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Rejected for role on environmental grounds

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    #21
    Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
    This is the biggest load of arse I've heard of in a long time - on the other hand you could see it as a lucky escape - what kind of a gang of morons are they likely to be to work for if they come up with this twaddle?

    Ring the paper though - it'd make a great news story.
    I suspect that that "reason" might be illegal in some shape or form... I'd do what PSB is recommending - call the papers. You'll probably have to have your photo taken looking either dejected or angry.
    "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "


    Thomas Jefferson

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      #22
      Originally posted by Ruprect View Post
      I suspect that that "reason" might be illegal in some shape or form... I'd do what PSB is recommending - call the papers. You'll probably have to have your photo taken looking either dejected or angry.
      or just down right bemused!

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        #23
        Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
        This is the biggest load of arse I've heard of in a long time - on the other hand you could see it as a lucky escape - what kind of a gang of morons are they likely to be to work for if they come up with this twaddle?

        Ring the paper though - it'd make a great news story.
        Brilliant idea - name and shame the numpties
        Blood in your poo

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          #24
          Who in this country deals in kilometres?

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            #25
            Originally posted by OrangeHopper View Post
            Who in this country deals in kilometres?
            mmmm, thats a clue Holmes.

            Yes. this is a two pipe problem Watson.
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              #26
              Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
              If they have a bit more common sense in the Faroe Islands than here I might consider doing that.
              The snag is I imagine the only job there is gutting fish
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                #27
                Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                The snag is I imagine the only job there is gutting fish
                Economy of the Faroe Islands

                In 2006 unemployment declined to 3%, one of the lowest rates in Europe. Nevertheless, the almost total dependence on fishing means that the economy remains extremely vulnerable.

                The introduction of Burger King in Tórshavn was widely publicized and a sign of the globalization of Faroese culture.
                or flipping burgers.


                Actually, that was cruel of me. I deleted this text: "Since 2000, new information technology and business projects have been fostered in the Faroe Islands to attract new investment" and "In 2008, the Faroes made a $52 million dollar loan to Iceland, in light of the country's banking woes"

                Also "Petroleum found close to the Faroese area gives hope for deposits in the immediate area, which may provide a basis for sustained economic prosperity." This is a worry. If they found oil, that's good. If they have found petroleum, then they are tapping into someone's else pipeline from a refinery. (Feck me, I've found an errorette on Wikipedia!)
                Last edited by BrowneIssue; 11 March 2009, 20:21.
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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
                  I just received a phone call from an agent who says her Client won’t consider me for the role because I 'live too far away and would increase ClientCo’s carbon footprint'.


                  FFS, use another agent. Submit again with a decent agent (aka: a normal one who knows how to lie). Any agent worth his/her salt would easily bullsh1t over that one and get you a foot in the door.
                  Last edited by Turion; 11 March 2009, 20:53. Reason: Use a British agent. Continentals are too honest

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                    #29
                    brilliant

                    bloody do-gooders. they probably drive to work every day in traffic in a range rover.

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                      #30
                      For feck sake.

                      Do you think they'd be pissed if I gave you a lift there in a lorry?

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