Airport Security ???? (Vanity)

06/19/02 | Myself

[1tin_soldier]

A bad credit rating is NOT a sign of an irresponsible person.

Maybe not always, but take it from a landlord it can be.

[clamper1797]

Granted ... a history of burning landlords might be a good reason, but you have to look at the big picture. Problem is that most only see the credit and catagorically disqualify the applicant. For property maybe the credit report has some or even a lot of wieght BUT for employment where the credit report has NO significance to the position.... that is an entirely different story.

[clamper1797]

wieght = weight ... can't spell with all these drugs in me

[1tin_soldier]

Granted a company can "try" to do what they want BUT it is the right of ANY prospective liberty loving job candidate to tell them ... to cram it. Which is exactly what I did.

Right on. I'm with you. But to then speak of this potential employer as being out of line for trying. Look, have you noticed that certain retail stores you enter have that big sign about drug screening all applicants. Have you noticed also that the average IQ of the staff in that store seems lower than other similar stores? Not to say that people who do drugs are smarter, just that the store now has a significantly smaller pool of prospective employees. I know of a restaurant that was randomly testing three employees every weekend. Every monday for five weeks there would be three less employees. The policy was changed after five weeks. They'd have literally gone out of business had they continued the policy. Don't think for a minute that policies such aas these don't come with costs for all companies.

Cram it? How about a polite no thank you?

[clamper1797]

Unfortunately statists ... like I believe these company officers are ... don't get it if you are "polite"

[clamper1797]

Good night BTW the heroin and cocaine have kicked in and I'm turning in ...

[1tin_soldier]

If accurate (and I concede they often aren't) I do think a credit report has bearing, even on potential employment. I view it as a measure of approximately how much this person values the contracts he makes with his fellow man; an important consideration when making a contract of employment with someone.

Now I realize mistakes are made, inaccuracies exist and people change. I would never deny an application due only to a TRW report without asking about it and offering a chance to explain.

[1tin_soldier]

b well, friend.