新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 4-12(在线收听

V. Let’s Talk
A  Job Ad for a Friendly Employee
A firm advertising for a “friendly” employee has been asked to change its wording because it discriminates against unfriendly people.
Travelco, a travel agency, put in a request for a “Friendly employee” to provide food for its staff. But the Job Center in Bristol told managing director Harry Smith that he would have to remove the word “friendly” before the advertisement could be accepted.
Mr. Smith said he could not believe the decision and thought it was “ridiculous.” He said: “We were told we could not use that particular word because it was discriminatory against people who looked unfriendly. We thought it was ridiculous. It’s only too natural for us to specify what kind of people we want.” He added, “The people at the center have since said they thought they had been a little over the top.”
The center had made it a rule that certain words were nor allowed in ads and the words “motivated” and “enthusiastic” had been banned in the past.
An official of the center said: “We do have guidelines of not using personality characteristics in advertisements to ensure that there is no discrimination in the process.”
She added: “We should leave the dispute to the local judges. They’ll make the final decision. It’s possible that a member of our staff has been over-enthusiastic in cutting out words in ads.”

Persons/Agencies

Words/Actions

Reasons/Purposes

A firm

advertised for a friendly employee;

Was asked to change the wording

discrimination against unfriendly people

Travelco

requested for a friendly employee

to provide food for its staff/employees

The Job Center

told the Travelco managing director to remove the word “friendly”

 

The managing director

said was told not to use that word; thought it was ridiculous

It was natural to specify the kind of people they wanted

 

added that the people at the center thought they had been a little over the top

 

The center

had decided that certain words were not allowed; e.g. motivated, enthusiastic

 

An official

said they had guidelines of not using personality characteristics

no discrimination

 

added that they should leave the dispute to the local judges

to make the final decision

 

maybe a member of their staff had been over-enthusiastic

in cutting words

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