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January 27, 2010

Disciple Patrick insists he spotted the following in South African newspaper The Cape Times

"I have promised to keep his identity confidential,' said Jack Maxim, a spokeswoman for the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg, "but I can confirm that he is no longer in our employment.

We asked him to clean the lifts and he spent four days on the job. When I asked him why, he replied: 'Well, there are forty of them, two on each floor, and sometimes some of them aren't there'.

Eventually, we realised that he thought each floor had a different lift, and he'd cleaned the same two twelve times. "We had to let him go. It seemed best all round. I understand he is now working for [xxxx]."

If it's true, Guru can only say "hats off" to the recruitment industry in South Africa.

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Posted for your edification by Guru on January 27, 2010 12:15 PM |

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