Mr. Mattias is a charter member with many an insightful comment, however, he likes to walk a tightrope when it comes to juvenile gender comments. I myself stand guilty of stupid comments in public forums so I am loathe to cast stones in a knee-jerk reaction, however …
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emmanuel Hadzipetros Sent: August-23-12 5:57 PM To: 'EDI-L'; Paul McTeigue Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: GIS and SI Words don’t fail me but I will restrain myself except to point out that while I am far from being a prude, this is pretty sexist and not very funny. From: Paul McTeigue Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:50 PM To: 'EDI-L' Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Re: GIS and SI Words fail me. From: mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Mattias/LS Sent: August-23-12 5:44 PM To: EDI-L Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: GIS and SI >What I need is a BS meter, my worst mistake was hiring a very personable and >well spoken person with a stellar resume who turned >out >to be the jerk who never actually did any work and when he did, messed it >up so badly it took three people to figure out how >to undo it. What we need is to go back to the old days and the simple tests. e.g when we were looking for a secretary or file clerk, only females needed to apply (yes, we had "men's jobs" and "women's jobs" then.) Screening for women's jobs was easy with the "elbow test." You can take that yourself if you like, Mrs. Halpin: 1. Lock your hands behind your head. 2. Point your elbows forward. 3. Walk toward the wall until you make contact. . If it's your elbows which made the contact, "I'm sorry but I don't think you are qualified for this position." MCM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
