Rejected postman lacked 'professional walking experience'

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Royal Mail yesterday denied discrimination after turning down a student for the role of holiday cover postman due to his lack of ‘professional walking experience’.

Mark Pye, studying for an MSc, was left fuming when a 19 year old working for Royal Mail’s recruitment partner told him his CV failed to demonstrated the necessary experience of ‘putting one foot in front of the other whilst holding a bag’.

‘I just wanted something to tide me over the summer before I start my second year,’ said Mr Pye. ‘The interviewer asked me whether I’d done any walking in the past, and I told her I was an avid hiker, and had completed the South Downs Trail only last month. How was I to know that recreational walking couldn’t be considered as relevant experience, unless it was walking up and down strangers’ front paths?’

A spokesperson for the recruitment agency said ‘While we cannot comment on individual cases, we had 398 applicants for this particular position and the standard of applicants was exceptionally high. Many of them had an NVQ in Professional Gait Studies, and some could cite occasions in previous roles when they’d walked through flowerbeds, called in sick when the weather was slightly too warm or too cold, or had to deconstruct successive governments’ policy on the universal postal service to unsuspecting strangers.’

The Royal Mail refused to confirm rumours that former cabinet minister Chris Huhne was among the unsuccessful candidates. ‘Although we can tell you that one applicant had recent experience of trying to get s**t off his shoes,’ concluded the spokesman.

[demon]

he still would not be able to walk as much as we do hiking is for wimps

[DGP1]

I'm surprised he didn't get offered a managerial postition

[clashcityrocker]

I want an NVQ in Professional Gait studies.

[Lincox]

I want an extra £1 an hour because I am a PROFESSIONAL WALKER. Now come on lads and lasses, no changing the L for an N

[Judgee]

All he had to do was say he was an asylum seeker and they'd have made him a manager!

[UnhappyGremlin]

So if any of us apply for another job, we can include on our CV that we are professional at walking?
What a load of s**t. None of us had 'experience' of this prior to our jobs as posties. Apart from walking every day since we were about 2.

And RM have a cheek to accuse anyone of not having sufficient experience to do anything, they continually employ graduates who have no life or work experience, certainly none in the postal industry, but they can still tell me when I'm doing my job wrong?

[DGP1]

You are all aware that this is NewsBiscuit

[UnhappyGremlin]

You are all aware that this is NewsBiscuit

Yes. It says so at the top. Don't know what it is though, don't visit the site.
I did assume it was a wind up, but this being RM, I wouldn't put anything past them.
I was told at one time my walking pace and ability would be tested if I didn't improve my performance.

[DGP1]

You are all aware that this is NewsBiscuit

Yes. It says so at the top. Don't know what it is though, don't visit the site.
I did assume it was a wind up, but this being RM, I wouldn't put anything past them.
I was told at one time my walking pace and ability would be tested if I didn't improve my performance.

[glenfiddich]

I want an extra £1 an hour because I am a PROFESSIONAL WALKER. Now come on lads and lasses, no changing the L for an N

professionan i dont get it

[clashcityrocker]

All he had to do was say he was an asylum seeker and they'd have made him a manager!

Who let the Daily Mail troll on to RMC?

Almost all asylum seekers are not allowed to work and are forced to rely on state support – this can be as little as £5 a day to live on.

But why let the facts get in the way of a pathetic racist rant?

[Judgee]

All he had to do was say he was an asylum seeker and they'd have made him a manager!

Who let the Daily Mail troll on to RMC?

Almost all asylum seekers are not allowed to work and are forced to rely on state support – this can be as little as £5 a day to live on.

But why let the facts get in the way of a pathetic racist rant?

Hardly think my comments make me a "Daily Mail troll" nor do I feel a one line comment makes it a rant. For rant please read over your own post which I'm sure qualifies under this category much better than mine!

As for a pathetic or racist? Well perhaps you need to get out a bit more if you get so offended at such a comment meant in jest?! Pathetic joke maybe but I doubt the NF will be knocking on my door begging me to lead them!

I'm sure if I said I love my country you'd call me a racist too wouldn't you?

[dvbuk55]

All he had to do was say he was an asylum seeker and they'd have made him a manager!

Who let the Daily Mail troll on to RMC?

Almost all asylum seekers are not allowed to work and are forced to rely on state support – this can be as little as £5 a day to live on.

But why let the facts get in the way of a pathetic racist rant?

Hardly think my comments make me a "Daily Mail troll" nor do I feel a one line comment makes it a rant. For rant please read over your own post which I'm sure qualifies under this category much better than mine!

As for a pathetic or racist? Well perhaps you need to get out a bit more if you get so offended at such a comment meant in jest?! Pathetic joke maybe but I doubt the NF will be knocking on my door begging me to lead them!

I'm sure if I said I love my country you'd call me a racist too wouldn't you?

Well I'd call you a patriot judgee despite what others may think

[DGP1]

All he had to do was say he was an asylum seeker and they'd have made him a manager!

Who let the Daily Mail troll on to RMC?

Almost all asylum seekers are not allowed to work and are forced to rely on state support – this can be as little as £5 a day to live on.

But why let the facts get in the way of a pathetic racist rant?

Hardly think my comments make me a "Daily Mail troll" nor do I feel a one line comment makes it a rant. For rant please read over your own post which I'm sure qualifies under this category much better than mine!

As for a pathetic or racist? Well perhaps you need to get out a bit more if you get so offended at such a comment meant in jest?! Pathetic joke maybe but I doubt the NF will be knocking on my door begging me to lead them!

I'm sure if I said I love my country you'd call me a racist too wouldn't you?

Well I'd call you a patriot judgee despite what others may think

Can I call him a missile