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  Msg # 12676 of 12811 on ZZUK4448, Sunday 8-16-25, 7:55  
  From: JETHRO_UK  
  To: ROLAND PERRY  
  Subj: Re: Being forced to lie on forms ?  
 From: jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com 
  
 On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:21:18 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: 
  
 > In message <107q3b4$1d7qn$34@dont-email.me>, at 14:07:32 on Sat, 16 Aug 
 > 2025, Jethro_uk  remarked: 
 >>Recently registered with a job site. 
 >> 
 >>Thanks to it's "curated" approach, I am unable to enter the 
 >>establishment where I got my degree. 
 >> 
 >>It doesn't allow you to add to the list or provide space for "other". 
 >>The only way to proceed is to enter one of it's listed places. 
 >> 
 >>Assuming this outfit were to advance me to an employer who selects me 
 >>for consideration and potentially employment, and assuming I tell the 
 >>truth (if possible) when commencing employment, would there be any 
 >>issues ? 
 >> 
 >>Is there any general legal principle when very bad (or more often US) 
 >>design results in someone being required to lie to advance an automated 
 >>process ? Or is the strict legal answer that if you cannot answer the 
 >>question truthfully, you are excluded from the process ? 
 > 
 > In the past I've had the same sort of problem when filling in forms 
 > which ask for my occupation. There never seemed to be anything remotely 
 > close to what I was actually doing. For example, being an MP's 
 > researcher's researcher. Probably doesn't even have "MP's researcher". 
 > 
 > I've sometimes fallen back on "Computer programmer", although that's a 
 > bit of an oversimplification. 
  
 That could be open to interpretation though. Unlike "Where did you 
 graduate from ?" 
  
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