And We're Off!

Well, one of us three "new" hires has now been eliminated from consideration for our own job. HR deemed this person not qualified.

It doesn't mean the person will be let go or anything, of course. It only means that, after hiring one of the remaining two newbies, and then posting a requisition for the opening that creates, our supervisor will have to tweak the job requirements a little to make sure everybody gets "permed."

But I just don't understand how the rules can possibly be this stringent. If I were to judge based solely on the caliber of people I see working around me, I'd assume the complete job application looks something like this:

1. Do you have skin? Y_____ N_____

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Signature / Date

Not that I've really looked all that closely at a lot of them. And you wouldn't either, if a significant number of your coworkers looked like this:

Artwork by Robbie, because one picture is worth a thousand grunts.

Happy Confederate Heroes' Day!