There are many reasons, sometimes legitimate ones, that can cause you to be not be chosen for a job. Commonly, people are unfairly discriminated on for being gay, lesbian or for having a specific skin color, but when has anyone ever been judged on their World of Warcraft faction?
A recent thread located on the Official World of Warcraft Forums told a story about what a player went through at their recent job interview. The job in question was a pretty important position at a local television stated located in Chicago. It seemed like a reputable place to the player, and all was going well according to the interviewee.
As the interview carried on, the player, known as "Urge," was asked what they enjoyed doing in their spare time. Of course, to this question this Urge responded by saying she played World of Warcraft. It turned out that the interviewer was also a big fan of World of Warcraft, and like any fan, asked which race Urge played on.
Excited now, the the player told her interviewer that she played a level 80 Blood Elf Priest. Unfortunately, it seemed as though this was the wrong answer because he replied, "Well I play Alliance" and almost immediately the interview was cut short, leaving Urge to ponder.
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Its not unheard of. It's an old hoax actually. I can't link a URL here, but it's pretty Google-able.
Quit using dupe accounts to heat up your articles. sumo311 is your dupe account.
why would you tell a guy thats interviewing you for a job that you play WoW...WoW is like the number one reason people drop out of school or quit their job
that would really suck if that actually happened lol.
No one wants a loser working at a TV station
ProTip: When asked what you like to do in your spare time at your job, these are the acceptable answers: Smoke crack, smack bitches up, and gay rape horde players.
I think Lou Grant wouldn't have have cut the interview short.
Wow, thats truly incredible.
RT
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That's what she gets for playing Horde. F the Horde.
how about you run the spell checker before you post an article.
what game is wow i dont know what u guys are talking about?
wow forums are full of BS like this, come on...
WOW this game sux! lol
More like, you play wow, cool but we are not hiring wow addicts today.
Television STATION. How have they not laid you off yet? You don't even check your sources, did this even happen?
I am the original poster of this thread on the WoW forums and I will say for the 100th time, this story is totally true. It happened to me and I would not make it up. You can look me up I am "Urge" from Fizzcrank. My YouTube page is www.youtube.com/ReallyRick. I am currently in Louisville covering "Thunder" and I do live in Chicago.
This story is true...I am a guildmate of Urge.
Me orc Greenskin! Me Call ACLU and scream Racism! Discrimination against orc is still discrimination! Oh...he blood elf...who cares
The orc is right! You were discriminated against because of your race! Call the ACLU and tell them what happened and file a lawsuit. They denied you a job based on your race, sue them for millions! There can be only one!
sounds like something out of the book 'Halting States' by Charles Stross. A great book about a Band of Horde Orcs that rob a virtual bank of stored magical items and the pursuit.
And I always thought the silly season starts some months later o_O ... Maybe not :/
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