My response to the classified ads "controversy"


Lotta quibbling over whether a classified said: "$40 for workers w manicure and pedicure skills" or "$40 for a manicure and pedicure." While I understand the syntax of the original ad may have thrown some people off (and ultimately, provided some with the opportunity to obfuscate), with a little reporting it is easy to find more classified ads by the same person. (Named Zheng Mao or Michael Lin, not Michael Ling as incorrectly reported). These ads clearly indicate - as is standard in classified ads - that they are listing the skills required for the job, and the pay. $40.

See for yourself: https://t.co/xDXt8bUXHy
"诚请熟手小工多名,男女不限,要求会基本英文,会做手脚,$40,会美容者优先,法盛接送。
联系电话:917-515-0008 或 203-292-9699" (And if you don't have a translator of your own, here is a word for word translation: "Wanted many skilled little job, male or female okay, must know basic English, can do manicure/pedicure, $40, can do facials preferred, Flushing shuttle.")

I've never understood why the voices of 125 women I interviewed can be erased by the syntax of one little ad. But now, I guess, they can't.

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