Political Correctness Gone Mad

[InformationGeek]

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

[Mr. DS]

I personally like reliable people.  The seem to be around more when you need them.

[Leah]

^I'm with Darksider, the better the person is, usually the more reliable they are.

[JaseSF]

  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....

[AndyC]

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.