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Why you should never swear at strangers on the train
The Telegraph (London)
By Camilla Turner

20 Feb 2015

> A commuter who launched a foul-mouthed tirade at a fellow passenger
> he bumped into on a crowded train faced him again just hours later –
> at a job interview.
>
> The man told his future interviewer to “go f*** yourself” as they
> both got off a train at Monument station during rush hour on Monday
> morning.
>
> Later that day, they were reunited but in a much more formal setting,
> with HR executive Matt Buckland interviewing the angry commuter he
> had met on the District line that morning.
>
> "At Monument station, I stood to one side to let someone else off the
> train first and I think he thought I was just standing in his way,”
> Mr. Buckland, head of recruitment for investment firm Forward
> Partners, told BuzzFeed.
>
> "He pushed and I turned, I explained I was getting off too but he
> pushed past and then looked back and suggested I might like to f***
> myself."
>
> During the interview, Mr Buckland said that the job seeker did not
> recognise him, but a few questions about how his journey to work had
> been that morning jolted his memory.
>
> “I asked him how he got to the interview, how was his morning
> commute," he said. "We were on the train in the morning but the
> interview was at 5.30pm that evening.”
>
> Mr Buckland explained that the man, who had applied for a web
> development role at his company, was not offered the job, adding that
> this was nothing to do with the incident that morning...

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Yes,this made the news down here in Aust last night. Karma indeed.
Regards,DK

"Be careful of the words you say
and keep them soft and sweet.
You never know from day to day,
which ones you'll have to eat."

That is hilarious! I have often thought that job interviews for the top three candidates should include going for a drive with him or her - so many people turn into idiots when they get behind the wheel...

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Kind of like the Disney Goofy driver's ed cartoon where he transforms from Mr. Walker to Mr. Wheeler!

Mike Massee
Tehachapi, CA
Photography, Railroading and more..

I heard a similar story on the radio here in the UK this morning. It concerned one car cutting up (off) another one and was told in the first person by the driver who was the interviewee and the one who did the cutting up.

With two similar stories on the same day you have to wonder whther either is actually true. I've had enough coincidences in my life to accept that somewhere there is a truth but I can't help wondering which in this case.

Even if the stories are not true, I sure do wish they were.

And I am sure to believe that the offensive words 'HAD NOTHING TO DO' with not hiring the guy . . . What were those other huge lies around the world? 1. The check is in the mail. 2. I will respect you in the morning, I promise. 3. Oh yeah, that lie too.