Garage seeks lazy slob to run office

To show there are two sides to every coin, have a read of this genuine job advertisement from a South Cambridgeshire newspaper, which Disciple Paul sent in. Guru phoned the number to find out what was what, and lo and behold, he spoke with the ‘rude, lazy, disorganised slob’ who got the job, which turned out to be the role of receptionist.

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While neither Dan nor Pete were available for comment, the ‘slob’ said that the ad was designed to attract someone with a sense of humour – but who definitely didn’t fit the bill.

Quite how this was supposed to work is beyond Guru. It’s difficult enough to get good staff when you ask for them, let alone when you ask for the Anti-Christ.