Asking Age At Work
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- animatedgif0
Getting pushed around by a 23 year old?
LOL!
- Akiraprise0
Maybe he was just making conversation and didn't mean it to be offensive, either way you could just say you'd rather not say than get some legal jargon to throw down at him.
If I asked someone their age and they replied with "it's illegal to ask my age in an interview", I'd think you were a dumbass and never speak to you again, so maybe it works?
- akrok0
still, they are not suppose to ask that. so, you really don't need to give them a honest answer.
this has nothing to do with being sensitive. i had one asshole who keep asking me that shit. i told him, you're not suppose to ask me that. he said, really? no, tell me.
oh, and he was older then me. well he looked. i don't know. i didn't ask him.
- akrok0
or say. between 18 and 81. next question.
- akrok0
joke around it. tell them you're at least 100. i stop counted at that point.
- meffid0
^ Life comparison type thing.
He wants to fuck you, or be like you, or both.
Be flattered either way.
- bulletfactory0
Maybe this person sees you, and your role and would like to do that. Maybe they're hoping to find out how long they have until having a position like yours feasible. An honest question. Maybe you're too fucking sensitive.
A freelancer I hired asked me the other day, with exactly this in mind.
- meffid0
^ yeah good one, call the cops and get someone arrested for "asking my age"
- SteveZissou0
team_zissou would know what to do
- meffid0
Ask him WHY he wants to know random shit...
OR, are you just a bitter old unmarried jerk who doesn't like little cunts?
- sothere0
just add 10 years he'll think you look amazing for your age.
- SteveZissou0
Damn, I'm fucked...I ask people all kinds of personal shit when I'm freelancing.
- registe0
caring about being asked one's age (a factual and undeniable bit of information) is a whiny first world problem, usually reserved for bitchy white women. so, welcome to their wine soaked, cigarette smelling, and soap drama driven club
- kona0
asking age during an interview is illegal
a temp asking your age while working with you is legal, but lacks tact
- chuparosa0
I have run into this problem as well. To get around the law, people will often ask what year I graduated from college (I have omitted that from my resume). I dread the age questioning..........
- vaxorcist0
bring a Darth Vader mask and say "I'm Old Enough to Be Your Father" in the right voice....