100 Days of Begging in Mary Kay
Written by Parsons Green
Carly Phetteplace is a second line director underneath Megan Coleman in Jamie Taylor’s National Area and she set a goal to earn a Cadillac in 100 days.
She posted daily on Instagram for those 100 days.
Here are some progress updates as Carly inched closer to this audacious goal
Carly gets very few likes and comments on her posts.
Please give me leads. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! I need help even though these products sell themselves!
Your purchases will help fund Megan’s production too!
The enemy is attacking!! No one is buying.
No one even cares to comment.
Carly’s husband is going to take the Cadillac on hunting trips.
Carly is Noah Jr.
Time for that tired old chemo care packages tactic. Carly is even using her fifth grade students to help write the cards!!!
Carly is realizing the goal is just too far away.
She isn’t giving up.
Discount divas!!!! Sign your customer up to be a consultant and miss out on your commission from their purchases.
And finally, on the last day Carly posts that she did not earn the Cadillac. However, she has learned so much.
And where else but Mary Kay can you party like a taco on Fiesta night?
Or pretend to give birth on stage?
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Time for that tired old chemo care packages tactic. Carly is even using her fifth grade students to help write the cards!!!
If one of my children had told me that their school day had involved that, I’d be at the principle’s office first thing the next day. that’s not what I expect them to be doing at that age.
Don’t know why she’s teaching in the first place. Sales directors take heaping wheelbarrows of cash to the bank every day, don’t they?
Just think if she had worked a second job for the those 3 plus months…
In Mary Kay, you learn to beg, grovel, and humiliate yourself.
Especially in the picture on the message board of Carly laying on the floor on her back with someone rubbing her tummy like she’s a golden retriever. Whoosa googirl? YOUSA GOOGIRL YOUS GETTA COOKIE!
Sugar sharp businesswomen, my foot.
News flash — your husband isn’t going to take that pink monstrosity hunting. His buddies will rib him mercilessly if he even considers it.
Hell, the deer will laugh him right out of the forest.
fun fact: when you pick up a Mary Kay car it’s wham bam thank you mam kind of fast!! Couple signatures and hands off the keys! 🔑
Yeah, that’s how it works in the real world too. Admittedly, that was my second trip to the dealership. The first involved a couple of test drives and a discussion on payment options. The second was handing over the cheque, a couple of signatures and me driving off into the
sunsetrush hour traffic. Should have timed that better!Yep, even with getting lost on the test drive (in Forty Fort, PA of all places, which is not an easy place to get lost in) I went into the dealership and a few hours later – NOT 100 days – drove off into the light Saturday afternoon traffic.
And the finance guy said he wished his credit was as good as mine (gloat gloat gloat).
A “like” for mentioning Forty Fort. 🙂
Yikes! These posts were beyond cringeworthy. Exactly how does MK empower women? It looks more truthful to say it strips you of your money- and your dignity.
And she characterized herself as a “small business owner.” WTF moment for me!
This is no different than panhandling. If she held up a sign on a street corner, “Help me get a Cadillac!” vs. “Down on my luck…anything helps”, what is the difference?
In both cases it is a plea for charity. In real business, you advertise the benefit to the customer. In charitable solicitation, you advertise the benefit to the recipient. How many people will feel compelled to part with their hard earned money so this woman can get into a Cadillac?
Get a real job hon, and set your sites on a car you can afford. And by real job, I mean a job where your income comes from a source other than your family and friends!
I thought she was a teacher?
Who thinks everyone knows put her on FB’s snooze after the second day?
I think Janis Joplin said (sang) it best: “Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz… My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends…” and then Joplin’s verse about her wanting the Lord to buy her a diamond ring… In short, these religious references in MaryKay are cringeworthy. Doesn’t she know that?
I can hear the snorting from here.