Pushing for a job...

[Gob]

An impatient commuter probably regretted telling a man to 'f*** himself' on a busy train when he arrived at a job interview later that day to find his fellow passenger was the head of recruitment.




HR executive Matt Buckland claimed the job seeker pushed past him and launched a foul-mouthed tirade as they were both getting off a packed rush-hour train on Monday morning. He said he stood to one side to let a woman off the train as it pulled into Monument Station in central London, but the job hunter thought he was deliberately standing in the way. Hours later, the same man walked in for an interview with Mr Buckland at investment firm Forward Partners.

'I was on my way into work on the Tube on Monday morning during rush hour. I stood to one side to let a lady get by, and ended up blocking a man momentarily. 'I think he thought I was just standing in his way. He pushed and I turned, I explained I was getting off too but he pushed past and then looked back and suggested I might like to f*** myself…which might have been true but not before a few cups of coffee,' he told Buzzfeed.

Despite the heated exchange, the job seeker did not recognise his interviewer as soon as he arrived. So Mr Buckland asked him a few tube-related questions until the penny dropped. He then shared the awkward encounter on Twitter and his original tweet has been favourited 14,000 times and re-tweeted more than 15,000 times. 'Karma - the guy who pushed past me on the tube and then suggested I go F myself just arrived for his interview...with me..' he tweeted. He then said: 'I'm not sure he realised until the very end... very awkward! 'I think it crept up on him slowly as my questions became more and more tube related.'
The job seeker 'laughed it off' and carried on with the interview for the role of web developer at the firm.

But he was not offered the job as Mr Buckland said he was not right for the role. 'It would be easy to hold something like this over someone in an interview, but for me interviews aren't about that,' said Mr Buckland. 'By the end of the interview we laughed it off and we're both happy.' 'When you interview you are looking for a read of skills but also to know if that person is a real human being, it's about that connection.By the end of the interview we laughed it off and were both happy. 'The candidate didn't get the job, though, and maybe now he'll maintain a better attitude in the morning since he just might need some help from a fellow commuter one day.'

[MajGenl.Meade]

I just took a Civil Service exam for a part-time job with Kent City Council. They keep it simple - top scorer gets the job unless they're drooling or a murderer. Thank God I've never killed

[Gob]

Is that the real Kent, or a pretend US one?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Ah now... should I point out that "Kent City Council" refers to a city called Kent? That would be rather different than the county of Kent in the UK, would it not? It's unlikely that the city would pretend to be a county.

AFAIK there is not a city in the UK called "Kent". Now there are Kent counties in the USA: in Michigan, Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island. There's a New Kent County in Virginia.

The situation is different in both Australia and the dangly bits of England to the west (and the part of the Empire of London just above the Bristol Channel) which are, I am given to understand, full of real Kents.

[oldr_n_wsr]

All we need now is a few Clarks.

[Sue U]

full of real Kents.

That's the Kiwi pronunciation, innit?

[Big RR]

And here I thought Kent would a bran of cigarettes>

"to a smoker, it's a Kent"

[Guinevere]

full of real Kents.

That's the Kiwi pronunciation, innit?

Oh really? I thought it was spanish, as in real Madrid . . . .

[Guinevere]

I just took a Civil Service exam for a part-time job with Kent City Council. They keep it simple - top scorer gets the job unless they're drooling or a murderer. Thank God I've never killed

I cannot speak to the specifics of Ohio civil service, but generally that's a bit of an over-simplification. It is likely that the top scorer can be "by-passed" for a lower scorer, based on several different factors --- not including drool or murderous intent.

[Sue U]

full of real Kents.

That's the Kiwi pronunciation, innit?

Oh really? I thought it was spanish, as is real Madrid . . . .

I think they've got a few Kents there as well.

[MajGenl.Meade]

You guys crack me up!

[Lord Jim]

I just took a Civil Service exam for a part-time job with Kent City Council.

I hope you get the job Gen'l, (I'm guessing that Mrs. Meade probably does too... ) But if you do, isn't that going to cut significantly into your Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and Diagnosis Murder re-run watching time?

[oldr_n_wsr]

Lets not forget Mannix and the original Hawaii 5-0.

[Gob]

full of real Kents.

That's the Kiwi pronunciation, innit?

Gold!!!

[Gob]

I just took a Civil Service exam for a part-time job with Kent City Council. They keep it simple - top scorer gets the job unless they're drooling or a murderer. Thank God I've never killed

I cannot speak to the specifics of Ohio civil service, but generally that's a bit of an over-simplification. It is likely that the top scorer can be "by-passed" for a lower scorer, based on several different factors --- not including drool or murderous intent.

Bribes?

[Lord Jim]

Lets not forget Mannix and the original Hawaii 5-0.

And The Golden Girls...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Those are all USian shows... why would anyone watch a USian TV show?

Well, other than Cheers.

Or Raymond.

Blue Bloods

Earl.

All right. Those. But what else have the Romans ever done for us?

[Lord Jim]

Those are all USian shows...

They're shows that are known to be particularly popular with old farts...

So, naturally I assumed...