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We only employ workers born under specific star signs, says insurance company
dailymail.co.uk ^
| 04th February 2009
Posted on 02/04/2009 2:08:09 PM PST by Joiseydude
A row has broken out in Austria after a company tried to recruit workers born under certain star signs. The Salzburg insurance company posted an advert in major newspapers seeking employees for sales and management that were born under certain constellations, claiming statistics indicated that they were the best workers. 'We are looking for people over 20 for part-time jobs in sales and management with the following star signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo,' read the ad that appeared over the weekend.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: astrology; discrimination; junkscience; pseudoscience
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To: SoldierDad
Yippee, I’m qualified to apply.Yep, I have three of them in major positions in my chart. Then again, so did Richard Nixon.
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posted on
02/04/2009 3:49:31 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
("Praise and worship" is my alternate lifestyle.)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
02/04/2009 3:51:03 PM PST
by
lonestar
To: Joiseydude; a fool in paradise; weegee
Well, it is after all the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius!
To: mrsmith
No matter what it takes, some Scorpio will destroy them for this!Ain't that the truth!
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02/04/2009 4:15:50 PM PST
by
conservative cat
("So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
To: Joiseydude
I can apply! (Aries here, as is my mom.) Dad and oldest daughter are Leos.
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posted on
02/04/2009 4:18:13 PM PST
by
conservative cat
("So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
To: Just another Joe
Four years away from O’Bummer!
Where do we sign up?
I’m an Aries, and the wife is a Taurus: a twofer!
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posted on
02/04/2009 5:36:25 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(I've never been so globally warm, as when I'm freezing!)
To: DManA
Is this a public company you can short? Public or not, a "good" bookkeepr can 'short' any company!
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posted on
02/04/2009 5:38:48 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(I've never been so globally warm, as when I'm freezing!)
To: Revolting cat!
More like the dawning of the Age of Aquackius.
The Trolljan Duck
When the trolls were unable to crack the defenses of the besieged nesting grounds, they built a large ...
Well, you know the rest of the story. Dusk soup for dinner, followed by duck egg omelets the next morning.
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posted on
02/04/2009 5:55:09 PM PST
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ApplegateRanch
(I've never been so globally warm, as when I'm freezing!)
To: autumnraine
>>>My exhusband is an Aries and he is the laziest, good for nothing, work harder to keep from working bum I know.
Mind-boggling how much thought and effort some people put into doing nothing, immit?
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02/05/2009 5:10:19 AM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
To: Joiseydude
Our constitution does not include this as a protected class. You can still discriminate openly against letting Republicans work or lodge someplace (and the angry Left DID discriminate in this manner in 2005).
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posted on
02/05/2009 6:01:38 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
To: Kimmers
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