tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post2397046097683180362..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Another unreliable 'PC gone mad' storyMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-25221874396757838592010-02-05T11:31:12.688+00:002010-02-05T11:31:12.688+00:00I think there's one obvious explanation. Whoev...I think there's one obvious explanation. Whoever took the call was doing something we used to call 'joking.'alfiehoundnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-90083332979544389612010-01-28T15:48:15.913+00:002010-01-28T15:48:15.913+00:00Just realised, meant to put on the end of that sec...Just realised, meant to put on the end of that second post - is that I'm saying my memory of the day isn't 100%.Shellsuitwarriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-17129529275241982802010-01-28T15:45:25.866+00:002010-01-28T15:45:25.866+00:00To be honest, I can't remember if I asked her ...To be honest, I can't remember if I asked her that.<br /><br />I know that sounds shit, but what happened is that unbeknownst to me, someone else from my organisation had already set up an interview with her - so I didn't go into the ins and outs of the whole thing.<br /><br />I then had a truly awful day which I drowned out with some wine.Shellsuitwarriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-69797702803579305782010-01-28T15:26:28.250+00:002010-01-28T15:26:28.250+00:00Shellsuitwarrior - thanks for the info. But did sh...Shellsuitwarrior - thanks for the info. But did she confirm/deny the ad ran with 'reliable' in it?MacGuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-9434737705452673222010-01-28T15:18:21.468+00:002010-01-28T15:18:21.468+00:00When I first heard this story, I thought it smelle...When I first heard this story, I thought it smelled a bit fishy too.<br /><br />So I gave Nicole Mamo a call (as I'm a journo and Thetford's in my patch) yesterday morning.<br /><br />My instinct suggested it was some kind of publicity stunt, but her website's under reconstruction - so I figured if it was some kind of PR move, it was a little ham-fisted.<br /><br />Anyway she told me the story and I have to say, I didn't detect any deceit on her part.<br /><br />She was quite surprised at all the media interest as she said that she had simply made some comment on her Facebook page at what had happened. Somehow (and this was a little odd) the Adrian Goldberg show on Talksport picked it up and interviewed her.<br /><br />It then made it to the wider media somehow. From looking at the Mail website, there's a credit to Mason's on the photo - which is a Cambridgeshire based news agency. I'm guessing someone there must have listened to Talksport, did a piece on her and circulated it.<br /><br />Here's my theory on what happened:<br /><br />Mamo tries to place her job ad. It comes across the desk of a low-level worker at the Thetford Job Centre. They've misinterpreted some recent guidance on what is acceptable in a job ad - and in an arse-covering excercise, they tell her she can't use 'reliable' in her ad.<br /><br />Surprised at this Mamo posts a Facebook update and the whole thing snowballs from there.Shellsuitwarriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-11642085221415172922010-01-28T14:40:45.441+00:002010-01-28T14:40:45.441+00:00Too late, it's already entered the wider world...Too late, it's already entered the wider world as established fact, just like Winterval and a load of other made-up bollocks. From Max Hastings' column for today's Mail:<br /><br />"Harmanism is reflected in a thousand Government initiatives to fight alleged unfair disadvantage - one of them revealed this week by the Norfolk Jobcentre, which rejected an advertisement specifying that applicants should be 'reliable' workers. This, asserted the Jobcentre, discriminated against unreliable workers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-92030780701538322782010-01-28T11:51:46.008+00:002010-01-28T11:51:46.008+00:00The Mail comments got me so fed up that I had to l...The Mail comments got me so fed up that I had to leave my own comment, just out of frustration if nothing else. At least it made it up and I await the red arrows.<br /><br />I know I should expect no better from Mail readers, but they never cease to amaze me with their blinkeredness and failure to actually read a story.<br /><br />I feel a bit grubby now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-20234102399752175882010-01-28T00:33:51.514+00:002010-01-28T00:33:51.514+00:00I'm glad to see your take on it. It smelled to...I'm glad to see your take on it. It smelled to me from the beginning.DairyStateDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100373589936758473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-68828439850062981592010-01-27T16:06:58.760+00:002010-01-27T16:06:58.760+00:00I work in HR and there's no way in hell that s...I work in HR and there's no way in hell that someone with ANY experience of employment law or placing ads would advise this... I've also worked in recruitment and know they are going through a tough economic time now and would say anything / sell their grandma for some free press.<br /><br />You can't even tell lies to the public in a shameless attempt to promote your business these days... It's political correctness gon... Oh, wait... she just DIDTomnoreply@blogger.com