Butchered application

[Gob]

A job advert at a London butchers calling for "no drama queens" and "no mummy's boys" attracted applications after previous appeals were met with little response.
William Rose Butchers, in Dulwich, received 18 applications in a day, after the advert was put in the window.
Owner William Rose, 60, said he had been advertising the position for a month with little interest.
The advert also calls for "no emotional wrecks" and "no scruffs".
Mr Rose told BBC Radio London: "We did it as a fun thing first. We had advertised for about a month, and we had two or three scruffy oiks and I thought 'No'."
Defending the "just-for-fun" advert, Mr Rose said he had had people apply who struggle to talk to customers and who have smelt of drink from the night before.
"A butcher's shop is quite hard work. It's an early start. A lot of them don't survive, there doesn't seem to be the work ethic," he explained.
"With drugs now, they have become such a social thing. It's become too acceptable.
"We had one applicant with so many A stars and was going to go on to uni. But the only broom he has ever seen is probably in Harry Potter."
Only one aspect of the advert has been flagged up legally according to Mr Rose: "We had one employment lawyer say, 'You can't put mummy's boys you have to put mummy's persons'."
But the advert did lead to a successful appointment, with Mr Rose saying he has taken on "a very smart young lad with a little family to keep".

[Long Run]

no mummy's boys

Legal problems aside, I am afraid to asp what the consequences of such exclusion might include.

[rubato]

Not even Apple scruffs?



yrs,
rubato

[oldr_n_wsr]

scruffy oiks

I'm like that term.

[Lord Jim]

I'm shocked that this person would so brazenly advertise the fact that he discriminates against the disabled, ("no drunks" "no drug addicts" "no emotional wrecks") and against people based solely on how they look ("no scruffs")

To say nothing of his blatant homophobia...( "no drama queens" no "mummy's boys")

Somebody should sue this hateful bigot...

[Bicycle Bill]

scruffy oiks

I'm like that term.

Is that anything like a randy git?

-"BB"-

[MajGenl.Meade]

You could just be right about that, BB,

Randy scouse git:


Scruffy oik:

[Sue U]

To say nothing of his blatant homophobia...( "no drama queens" no "mummy's boys")

Somebody should sue this hateful bigot...

"Drama queens" and "mummy's boys" come in all genders and sexual orientations, so check your own bigotry, LJ.

[Big RR]

There are female "mummy's boys" ? The name would imply there are not.

[Sue U]

Oh, sure there are. You must have met some by now?

[Big RR]

Not that I know of. I guess we travel in different circles.

[Lord Jim]

To say nothing of his blatant homophobia...( "no drama queens" no "mummy's boys")

Somebody should sue this hateful bigot...

"Drama queens" and "mummy's boys" come in all genders and sexual orientations, so check your own bigotry, LJ.

I tell you what, I'll make you a deal...

I'll check my bigotry, you check your sarcasm detecting meter...

[Sue U]

I guess I needed a smiley thing on my post. I'll have to remember betterer next time.

[Gob]

[rubato]

Actually some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber so eating it again would have zero effect.

But that is the kind of thing you would understand by a process of rational thought, not knee-jerk emotional sloganeering.


Yrs,
Rubato

[Joe Guy]

Do you often argue with signs? It must be difficult for you to drive.

[Bicycle Bill]

Actually some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber so eating it again would have zero effect.

But that is the kind of thing you would understand by a process of rational thought, not knee-jerk emotional sloganeering.


Yrs,
Rubato

Of being an ISLAMIC suicide bomber, yes.
But of being a suicide bomber for, let's say, the IRA, no.

-"BB"-

[Big RR]

And of course not every moslem suicide bomber is a moslem that follows all the rules--I recall Atta and his boys partied and drank alcohol before 9/11. I wouldn't be surprised if some ate bacon or other pork products.

[TPFKA@W]

Howard and Raj on Big Bang are pretty consistent in breaking religious dietary rules.

Yesterday police stopped a van full of Amish Yoots going 110mph and they were quite drunk. Might as well have been suicide bombers. Rumspringa!

[RayThom]

... Yesterday police stopped a van full of Amish Yoots going 1.10 mph and they were quite drunk... Rumspringa!

After a night of heavy "hoedowning" they hopped into the awaiting van and went out cow-tipping.