Bacon sandwich comment cause loss of job

rolliepoley

This is just madness, i mean how was he really supposed to know that what he said was racist.

I would'nt get offended if this person asked me to go for a plate of spuds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342111/Reed-Recruitment-Clive-Hunt-loses-dream-job-making-bacon-sandwich-comment-Sharika-Sacranie.html

mad m

The Swine!



Ok, gets coat!

Mint Sauce

Wouldn't usally make a serious comment to a dailymail article. But that is PC gone bloody mad.

kaimera

7/10.

would pork her

woodoo

The UK has gone to the dogs. They have lost the plot. Political Correctness rules over there much like Islam rules in Pakistan. Saying the wrong thing can get you in big trouble. I hope people wake up from this madness soon.

Mint Sauce

rolliepoley wrote: »

This is just madness, i mean how was he really supposed to know that what he said was racist.

I would'nt get offended if this person asked me to go for a plate spuds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342111/Reed-Recruitment-Clive-Hunt-loses-dream-job-making-bacon-sandwich-comment-Sharika-Sacranie.html

But it wasn't racist.

Nodin

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Recruitment firm Reed says Mr Hunt made further comments during the call

CarlDunne1979

Mr Hunt looks devastated. He was simply trying to hunt some fanny by luring her in with a bacon sandwich, now he'll be luring through rubbish in the hopes of mouldy toast for breakfast. Either that or he'll find another job.

whatdoicare

I'd have thought it would have been more racist of him to assume she was Muslim just by judging her on her the colour of her skin, if I had gotten that stupid call I would have said that.
TBH it makes that girl and the NHS look very bad for making any kind of a deal out of a real non issue. It really makes the girl look like a complete tool for even bringing it up.

alchemist33

It IS possible that the one side to the story presented above may not be the whole truth.

FTA69

Seems ridiculous alright. It is the Daily Mail though.

Prodigious

PC gone mad I tell ya!

Markcheese

Should the recruiter not be fired for interpreting an innocent comment in a racist way.... ? I mean did he know she was a practising Muslim, did he care... ?

Nodin

Markcheese wrote: »

Should the recruiter not be fired for interpreting an innocent comment in a racist way.... ? I mean did he know she was a practising Muslim, did he care... ?

Its the Daily Heil - note the following

Recruitment firm Reed says Mr Hunt made further comments during
the call

Tigger

bacon tastes good, pork chops taste good.

rolliepoley

irish-stew wrote: »

But it wasn't racist.

I know it he knows it but his manager doesn't

A senior manager phoned Mr Hunt afterwards to ask about his racist remark

SeanW

She doesn't even look like a Muslim. How could he have known his comment would be taken so badly?

Brian?

It's the daily Mail. It's completely one sided nonsense, all we have is this fellas word for it that he was sacked for this reason.

They do this muck all of the time. Ignore them.

Nodin

SeanW wrote: »

She doesn't even look like a Muslim. .....

...yes, she lacks the distinctive beard that marks their race.

Pumpkinseeds

Jeez, that woman must have little else to do with her time than look to take offence at an on the surface of it, innocent off the cuff reply. She brought up breakfast he said he'd get the bacon sandwiches. She chose to take offence and make a complaint to her boss. If anything her boss should have pointed out to her that she was being ridiculous. Then again if the boss had done that we'd probably be reading that she was suing him for something ridiculous:rolleyes:

She's probably just screwed up her own career advancement prospects, I mean would you hire that kind of bullsh*t attitude?

alchemist33

Nodin wrote: »

...yes, she lacks the distinctive beard that marks their race.

Don't forget the big sign saying "We want to turn your churches into mosques."

Nodin

rolliepoley wrote: »

I know it he knows it but his manager doesn't

A senior manager phoned Mr Hunt afterwards to ask about his racist remark

...or, more than likely, yer woman sez 'that fella said something odd about bacon sandwiches - not sure if he was getting a dig in or not - would ye ring him?' following from which the manager rings and queries him, gets an earful, and decides to have nothing to do with him.

