I heard this one recently and it is a reminder that this is not Sydney, Auckland, Dubbo, Bluff nor Beirut.<\/p>\n
But an acquaintance related a neat true story about attempting to hire locals for manual labouring type jobs.\u00a0 The lads roll up with machetes in hand for the interview.\u00a0 When challenged that this might be a little on the intimidating side (at last the interviewer is intimidated !), the lads claim that this is the local way to assert oneself at the job interview.<\/p>\n
Similarly, it is not uncommon for a group of the lads to hover about making it abundantly clear that if you don’t employ someone from “our” village, we will burn your building down.<\/p>\n
I must try the machete tactic once before I retire.\u00a0 Could only be once !!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I heard this one recently and it is a reminder that this is not Sydney, Auckland, Dubbo, Bluff nor Beirut. But an acquaintance related a neat true story about attempting to hire locals for manual labouring type jobs.\u00a0 The lads … Continue reading