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DOH!!! 10 Of The WORST JOB INTERVIEWEES!

February 27th 2010 00:05
job interview under the magnifying glass
As I steady myself for a round of gruelling job interviews, I began to wonder about what the worst possible things you could do in a job interview would be.
As it turns out, a survey in the US by Careerbuilder.com of 3000 hiring managers managed to compile a list of the top 10, and here they are.

1. Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a “private” conversation.

2. Candidate told the interviewer he wouldn’t be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died – and his uncle wasn’t “looking too good”.

3. Candidate asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

4. Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.

5. Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was “classified”.

6. Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.

7. When applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn’t want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.

8. A candidate for an accounting position said she was a “people person” not a “numbers person”.

9. Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to interviewer during phone interview.

10. Candidate took out a hair brush and brushed her hair.
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One UN-GETAWAY Driver!

February 26th 2010 00:05
Six weeks ago some aspiring thieves in Wales had their plans foiled when their getaway driver refused to co-operate at the scene of the crime.

getaway car
The bungling lads decided to take a taxi cab to an Argos store in Holyhead, with the intention of acquiring a couple of free TV's. However, their getaway driver proved to be a little more than uncooperative...... as it was the same taxi driver that had dropped them off there to begin with!

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I Was A Bit Peckish On The Flight!

February 24th 2010 00:05
rollaway suitcase
According to Sherri Ly of My Fox DC, when it comes to airport customs, drugs aren't the only things smuggled into airports as discovered on a visit to customs staff at Dulles International Airport.

As with customs in Australia, passengers are asked to declare any items of food, animal parts, etc in their luggage, and as we've seen on shows like Border Security, some people fail to declare these items whether innocently or otherwise.

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When Your Ship Comes In!

February 22nd 2010 01:09
As my ship is due in today (literally!) I thought I'd retell a tale of old, that has happened to a few people in life, most often in a hotel room, but in this case on a cruise ship where you would think it would be a little more obvious.

cruise ship
A passenger on a luxury cruise ship rings reception somewhat upset about a 'faulty electrical appliance' in her cabin that she demands needs fixing immediately.

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listening to a seashell
We've all done it at one point of another, held a seashell to our ear to see if, as the old wives tale goes, we really can hear the ocean.

But what is it we are really hearing?

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Did you know that the Guinness Book of Records was invented to settle an argument!

In May 1951, then managing director of the Guinness Breweries, Irishman Sir Hugh Beaver, went out bird shooting party in County Wexford, Ireland and ended up in an argument about which was the fastest game bird in Europe.

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ring doughnut free image
Although doughnuts were reportedly introduced to Americans by the Dutch, they were not the first people to come up with the idea of a hole in the middle.

So is there actually a reason for having the hole in the middle? The answer is yes.

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A Little VALENTINE'S Day HUMOUR!!!

February 14th 2010 00:01
A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing “Love” stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. He then takes out a perfume bottle and starts spraying scent all over them.

Valentines herpes sign
His curiosity getting the better of him, he goes up to the balding man and asks him what he is doing. The man says, “I’m sending out 1,000 Valentine cards signed, ‘Guess who?’”

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RHYMES For ANTI-VALENTINES!

February 12th 2010 23:54
OK, so Valentine's day isn't for everyone, so in the spirit of not leaving anyone out, here is a short collection of anti-valentines rhymes.

Cupid shot me with an arrow so I ripped his wings off
My feelings for you no words can tell.
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A Bank That Certainly Has Your Number!!!

February 10th 2010 22:00
Another story from the year 1993, this time in relation to a banking error of a different sort.

bank notes
A bank in the UK hatched a plan to target its 2000 wealthiest clients in an attempt to improve their own bottom line by selling them additional banking services. They therefore had one of their IT employees design a computer program to search the bank databases to retrieve the information on the 2000 clients, and send an automatic mail out. The software programmer decided to test his program out on an imaginary customer he named Rich Bastard.

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