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Old Sep 28th 2012, 4:05 am
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Originally Posted by dubaiguy2011
What have you retained legal counsel to do exactly?
I have a discrimination case pending against the employer. We are prepared to go to trial, but hope to settle out of court
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Old Sep 28th 2012, 4:17 am
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Why would your phone be visible during an interview? Any meetings I have phone is switched off or left in the car or my desk. There is no need to have your phone with you at all times. Shows respect for the people you are with.
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Old Sep 28th 2012, 4:20 am
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Why would your phone be visible during an interview? Any meetings I have phone is switched off or left in the car or my desk. There is no need to have your phone with you at all times. Shows respect for the people you are with.
I was inputting a contact number near the end of the interview.

The interviewer laughed when he saw my phone. I was humiliated
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I was inputting a contact number near the end of the interview.

The interviewer laughed when he saw my phone. I was humiliated
What nationality was the interviewer?
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Old Sep 28th 2012, 4:23 am
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What kind of phone did they have?
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Old Sep 28th 2012, 4:53 am
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What kind of phone did they have?
They all had iPhones

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Is this an April fools joke?? Waiting for the punchline...
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Were they not just laughing at the dick on your forehead?
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They all had iPhones

Ha! Five fanboys waiting for iphone 5s...
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They all had iPhones

had they pre-ordered?
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Default Re: Lost out on job because I use a flip phone

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I have a discrimination case pending against the employer. We are prepared to go to trial, but hope to settle out of court
Under which law exactly?
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Old Sep 28th 2012, 10:11 am
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Thats exactly what I said....

If I would have had an iPhone 5 or even a Samsung Galaxy III I would have got the job...
So there's a law that says you can't discriminate on grounds of what phone you have? Your counsel must be either brilliant or perceptive of your deep pockets.
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Thread closed as it is our sad friend, who is mentally unstable, living under a bridge.
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