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A Western Australian couple has come under fire after hiring two scantily clad waitresses to help them sell their second-hand farm machinery, but the couple insist it was simply an attempt to “have a bit of fun”.
Wade and Lisa Anderson hosted a machinery auction Thursday in Bunjil, in the state’s Midwest, and farm supply reseller Nutrien Ag Solutions helped coordinate the liquidation sale.
But the couple came under fire when two women were caught wearing cowboy hats, boots, jean shorts and white T-shirts while standing next to their tractor for sale.
In a since-deleted social media post, assistant farmer Debbie Gillam criticized the move and questioned why the couple thought it was necessary to hire the girls.
‘Thunderstruck. Sad. “The couple thought few things were needed at the clearance sale,” Ms Gillam wrote.
Two little boys hired to help sell farm machinery at auction have sparked outrage among WA’s farming community.
‘Is this how some people see the role of women in agriculture?
‘Why did Nutrien let this continue? Both the man and the woman farmer organized this: why?
‘They had their own little daughters at the sale. She was sad for them and their future.”
Speaking to 6PR Radio on Monday, Anderson said the little hires were neither “flirtatious” nor “exposed,” and that the couple was simply trying to spice up the event.
“They’re not the most exciting things to sell, tractors and…truck trailers, so I really tried to have some fun,” he said.
“They weren’t flirting or exposing themselves, not even a little bit.”
Anderson said they were just “trying to do something different” and didn’t mean to offend anyone.
“Actually, there were a lot of women at that clearing sale who were probably dressed less than those girls,” she said.
“I made it clear to Wade that if we were going to do it, I wanted it to be in good taste and we certainly didn’t want to offend anyone.” We were trying to do something different.
‘We come from a bad harvest, and it has been dry and hot. “We just wanted to try something different.”
He also confirmed that the two women remained fully clothed throughout the auction and said that, as far as the couple knew, Ms Gillam was the only farmer of the 300 attendees who was unhappy with their presence.
Despite the backlash, Anderson said the auction went “very well.”