Yellow Pages (long, sorry) and Typists
I was in sales in the 1980's and pretty successful, so figured I could sell adverts in said YP. Attended interview, professional air about me, skirt just short enough and top just low enough to get any business interested, and first part of interview went very well - you know the "tell me about yourself" question everyone dreads. I was well prepared. What I wasn't prepared for was the second half where this bald headed c*nt tore me and my personality, my life and image to bits. I was in tears. It wouldn't be allowed these days. So, now, Mrs Assertive, 20 years later, I run my own business. Imagine my reponse when I get a cold call from Yellow Pages to put an advert in their horrid little book. Luckily I'm now in an industry I could guarantee he would know nothing about. Cue typical intro waffle to get me asking the right questions. When I didn't, and just said, "what the f*ck do you want, because advertising won't earn me any more business" (true), he asked why. So I tore into him big time and said after 5 minutes "are you in tears yet, because I'm laughing my f*cking head off" to which he replied "well you don't have to be so rude" so I said "why not - it's c*nts like you phone me up having done no research into my business, how did you get that job in the first place".......anyway if I get any more calls like that (which I occasionaly do) I just hang up. It's not worth it.

Cue me in 1992 interviewing a typist when I worked at BT Marine laying underwater cables. I hired her purely on the basis of 50wpm typing test but she was some dizzy bitch. She started waffling one day about what I thought was her family - when it turned out to be Eastenders (I don't watch any soaps on TV - hate them) I went mental and told her under no circumstances was she ever to discuss television programmes otherwise I'd get rid of her.

Edit : sorry about the long post but I don't put up with shit.
( Tiggy the diver, Thu 20 Jan 2005, 11:28, Reply)