Job of the day

Saw these requirements yesterday for a job in Europe:

• Sunny disposition
• Asian background would be helpful

Now, the advert didn't ask for Asian languages. So this is a discriminatory and, I would reckon, illegal advert. Although I have an Asian background, there's no way I'd apply. I hate prejudice and discrimination more than I hate the French.

Co-incidentally I read yesterday an article on the BBC news web site about a Briton who had to totally Anglicise his name in order to get another job. It's probably not something I would do (my surname is Asian) for a couple of reasons: I'd get totally confused and I don't feel it's right to do. In my view my funny foreign surname is not English, not least because I am.

However, if I ever suffer another bout of long term unemployment then I might give it a go.

Oh, and going back to the job advert, I wouldn't apply for a job with such a daft requirement as "sunny disposition".