Candy Shop’s Not-So-Sweet Job Posting Slammed As ‘Sexist’

ANDERSON, IN — An Indiana candy shop owner took an approach that was more sour than sweet in a recent attempt at finding new employees.

In the post, which racked up more than 44,000 comments by Tuesday afternoon, the owner of Good’s Candy Shop in Anderson digressed from a seemingly normal appeal for new workers to a bizarre rant on “every kind of human being” he’s encountered at his store.

In the Facebook post, owner Randy Good said the shop had three positions available. He also noted the shop’s motto is “Work Hard, Be Nice.”

Yet here’s where things took a not-so-nice turn.

Good went on to share his experiences with certain types of employee behaviors, including “laziness, manipulation, lying and worst of all combined, the splitters,” Yahoo News reported.

“Splitting is a behavior of girls, young mostly but not always. Usually taught by their mothers,” the post read. “This is the person who talks about others in an attempt to split people apart and feel better about themselves,” Good posted. “This my friends, is poison in action. These misguided gals have no end game. It’s just spreading and stirring all the while believing they are innocent. It’s such a common thing among girls. This is where toxicity and drama find their roots.”

His male employees, however, are devoid of it all.

“Boys seldom practice this,” Good wrote. “They just duke it out! Ha!”

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The responses were immediate and plentiful.

"I have never seen misogyny on this level," one person commented, according to a report by The Indianapolis Star.

"He went full sexist,” another person wrote.

“Who hurt you?” another asked.

The original job posting on Good Candy Shop’s Facebook page has since been deleted. In another deleted post, Good doubled down on stirring the chocolate fondue pot. On Tuesday, he posted an apology — not for what he said, but for the outrage and language in the comments section, the Star reported.

Good claimed he wasn’t speaking about all women but rather his own experiences with female employees.

The shop went on to celebrate the publicity.

“This is a gift to me ... To those who visited yesterday for the first time, thank you! It was a blast laughing with you!" Good wrote.

By Wednesday, however, Good posted another lengthy statement to the shop's Facebook page, where he said he "poorly communicated his experiences."

"I am not perfect. I make mistakes. I've made one here. But only out of ignorance, not malice," Good wrote.

"I've had and have wonderful employees over the years. Many who are and were fine young ladies. I've watched and felt a part of their growing up, learning and mastering our craft. It continues to this day," he continued.

Sexism in hospitality isn’t a novel idea.

In fact, a callout on social media from a Salem, Massachusetts, brewer asked people to share stories of sexist comments, sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior within the craft beer industry.

The question drew more than 1,000 responses and led to resignations nationwide from those cited in the accusations.

Brienna Allan, the production manager at Notch Brewing of Salem, two weeks ago posted on her Instagram account about a comment she received and invited those who have had similar experiences to share their stories.

Since then, she has filled 10 Instagram stories with responses that range from customers assuming a brewer is a bartender or other staff member because she is a woman to accusations of sexual abuse within the craft beer industry.

Notch Brewing owner Chris Lohring called Allan's posts and the subsequent reckoning "a watershed moment in our industry, and it came with long-overdue consequences."

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