Keeping up the theme of the week – making a hire – I would love, just once, to see an HONEST job posting, where the employer lists their REAL requirements.
I think it would look something like this:
Applicant must be:
– Tall/petite
– Distinguished looking/Cute and perky
– Male (Females are generally preferred only if the job is low-paying or involves bodily fluids, either the exchange or disposal thereof)
Applicant must:
– Live 2 minutes away from the office
– Have a referenceable track record of kissing butt
– Have at least 5 years of experience, unless they’re up for a Supreme Court judgeship
– Have no habits or lifestyle tendencies, including cumulative years on earth, that superstition tells us would result in an increase in medical premiums.
All this EEO stuff is well and good, but it ends up costing people time and aggravation.
I think we should get back to the good old days when bigotry and prejudice were publishable, and chalk it off to the intractable foibles of human nature, which after all, cannot be legislated away.