Nodin

alchemist33 wrote: »

Don't forget the big sign saying "We want to turn your churches into mosques."

'All ur rasher belong to us'

weemcd

I don't like reading these type of things, because it just makes me want to kill myself.

If he really didn't get the job because of that comment he should have grounds for a lawsuit imo

frozenfrozen

His religion says hes allowed to have bacon sandwiches, fire her for not wanting a bacon sandwich.

mikemac1

Hardly any quotes in that article and a few are switched around.

The title has "dream" job but the guy never mentions it was a dream job.

Sandwich, sarnie, just what did he say as the quote keeps changing.

Maybe the story is true but the editor was messing around here

And why is it under science? :pac:

Sin City

weemcd wrote: »

I don't like reading these type of things, because it just makes me want to kill myself.

If he really didn't get the job because of that comment he should have grounds for a lawsuit imo

You want to kill yourself because of one stranger may or may not have made a racist remark to another stranger?

Im afraid you really need help

SeanW

Nodin wrote: »

...yes, she lacks the distinctive beard that marks their race.

There is so much wrong with this post, but I'll start with the last part ... Islam is a race now?

120_Minutes

If you go around expecting racism, you'll find it everywhere.

Nodin

SeanW wrote: »

There is so much wrong with this post, but I'll start with the last part ... Islam is a race now?

Ahem....

She doesn't even look like a Muslim

alchemist33

weemcd wrote: »

I don't like reading these type of things, because it just makes me want to kill myself.

Ah no, don't. That's part of the Muslim Masterplan

SeanW

Nodin wrote: »

Ahem....

No burqua, no hijab, and it looks like she's got make up on, looks glamourous. That's somewhat unusual for women in Islam AFAIK.

Nodin

Nodin wrote: »

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Recruitment firm Reed says Mr Hunt made further comments during the call

Yeah, that must be it tbh - this is a little ridiculous otherwise

CarlDunne1979

alchemist33 wrote: »

Ah no, don't. That's part of the Muslim Masterplan

Other than a mass enema event with their 72 virgins in paradise?

..that's what I'd do if I believed that tripe anyway.

Cienciano

The stereotypical daily mail article.
Portrays muslims in a negative light. Check
PC gone mad. Check
Leaves the reader outraged. Check

weemcd

Sin City wrote: »

You want to kill yourself because of one stranger may or may not have made a racist remark to another stranger?

Im afraid you really need help

The never ending climate of stories like this, world gone mad etc. etc. really depresses me. Things in life are difficult enough without people going out of their way to nit-pick at something someone said in order to persecute them for fear of offending someone.

All the power of free speech is gone unless you are stupid or a minority, then it appears you can say what you want

CarlDunne1979

weemcd wrote: »

The never ending climate of stories like this, world gone mad etc. etc. really depresses me. Things in life are difficult enough without people going out of their way to nit-pick at something someone said in order to persecute them for fear of offending someone.

All the power of free speech is gone unless you are stupid or a minority, then it appears you can say what you want

I am a minority in that I like to lick mustered off the fat rolls of munters, where's my powerful free speech abilities? Last week I farted in bed, and got in trouble for it with my wife. I don't even have free speech anally how am I going to have it vocally?

Sin City

weemcd wrote: »

The never ending climate of stories like this, world gone mad etc. etc. really depresses me. Things in life are difficult enough without people going out of their way to nit-pick at something someone said in order to persecute them for fear of offending someone.

All the power of free speech is gone unless you are stupid or a minority, then it appears you can say what you want

But there no need to be over dramatic about it. Bottom line is no one knows exactly what happened or was said during the interview, all we have is the word of a rag that tries to sensationalise its stories to get a reaction.

Chill man

Nodin

SeanW wrote: »

No burqua, no hijab, and it looks like she's got make up on, looks glamourous. That's somewhat unusual for women in Islam AFAIK.

...or - mad idea - theres a lot more diversity in the muslim world than your narrow view admits.

Sin City

CarlDunne1979 wrote: »

I am a minority in that I like to lick mustered off the fat rolls of munters, where's my powerful free speech abilities? Last week I farted in bed, and got in trouble for it with my wife. I don't even have free speech anally how am I going to have it vocally?

