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Title: Political Correctness Gone Mad Post by: InformationGeek on August 02, 2011, 06:36:01 PM Yeah, it's an old story I admit, but it just needs to be repeated. I mean, seriously?! Are people just this insenstive?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7079231/Advert-for-reliable-workers-banned-as-discrimination-by-Jobcentre-Plus.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7079231/Advert-for-reliable-workers-banned-as-discrimination-by-Jobcentre-Plus.html) Title: Re: Political Correctness Gone Mad Post by: Mr. DS on August 02, 2011, 08:44:47 PM I personally like reliable people. The seem to be around more when you need them.
Title: Re: Political Correctness Gone Mad Post by: El Misfit on August 02, 2011, 09:38:21 PM ^I'm with Darksider, the better the person is, usually the more reliable they are.
Title: Re: Political Correctness Gone Mad Post by: JaseSF on August 03, 2011, 12:20:36 AM :buggedout: What next, they start accepting stupid people to Harvard so as to not discriminate against them? The film Idiocracy suddenly springs to mind as does Harrison Bergeron....
Title: Re: Political Correctness Gone Mad Post by: AndyC on August 03, 2011, 09:41:42 PM As ridiculous as it is to worry about discriminating against unreliable people in want ads, I do wonder why people put something like that in an ad in the first place. It should go without saying that you want a reliable person, and it assumes a great deal of honesty and self-awareness on the part of unreliable people if you really expect it to influence who applies. It's not a specific skill or trait. It's a very subjective term. It's totally meaningless, just something people stick in an ad without thinking about it.
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