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To: Ilaine who wrote (160638)	3/13/2006 11:41:58 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793822

I hope that isn't the case...Here in Seattle, we are pretty used to all nationalities of people, particularly from the Far East, and most everyone is OK with whatever background the people have, as long as they are people you want to be associated with. When I was recruiting, I never had any problem with placing anyone in a company because of the color of anyone's skin. BUT the thing was talent, and Attitude! If someone had a bad attitude, nothing else mattered. They didn't get hired. One more thing is REALLY important.....People must know English in nearly all companies. And be able to speak it fairly well. The teachers who are saying that doesn't matter, don't know what they are talking about. It does matter.....a lot.

To: Ilaine who wrote (160638)	3/14/2006 11:28:12 AM
From: the_wheel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793822

You're right about that they treat everybody the same. I hope KLP gets used to it, I know I am used to it. I just remove my shoes always and submit to whatever the TSA wants to do, luckily I haven't had a cavity search yet, that could get messy. It does kind of bother me though when they are pushing around the old folks. It is uncomfortable to watch them order 80 yr old folks to "Spread 'em" after they take away their walkers while their spouses are yelling about how they can't stand up without help, or have some other medical problem. Sometimes alzheimer's is coming on and they have difficulty following orders. Still, if you're in the humiliation business, the old and invalid are prime targets. Remember when they used to randomly select one person from each flight to search before boarding. I do, the first flight after 911 I took there were four legs and four single beautiful blond white women were searched. One seemed ditsy and flustered. I walked up to her afterwards and told her she was picked because she was the prettiest. I also had a gay friend who got a job at the airport after 911, I know he liked his job, I would ask him about how it is now, but he got fired after the drug test.