Guru

Guru occasionally gets into trouble for crossing the fine line between his particular brand of satire/humour and taste/decency. Sections of the human resources profession are renowned for their political correctness, and occasionally take umbrage at Guru's unreconstructed opinions.

One recent column in Personnel Today attracted the complaint that Guru was being unfair to "hoodies who smoke weak drugs on street corners" after reporting that one applied for work experience (well, it's a start) with the legendary covering letter:

i just wabt to now if icould come and do my placment there with u im doing an nvq and need a placement to do it i will bethere for bout 13mounths i will be in 3days a week and on study days for 2 days im doing it with [organisation name withheld] plz can u get back to me asap thanks

Apparently, people (especially HR professionals) should not mock unejukated ASBO (antisocial behaviour order) teenagers in hoodies, but show them understanding and empathy. It all reminds Guru of David Cameron's ill-judged "hug a hoodie campaign".

To show that Guru is not cowed by these soft-liberal complainants, here's another unpunctuated beauty from a recent job application (for which, thanks to Disciple Peter):

I left llanederyn high school last summer because i was being bullied there for i did perminent work experience in three different locations one of wich were red ballon day care nursery as a nursery nurse assistant.I have been police checked for that and it is clear he other two were hairdressers wich were Errol willy and Ocean.

Not all hoodies are thick, however. And Guru has previously acknowledged the crucial role they have had to play in society from the dawn of time. After all, they are surely the recycling kings, what with their um... tendency to redistribute wealth (usually in the direction of their own pockets). And some even have a role in creating jobs for the needy.