wow, still at it, huh?? i haven't checked this site in awhile because, i've BEEN TOO BUSY DOING MORE IMPORTANT THINGS. do you see the picture i posted??? it's a postcard grouping called "hula Honeys" the postcards that are in question now, replaced a grouping of postcards that were from the hula honeys. can you believe those postcards were in the womans brewery bathroom for 10 YEARS and never recieved one complaint!!!
i find it hard to believe that people that are so offended by the postcards now (pin-up girls) thought that the one before were totally acceptable. WHY??? those hula girls, were actually a sterotypical hawaiin girl, brownish color, with coconut shells as a bra and a scantily clad straw thing as a skirt. really showing much more skin than any of the postcards that are in question now. why didn't we hear hoopla (no pun intended) about that??? i really don't understand. i mean really, there were up for 10 years, and nothing, not a word. Are girls in almost nude beach attire ok, but not a short skirt???
And speaking of beach attire.....hello, we live in a beach town. are you parents, who are so upset about your youngen' seening those pin-up girls,...don't you ever take your kids to the beach. the swimsuits out there these days, well, do i even have to say it??? they are much worse than anything on our bathroom walls. and those are real people, not art!!! and what about all our teen idols(i.e brittany spears, jessica simpson ect..), barely clothed on the cover of people, or any other magazine in the reach of a 5 year old!! i mean come on. this whole thing is ridiculous.
Biz Sense....you talk about unhappy employees. Do you have any idea what our employee turn over is??? it doesn't exist. there isn't one. because our employees love working here. it's the best place i've ever worked. and yes, we're very well taking care of. charlie and keith (the other owner) are the most amazing bosses i'ver ever worked for in my entire life. not only are they wonderful to their employees, they contribute a hell of alot to the community. do you ever wonder where all those donations come from??? if everyone worked for people like them, everyone would be happy were they worked. do i plan to work for the brewery for the rest of my life, no....i have other carrer plans ahead of me. and you know what i hate about that....not being able to work for charlie and keith any more. it pains me to envision not working for the brewery one day. i even tried to convince charlie to open up a buisness in my careeer path so i could work for him. he is like family to all employees...so don't you dare talk bad about him or try to tell me i am unhappy.
as for sexual harrasment in the work place...sorry to disapoint you all, it doesn't exist. in fact, the whole "the customer is always right" thing, what a horrible philosophy.
the customer is not always right, especially when they are sexually harrasing my staff. if someone is unhappy with food or service, yes i will do my best to accomidate them. but when they just grabbed the ass of my server....no they are not right. yes it does happen. doesn't that seem a little more real than a few postcards on a womens bathroom wall (that men shouldn't be looking at in the first place, we're not the saturn cafe, we don't have same sex bathrooms).
as for the molested comments....i'm sorry that happended to you, guess what...it happened to me too. but i'm not going to spend my life looking for things to upset me. i've moved on. i'm to strong of a person to let a few postcards upset me.
i'd also like to point out,that half of the postcards in the bathroom, one of the last ones posted in the beginning of this ridiculous artile, was done by Anne Taintor. and guess where i purchased those cards??? at santa cruz's most beloved bookstore, or should i say book stores. i don't really need to name it do i?? you all know what i'm talking about. yes, this bookstore is frequented by homosexuals, liberals, feminists, yada, yada, yada, and surprise!!!! they sold me many of the postcards in question.
i'm sorry if you aren't recieving the response you were expecting to get out of management. we, at the brewery do a great job at making sure our patrons are happy and have a good time at the brewery. but i can't change the way some of you feel about art. that's personal opinion. and this has become a personal attack on me. you are basically telling me that something must me wrong with me if i find these postcard beautiful. and i do. i think they are lovely. this has nothing to do with service or food, but you are trying to find ways to bring those issues into this because you are not getting the response you want.
i'm sure some people somewhere in the world find the statue of david offensive. do you agree?? do you find it as ridiculous as i find this entire aricle??? what about the women in morrocco??? i was there and watched them shame me for wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt. do you wear shorts or a short sleeve shirt?? you would be a disgrace over there. but not here in our great country of america. because we're free thinkers over here, right??? or so i thought.
there are so many important issues out there that need to be addressed. i really think if you folks spent 1/2 the time and energy that you have on this issue, you might really do some good out there. -jessica