Withhold sex,, Thatll learn her

unkel

SeanW wrote: »

No burqua, no hijab, and it looks like she's got make up on, looks glamourous. That's somewhat unusual for women in Islam AFAIK.

And is there an alcoholic drink in front of her?

unkel

Nodin wrote: »

...or - mad idea - theres a lot more diversity in the muslim world than your narrow view admits.

Alcohol is as much haram as pork. No diversity allowed on either

Thwip!

unkel wrote: »

And is there an alcoholic drink in front of her?

You mean the one that's clearly on the other side of the table?

Paddy Cow

Sin City wrote: »

But there no need to be over dramatic about it. Bottom line is no one knows exactly what happened or was said during the interview, all we have is the word of a rag that tries to sensationalise its stories to get a reaction.

Chill man

This whole story is full of holes. He said he was offered a contract with the NHS and was supposed to start on Monday. The lady that had the problem with him was a Reed consultant. If all the paperwork was finalised and he was contracted to the NHS, then surely it would have been up to the NHS to terminate him?

All we know about the interview (was that with the NHS or the recruitment agency?) is that he was led to believe he had an eight month contract. I doubt he was the only person interviewed for a job that pays £1,000 per week so he had to have been articulate and intelligent enough to bag the job offer. The lady said that she would come over to the site and take them for breakfast which indicates that she was happy with his interview. It's not clear if the NHS or Reed would have the final say on his hiring but he was pretty sure he had the job.

What's also not clear is what was said in the phone call. He reckons that a senior manager from Reed called him up and wanted to know why he made a racist remark. If it's true, straight away that would put anyone on the defensive. To find out that your "racist" remark was to offer to buy the bacon sandwiches when someone else said they would meet you for breakfast is incredible. The guy does admit that the conversation didn't go well as the manager kept trying to make him admit he was in the wrong and eventually he lost his temper and told them to sod off.

To be honest he has probably had a lucky escape. If his contract was outsourced to Reed and they have employees that are that sensitive, it would've never worked out.

TL:DR If he was hired by the NHS, how did the agency fire him?

Sir Osis of Liver.

She looks like shes partial to the odd sausage though.

jay-me

Nodin wrote: »

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Recruitment firm Reed says Mr Hunt made further comments during the call

Probably something like my first name is Allah Mike??

Wossack

thanks daily mail, for the pic of the bacon sandwich - just couldnt picture it myself

durr

kowloon

Wossack wrote: »

thanks daily mail, for the pic of the bacon sandwich - just couldnt picture it myself

The other newspapers just plunge into the terminology with no regard given to the layman.

Scruffles

yeah had read this in the manchester evening news site.
its friggen ridiculous,even if we were to use a discriminative label here it woud not be racist,the reason muslims do not eat pigs is a religeon issue; not race.

the guy was desperate for a bacon butty,over here it is probably the most common lunch/breakfast that working younger and middle aged people have,how was he supposed to know she was going to flip her sht about a harmless question of whether she wanted to join him or not for a butty?
he coud have totaly ignored her when making his decision for brekkie which woud have been rude but he asked her and paid a price for it.
he needs to sue the company/woman to sort this out,he has been wrongly labeled a racist publicaly and lost a much needed job.

a user says its PC gone mad over here,thats the first have heard of it being a lifelong UK resident,perhaps if were affected by the issues woud be more sensitive to how it affects different people.
the police are getting off their backsides and doing something about cyber bullying before it becomes a big issue thats hard to crack so well done to the police,cyber bullying is life changing for some of us as adults-which am guessing is what were refering to,more so the arrests from trolls on twitter/facebook.

Lando Griffin

I have often ordered beef from the local Indian. The cow is sacred over there and here's me eating it. How disgusting. From this moment on I will refuse to order from that menu until they take of all cow products.

unkel

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I have often ordered beef from the local Indian. The cow is sacred over there

Your local Indian is Pakistani. Not Indian. Not what it says on the tin at all

So they will serve you beef but they won't serve you pork