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Skriven 2010-11-22 12:32:00 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Salt
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Hello Robert,

On Friday November 19 2010 12:39, you wrote to mark lewis:

 ml>> him that that was exactly the process... why? because he didn't
 ml>> test it first to see if it needed modifying and that was a huge
 ml>> nono in the nuclear business...

 ml>> things that make you go "hummm" ;)

 RB> No, if anything they make you wonder about the intelligence of such
 RB> people. My feeling would also be that if someone starts to pour salt
 RB> and pepper over his food without even tasting it, he's got a big
 RB> problem that I don't want in the company.

While I agree that it is not a good idea to add salt without tasting first, I
dismiss this story as urban legend.

I have worked in the nuclear business myself. In nuclear medicine to be
precise. I was qualified to handle nuclear material in solid, liquid and
gaseous form and I have never been subjected to such a silly test. Nor have I
heard of collegues undergoing susch a test. I have never been invited to dinner
during selection either.

If anything the interviewer made the same error. He neglected to ask the
candidate WHY he did not taste first. I can think of several ligitemate reasons
for not doing so. Plus that there is a diffenence in operational mode between
eating in a restaurant and working in the hot room of the lab or the radiation
treatment room of a hospital. In the latter you make no assumptions. But
totally going without assumptions is not doable in daily life. yes maybe the
cook has gone bunkers and poisoned the food. But nobody employs food testers
these day.

I say: Urban Legend.



Cheers, Michiel

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