Thursday, June 19, 2008

working at there // the only women

Soon, [Sharon] Dupuis was working at there full time, and during her three years at the dealership, she ranked within the province's top 10 for Toyota sales volume.
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To hone her expertise, she participated in dealership management training through the National Automobile Dealers Association. She may have been the only women in the class of 40, but that didn't daunt her: she ended up graduating with the highets marks.
-- Auto business in her blood in 24 Hours Vancouver, Thursday June 19 2008

Corrections: working there; the only woman

I couldn't find this exact article online, but I found a similar article (Pride of ownership) in 24 Hours Ottawa. Before putting the same article in the Vancouver edition, all locations are omitted. I'm guessing it was so readers of the Vancouver edition will think it's a B.C. story. That's fine, if done correctly; but it was done very poorly and in this case resulted in misinformation.

Ottawa edition: Dupuis took part in a selling course offered through the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association and began working the sales floor on weekends at nearby Baywest Toyota in Owen Sound, Ont., which was also owned by her boss.
Soon Dupuis was working at Baywest full time, and during her three years there, she ranked within Ontario's top 10 for Toyota sales volume.

Vancouver edition: Dupuis took part in a selling course offered through the Automobile Dealers Association and began working the sales floor on weekends at another nearby dealership, which was also owned by her boss.
Soon Dupuis was working at there full time, and during her three years at the dealership, she ranked within the province's top 10 for Toyota sales volume.

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