Why I Should Be Hired by the Italian Tourism Ministry (But It Won’t Happen)
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 -- J. DoeThe first part of the title is a question “Why I should be hired by the Italian Tourism Ministry ?”
Simple. I spread the word to many people that Italy is a great place to visit.
Great Italian food, really great Italian food and the scenery ain’t too bad either…
Many of those people prefer my word over the word of a travel agent because they feel it is more truthful and full of insider tips.
For example I told a couple today that when Buzzurro and I went to Venice we stayed in Mestre, which is on the mainland, and a simple 5 minute train ride away from Venice because it is much cheaper.
A travel agent working on a commission is not going to tell clients how to save money.
Why won’t it ever happen ? Simple. I’m a 40 year old menstruating woman who is married with no children.
Women of that age group are seen as old bags. Completely useless and non-productive in society.
Most jobs have maximum ages (age discrimination “a bestia” (translation-to a great extent)).
As a 40 year old, finding a job is nearly impossible and as a menstruating female who is of child bearing age and married with no children I would be seen as a walking uterus only and nobody in Italy wants to risk hiring an employee with maternity leave.
I’d hire you!
I have been convinced!
Thanks JennDZ
We stayed in Lido when we went to Venice. It was just as nice and pretty out there, if not better!
Start your new career!
Absolutely I would hire you too! Then you can hire me to be a tour guide when I decide it’d be more fun to roam around Rome instead of haunting my school library!
thank for the reference
I respect your opinions and judgement about travel agents, however I think you’ll find the whole ethos of a travel agent’s role has changed somewhat over the past 5 years or so. A good travel if he or she is to survive, will try to save his client money, in order to achieve a sale and thus a repeat client. Also commisions are not necessarily based on the whole package price either. It’s different now, the agent will operate within a band on very few products, mostly getting fixed commisions, pre-negotiated between themselves and tour operators, for a given destination.
Many agents, including ourselves will package up a holiday, putting all the components together and cutting out the tour operator and thus saving money for the client, in order to get the booking, even though the agent’s commision is no better than it would have been using the tour operator.
The more experienced agents will do this, however there are hundreds who are not capable or have the contacts or savvy to do the same.
As a male who has also been on the receiving end of discrimination, I can only offer my most heartfelt support and sympathy. I loathe hate and detest discrimination in ANY form, no matter who it is directed against, or for what reason it is directed at them.
It’s about time the discriminators had a taste of being discriminated against, we’d soon see some changes.
Man, you are lucky! I even can’t imagine such job for me
so be happy 
Hi,
I was just reading through the achieves and came across this.
As an Italy loving, food loving, 43 year old man, you’re hired. Fancy a bowl of Carbonada Con Polenta, a glass of Barolo, and watching the sun go down over the Aosta Valley, lol.
Ah the memories.
All the best Marco
Last year, I was there after an invitation by a good old friend. I think Naples was the best place I have ever visited. I love Italy so much but February was the worst month as there was a lot of ice.