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I remember in 5th grade, my friends and I talking about what you'd say to get a girl to go out with you. I know, it sounds silly. The girls were playing jump rope and four square, but we were thinking about it.
I remember one kid telling us he saw the Bo Derek movie 10, and how she was topless. We couldn't believe it. He's the guy that had parents that let him do whatever he wanted. And for some reason, the kid that we went to advice on such things as girls.
He said that you're supposed to ask a girl what her sign was. Chris Mills, one of the guys I played basketball with, said "Like a stop sign?"
We were then explained how the Zodiac signs worked. And how women bought into that crap.
Of course, none of us ever approached a girl in elementary school and asked what their sign was. And when we were older, we realized what a lame line that actually was.
But I am surprised that more women seem to believe in that crap. I've had a few debates over the years with a woman that will say "You don't understand, I fit a Libra totally." I always say "Hey, Charles Manson is one of those signs...does he fit that category the same way your nice co-worker, who is the same sign as hm, does?"
Well, we all knew about the Zodiac killer (if you were too young to remember, then you have the recent film version). Now Zodiac signs have made it into the work place.
I saw a story about an insurance company in Austria that only hires employees for sales and management positions if they were born under the signs Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo.
London's Daily Mail reports that the company even placed advertisements in several major newspapers that read: "We are looking for people over 20 for part-time jobs in sales and management with the following star signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo." The firm has been hit with a wave of protests from equality groups that has led to an investigation by Austria's anti-discrimination authorities.
Allstate Insurance has figured out the financial personality of each Zodiac sign. But only one does it better than all the others, and the company hasn't veered from the plan, insisting that statistical research--not superstition--is driving this hiring decision.
What I think is insane is that one of their spokesman said that "almost all" of their best employees falls under one of those five star signs.
First, by saying "almost all" you lost your point right there. Second, they list five signs! Aren't there only 12? I'm not sure, and don't even care enough to Google it. But, it would be different if it were one or two signs, that statistics showed, did better in this field. Again, not sure I'd even buy that. But listing five of 12, is just insane.
Austrian authorities said that there is nothing illegal in hiring people based on their Zodiac sign, as it would be if they were discriminating based on gender, age or race.
The strangest thing about this article was that it didn't say what I was dying to know. If these idiots at the insurance company looked into the worst drivers or people they had to pay claims on. I mean, come on! If 90% of the money they lose is to some Pisces that can't drive, wouldn't they stop insuring them? Or, make them have some kind of Pisces fish, the way the Christians have a fish, on the back of their cars. That way, the rest of us can avoid them on the roads.
I remember in 5th grade, my friends and I talking about what you'd say to get a girl to go out with you. I know, it sounds silly. The girls were playing jump rope and four square, but we were thinking about it.
I remember one kid telling us he saw the Bo Derek movie 10, and how she was topless. We couldn't believe it. He's the guy that had parents that let him do whatever he wanted. And for some reason, the kid that we went to advice on such things as girls.
He said that you're supposed to ask a girl what her sign was. Chris Mills, one of the guys I played basketball with, said "Like a stop sign?"
We were then explained how the Zodiac signs worked. And how women bought into that crap.
Of course, none of us ever approached a girl in elementary school and asked what their sign was. And when we were older, we realized what a lame line that actually was.
But I am surprised that more women seem to believe in that crap. I've had a few debates over the years with a woman that will say "You don't understand, I fit a Libra totally." I always say "Hey, Charles Manson is one of those signs...does he fit that category the same way your nice co-worker, who is the same sign as hm, does?"
Well, we all knew about the Zodiac killer (if you were too young to remember, then you have the recent film version). Now Zodiac signs have made it into the work place.
I saw a story about an insurance company in Austria that only hires employees for sales and management positions if they were born under the signs Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo.
London's Daily Mail reports that the company even placed advertisements in several major newspapers that read: "We are looking for people over 20 for part-time jobs in sales and management with the following star signs: Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries and Leo." The firm has been hit with a wave of protests from equality groups that has led to an investigation by Austria's anti-discrimination authorities.
Allstate Insurance has figured out the financial personality of each Zodiac sign. But only one does it better than all the others, and the company hasn't veered from the plan, insisting that statistical research--not superstition--is driving this hiring decision.
What I think is insane is that one of their spokesman said that "almost all" of their best employees falls under one of those five star signs.
First, by saying "almost all" you lost your point right there. Second, they list five signs! Aren't there only 12? I'm not sure, and don't even care enough to Google it. But, it would be different if it were one or two signs, that statistics showed, did better in this field. Again, not sure I'd even buy that. But listing five of 12, is just insane.
Austrian authorities said that there is nothing illegal in hiring people based on their Zodiac sign, as it would be if they were discriminating based on gender, age or race.
The strangest thing about this article was that it didn't say what I was dying to know. If these idiots at the insurance company looked into the worst drivers or people they had to pay claims on. I mean, come on! If 90% of the money they lose is to some Pisces that can't drive, wouldn't they stop insuring them? Or, make them have some kind of Pisces fish, the way the Christians have a fish, on the back of their cars. That way, the rest of us can avoid them on the roads.