I was brought up in a different time to you… I don’t want to hear any of this bullshit. Go on and get lost,’ Molly told the publication.
Mother Julie is ‘infuriated’ that the girl was spoken to that way, according to the publication.
Julie McMahon (pictured left) was furious when her girl was allegedly told to ‘get lost’ by an employee at a work wear shop
But a manager at the company has hit back at the story, saying the situation is a ‘sign of the world going mad’, in an interview with news.com.au
‘If that was my daughter and she asked about changing the ad, I would sit her down and explain to them that it’s a song from a long time ago, the 1890s, and that I’d guarantee there were no women shearing sheep back then, things were different,’ he said.
‘We’re not sexist, we’re the furthest thing from it.’
The theme song in the ad was based on Australian Folk song Click go the Shears with a chorus ‘Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
He told the publication:’No one should speak to anybody like that but seriously, everyone’s lost it.’
The ordeal has sparked a mixed reaction on social media, with some people jumping to the defence of the workwear company.
‘Good on you, as a female and a Mum I would have told her that it is their shop and they can use whatever songs, jingles, they want,’ one user said.
The ordeal has sparked a mixed reaction on social media, with some people jumping to the defence of the work wear company, including one comment (pictured)