Trivia: How did it come to this?

[snazzzybird]

--- "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> 
> "'Hard-working' job ad banned to protect the lazy"
> 
> A businesswoman has been banned from asking for 'hard-working' staff
> in a job ad because it discriminates against the lazy.
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> "Has our world gone mad?"

I learned a few years ago that companies can't give honest references 
anymore.  I was told that if I was asked for a reference for a person 
who'd worked for me, I was to tell them NOTHING other than that the 
person had worked for me.  If they'd been a bad employee I was not to 
warn the other company, because the person could sue our company for 
defamation or something.  If they'd been a good employee I couldn't 
praise them, because then if they did something bad on the new job 
the other company could sue our company for recommending them.

--snazzzybird, who absolutely hates the lawsuit-happy society and all 
that it hath wrought.