7
READERS' LETTERS
TWO FROM
YORKSHIRE
She's petite, elegant, lively. She has personality. She
radiates strength into the farthest corners of the roomIf
you come across her in the factory and you don't know
her, then it seems as if all her attention is constantly focused on
the job in hand. She is head of the Production Planning and
Control department at our Macomer brewery in Sardinia(Italy).
Her work
Husband
Hobby
A WOMAN OF STRENGTH
Isetta Fancello sits opposite us in her
roomy office. "It's twenty years now
since I first joined Dreher in Macomer,
where I started out as a clerical
assistant. Then I became a
management secretary. Some time
later I started handling part of the
buying work as well. Seven years ago
this department was set up and I
became its head. There were other
candidates as well, I think. I recall that
not everyone agreed when I was the
one chosen."
Pencil in hand, she emphasises what
she says. Jotting down numbers and
letters on the piece of paper in front of
her. Forcefully.
Isetta Fancello got married thirteen
years ago. Now she has a daughter of
12 and a son of 10. She admits that it's
not so easy to have a job and to be a
mother and wife at the same time. At
the office she is responsible for
planning the production. All raw
materials and packaging materials are
bought in centrally by the head office in
Milan. But she has to make sure that
there is a sufficient supply of them in
Macomer. All other goods needed for
the production at this location are
bought in by her. She supervises the
stores. She keeps an eye on the budget
and her work also includes a whole
range of other administrative duties.
Seven people are there to help her. The
fact that there are more men than
women in the business doesn't bother
her one way or the other.
"I like my work and I'm very satisfied
with it. But the moment I get home, I
shut my job out of my mind. Then I'm a
womana mother and a housewife .I'm
not against women's emancipation. I'm
a feminist, but I'd never go
demonstrating on the streets carrying a
banner. After allwomen will continue
to fulfil their traditional role, because
there are certain things that husbands
don't like doing. Even though they
would be capable of doing them. My
husband is a civil servant and his
working hours differ from mine. Fie
helps out in the house as well, when
that's necessary."
She'd seemed a stern woman before
our talk. But now she's turned out to be
really charming. A woman from top to
toe. It's not difficult to believe that,
once she's at home, she can forget all
about her work. In her office she often
mixes that charm with the strength
that's made her what she is: a strong,
independent woman who knows her
aim in life.
"I think that, together with the family,
the school really has to train children
for their future. It's nice if your children
can become doctors, lawyers or
something like that later on in life. It
would be good if my children could go
Isetta Francello with her family.
to a school that educated them to do
jobs that are in demand nowadays. We
have to adapt to our times. I also have
to move with the times. Here, this
computer terminal, that's the proof."
She's always wanted to study
languages. But her parents didn't much
want to send her to a university outside
of Sardinia. So nothing came of her
wish. Instead she started working for
Dreher. "My work is my hobby," she
says in conclusionAnd there's no tone
of regret in her voice. The languages
can wait until she's retired.
Isetta Fancello.a successful career at our
Dreher subsidiary in Sardinia (Italy).
In Holland we have six Yorkshire
coach horses. They weigh about 850
kilograms each and are one of the
biggest breeds in the worldOne of our
employees has a Yorkshire terrier.
That's a miniature breed. This toy dog
weighs in at a mere 1.3 kilograms.
How is it that you can buy flamingos
for your office in Zoeterwoude?
Surely, these are protected birds in
Europe?
Piera Serra,
Macomer (Sardinia) Italy.
J hat's right, but the birds we have
come from Rotterdam Zoo, where
they were also born. So they haven't
heen captured. The zoo also still
concerns itself with their care.
Why don't we brew the beer of one of
our foreign breweries under licence in
Holland?
Jarti Suratman,
Amsterdam (Holland)
That would be possible, but it would
have to be sold in big quantities to
make it worthwhile. At the moment
we do import a few foreign beers and
sell them here in Holland. Our
experience in this respect is that the
turnover is too small to start brewing
them here. But it is quite possible
that we may start doing this at some
future date.
Why does Heine ken use green as its
main colour?
Mario Zandomeneghi,
Popoli (Italy)
Even before the war there were
green Heineken labels. The use
this colour therefore has its roots
in history. It's no longer possible
to trace why green was originally
chosen. But we do know that we
have kept on using green ever since.
Perhaps it's got something to do with
what people think when they see a
particular colour. Green reminds
people of easy digestibility. Why?
No-one knows for sure. But it's likely
that this colour is associated with
vegetables.
