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  Msg # 12678 of 12811 on ZZUK4448, Sunday 8-16-25, 7:55  
  From: ROLAND PERRY  
  To: ALL  
  Subj: Re: Being forced to lie on forms ?  
 From: roland@perry.uk 
  
 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. 
 -- 
 Roland Perry 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) 

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