Friday 27 July 2007

nothing in "pride and prejudice"

is more true to life than the miss bingley sisters. nasty, spiteful, fashionable, and gossipy. were they around today they would, i'm sure, be working quite comfortably in human resources.

3 comments:

Little sausage said...

You're pissed off with HR too?

coffeesnob said...

no. just happen to think those bingley girls are beautifully drawn characters, and that they display those qualities which we find in hr people everywhere. there's something about hr which attracts unpleasant people. they remind me of that fellow claggart in "billy budd".

Ally said...

Hmmm...I wonder why HR attracts thsoe people? Is it because HR gives people access to a lot of personal information as well as a certain degree of power?

I worked at a firm with an HR director who wore black jeans to work yet went around trying to enforce the dress code amongst attorneys. It never made sense and seemed like some sort of weak power trip.