Funny Experience

We recently took our first test and had a fall break so I'm not sure if I need to post for the past week as most of it was a review and guest speaker. I will post anyway, I wanted to talk about a funny experience I had related to our class. When we talked about discrimination in class I talked about how I didn't know how anyone would be able to sue someone on the basis of discrimination, I just didn't understand how someone would have enough information to be able to prove they were discriminated against. I thought to myself that even if someone was discriminating they would just think it to themselves and that would be that. The point was brought up in class that so many employers are stupid and say things that get them in a mess. I recently was in an interview and the employer said MANY things to me that I could take to court! I was so surprised! And although I wouldn't sue the company I thought it was interesting that I was sitting in an interview and I actually knew what things she could and couldn't ask me and I noticed the things she shouldn't have been saying. At many times throughout the conversation she asked about my family life, my religion, etc. Also, she told me that I wouldn't work for a certain position because she was looking for someone older (although she did say no offense before she said it, ha!). She also told me I would work for a few positions because she was specifically looking for women to do the jobs because of the product market (scrapbooking, home decor, etc.). These are jobs that men could handle, and many men could exceed at, so I knew she shouldn't have been telling me that information either. It was a funny experience and related to class so I thought I'd share. I'm glad I have a background in case I'm the one doing the interviewing one day!