Dear marketing people,
ya know, it would be really nice if you could just sell gear that fits women, or short people, without all the excessive gender marketing. I mean, imagine the reaction if guys went to buy, say, a sprayskirt for kayaking. And all of them were sized for women and called gender neutral things like "Ocean Spray". And over in a corner they found ONE sized for a taller person, called, oh, I dunno, "Apollo". Or if lucky they'd maybe find men's specific versions, called "Ocean Spray Macho ". Sounds pretty ridiculous, right? But that is exactly what we get all the time. I can buy the "Athena " or I can buy the "Ocean Trek Flirt ". And I'm so used to it that I'm just thankful I can even find something that fits...
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07-06-2014, 03:07 AM #1
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07-06-2014, 11:50 PM #2
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Yeah, I like working with kids so I applied to Seattle Children's Hosp. Now I wait... Ugh.
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07-07-2014, 03:19 AM #3
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Good Luck! Let us know how it turns out.
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07-07-2014, 05:59 PM #4
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Fingers crossed!
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07-07-2014, 06:28 PM #5
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Everything crossed for you!
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