"It's that simple, and if your OK with that wage job and working for someone else, GOOD FOR YOU! Thank you very much, you just leave that much more room for the small business owners and other entrepreneurs, and guess what... maybe we'll even hire you one day!"

You know, if everyone decided to quit their wage job and work for companies like Mary Kay, the world would not work. We need people to work 8-5 5 days a week performing tasks that actually make a difference in the world. I would much rather make money working in an exciting and important field than spend thousands of dollars on inventory that people may or may not want to buy and struggle to snare my friends so I can make money off of their sales, too.

"Mary Kay made me feel like a failure, and it took years to recover from that, and remember the smart, active, successful woman I really am."

Totally agree. I signed up for Quixtar once, and got out of it within a week (luckily, there wasn't time to lose more than maybe $30). But if you're not out there manipulating people and trying to sell an overpriced product, you're not going to get any recognition from anyone, just unhealthy pushes to spend more money on training cd's and such. Smart, Active, Successful women do not make a living off of selling makeup. They realize that they can put their qualities to work in fields like engineering and medicine, stuff that matters.