Help Wanted….
Your Mandarin was perusing the help wanted section, when I found this job posting for a technical writer position at Exelon Nuclear Partners.
The only required skills for the job were, nuclear experience –no problem, I maintain the cold fusion reactor here at the castle – terms/expressions in nuclear industry, writing proposals, and not being an arrogant American.
What the hell do they mean by an arrogant American? Your Mandarin is not quite sure what they mean, but apparently, “An arrogant American will not work well in this role.”
Well it turns out that Exelon is blaming Viva USA which is the staffing firm they hired to post the advertisement for the position. Viva USA claims that it received the language for the ad from Exelon and, “the wording somehow go past a junior recruiter who posted the advertisement on CareerBuilder.com.”
Exelon’s response was that, “This statement was not approved by Exelon and in no way reflects the company’s policies and values. We regret this language appeared in recruiting materials that were prepared by a third party and not approved by Exelon.”
In reality your Mandarin is not surprised that language like this would show up in a help wanted ad for a job that requires interfacing with firms in other countries. After nearly 50 years of progressive anti-American university education infecting the youth of this country, it is only natural that these teachings would make their way into the mainstream corporate world.
It will be interesting to see if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigates this incident.
The Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into England during the 18th Century.
The Mandarin enjoys spending time with his pet manticore, Βάρἰκος, or Barry (who can be found in the Bestiary). When not in the Castle…well, frankly, nobody is quite sure where he goes.
The Mandarin popularized the fine art of “gut booting,” by which he delivers a powerful kick to the stomach of anyone that annoys him. Although nearly universal today, the act of gut booting or threatening someone or something with a gut boot is solely due to him.