what really chaffs my ass

The question, if not phenomenon, of minority candidates getting jobs simply because a company or institution has to be seen to fill a certain number of roles with minorities is not a new one. No smoke without fire, but the same could be said vice versa under the old way of doing things. If you truly want equality then there should be no talk of minorities at all.

Yeah, it's reverse discrimination basically. Now they're trying to target them because they're under-represented. No one ever questions how available they are for the position.

My last company was forced on a project to use Minority based companies. Not really a big deal. The problem occurred when the minority based companies were too small the handle the job but we had to use them because of the contract.

It descriminated against using a white owned company. Yet, it's perfectly fine to tell someone to use a minority based company. I think they should start saying "prefer non-minority-based" companies over "prefer minority-based."

Just another way to screw the white person out of working hard.

Try getting over 50 & see what happens to you.... Age discrimination!!!!! That's a whole other can of worms......

Yo know what really chaffs my ass? Sandpaper.

Yea, right!!!!!!

Good thing is, if you retire at 50, you'll live to something like 82 or 85.... Retire at 65 & you live to 67 to 70...... I stopped a 51....

depends if his liver will hold up or not[shrug] 8O

Ahhh just lie about your age, get the job, then tell the truth.

Desert Storm, 91, I'm 40.

Or tell them because of your military history you're not allowed to tell them that information.

WOW no kidding..... I didn't know that.... Thank you for your service Man!!!!

Its only discrimination if it goes against a minority. If it helps them, even if its discrimitory to whites, its called affirmative action.

My father worked for a big city fire department. He would always get into discussions with this one black guy. He brought up affirmative action with this story.
"The fire department is going to hire 30 new recruits. They take 1 thru 28 based on test scores along. They skip 29 and 30 and take say 37 and 41."
He asked the black guy if that was fair. The black guy said "sure it is. We, blacks, have to be paid back for all the years of discrimination."
Notice no where did my dad say anything about ones color.
My dad said "29 and 30 were black" - the ones skipped over.
The black guy said" You cant do that its discrimination!" - works for them its ok. Works against them its not.
So whats happening is that people that werent smart/skilled enough to pass the firefighters test are getting the job simply because they are a minority. So now you have people that dont really now what there doing putting other people at risk simply because they were a minority.

I dont mind not getting a job because the other person was more qualified. But I'd be really pissed if was only because the other person was a minority or a women.
I think, and its been proven, that affirmative action now hurts minorities more than it helps. They expect things to be handed to them becuase they are a minority instead of having to work for it. Companies have to higher minorities even if they arent qualified. Who does that help? No one. The company looses production or even contracts because they have people that cant do the job correctly. They cant fire the person for fear of a lawsuit. In the mean time the company must higher another person that is qulified to make up the difference or do without. Also someone that is qualified doesnt get a job.
They want "equal rights" but arent willing to accept the rules unless it benefits them.

I lost a job to a female who was later fired 2 months later. When they wanted me a back I said no. She had less than 1 year of experience, wanted a higher pay rate than myself, and she had big boobs.

Equal opportunity/Affirmative Action.

If you have 100 openings, 85 can be white but you must hire 15 minorities.

They automatically assume everyone discriminates in hiring. Hire the 15 and lay them off if they're not performning. Just have test results against someone of equal experience that can show they were not performing.

I was reading an article where two people were qualified at the same level. They were both asked to take the same test. The guy scored less while the female scored higher. He was laid off. He called it discrimination. They pulled out the scores and said you took the same test as her and scored lower. You're the one we have to lay off. If we lay her off it will be discrimination.

That's basically all that needs to happen. If a minority was able to score as well as other non-minorities (Whites basically) then they're able to stay. But if they can't hold on, you have a reason to lay them off and seek a qualified canidate.

/shrug

I was out at the club last Saturday and they wouldn't let 3 black people in because of their dress. The black guy yelled at the bouncer "you're discriminating against me because I'm black" (Just as the bouncer lets a well dressed black person into the club).

The bouncer turns to him and tells him to keep using that excuse for the rest of his life.

Obviously, the bouncer wasn't discriminating because he 1) let the next black person in 2) he was following a dress code to which the people didn't fit within the guidelines. (no tennis shoes, must wear fitting attire)

I was in 4th grade. I had to explain to my class why we invaded Iraq because I was the only one aside from the teacher who knew.

Saddam, Saddam, thinks he's bad but he's really mad.

It the the start to a rap my brother's friend was writing in 6th grade at the time. haha

Leather thongs chaff my ass... not too pleasant!

who said regularly...they chaff!

Northern Quilted chaffs me.
I stick with Charmin.

And chainlink boxers. Dead sexy.

I never told you about the studded leather loin cloth eh?

I guess you think that's funny....

You really think that's funny... A guy lieing about his service & you think it's funny..... Your a real piece of work DH, a real friggen piece of work!!!!!!!! All respect I had for you is gone!!!!! You have no morals & no hope!!!!


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Get off your high horse RC. You either need to pull that stick out of your ass or stop drinking. I'm not sure which one it is but chill out and stop bitching all the time. You make a big deal out of everything.

Maybe you should use a question mark next time. I read it as you yelling loudly at me since you used no less than 17 explaination marks as you insulted me for no reason whatsoever.

I do that all the time, and without exclamation marks. Big deal..

File a Discrimination lawsuit. Not even the ACLU would support you on that one.

Having lived in corpus Christi for seven years with a predominant Hispanic population I could see firsthand in little ways how I was discriminated against. Everything from service in the local store to renting an apartment.
Now that I live in the metropolitan Atlanta area I see the same thing. Atlanta has a predominantly black population so naturally most of the government employees in the area are black. I've had to deal with the social security administration and the Georgia department of labor recently. You speak of getting the cold shoulder. I could get absolutely nothing done on the telephone and it wasn't much better in person.

The thing that chaffs my ass Is that you would think people who have been discriminated against for so long and know what it really feels like would be the last ones to discriminate themselves. That certainly isn't the case though. It's like, now the tables are turned and I'm going to get revenge. I think that's the really sad thing about this whole scenario.