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Subject:Re: Age Discrimination From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 10 May 1997 21:08:34 -0700
Buck Buchanan wrote:
> The sneaky way they find out your age nowadays is "Please fax us a
> copy of your SS card and driver's license.
Bob Morrisette wrote:
> Other sneaky questions I've encountered are:
> "When did you graduate from high school?"
>"How old are your children?"
Sneaky? You call those questions sneaky? They're as unobtrusive
as an elephant in a phone booth.
Sure, people who are too young to have ever considered the issue
of age discrimination won't notice, but they're not the ones who
need to be fooled, are they?
-- Robert
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36475 Norton Creek Road * Blodgett * Oregon * 97326
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