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[kimihope]

 My brother applied for a job as a security guard at some prison out in Phoenix.  The kid is getting desperate for a decent job and is applying everywhere.  I actually feel bad for him.  He got a job working third shift at the ice rink and he's not too happy with that.  So he's been applying to other places.  Anyways, he had a couple interviews for

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[neurotic_jen]

How is that possible? That should have been like a test question to test the accuracy of the lie detecting... not a job determinant... wtf?

[wordmistress]

That is amazing! I'm sure he could take some kind of legal action for that. He answered the question right...unless I slept through October!

[fullyloadedyugo]

My thought would be that they're worried if it gives a false positive on that, how can they trust it. Not that it justifies not giving him the job, that's crazy.

I'm not up to date, but as I recall lie detectors simply detect different symptoms of lying (sweaty palms, increased heart rate, etc) but that can be brought on by the stress of the test itself... They're weird fo' sho'.

[scintillated]

Wow, that is messed up as hell. WTF???