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The boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak. "Christ, what a craphole", I said. I think that's the moment I blew it. Tell us how you didn't get the job.

Suggested by Field Marshall Dozington-Smythe (Ret.)

(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:06)
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Or marital status. Or parental status. Or sexual orientation. Or gender identity.
And the precedent for the definitions of both race and religious belief or lack thereof is broad enough to encompass almost anything short of claiming for being a scouse Jedi.

The only sensible and safe rule is to have an explicit set of requirements and only recruit against those and absolutely nothing else.
(, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 19:29, 2 replies)
Probably about right.
Still seems daft that you can't refuse to employ someone who publicly hates and physically abuses people who share the same religion as his prospective employer.
(, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 8:48, closed)
You could put 'must be able to hold a union jack the right way up and not take a piss against a national monument during a supposedly respectful demonstration'

(, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 9:13, closed)
I am a Scouse Jedi

(, Fri 22 Nov 2013, 19:51, closed)

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