Carol forwarded something I'd missed earlier:

> "Fifo" > , if that's their real name, wrote:
>
>>Incidentally, about 15 years ago I was working in a recruiting\temp
>>agency that specialized in restaurant staff, mostly waiting staff. The
>>town was a major sea resort so demand during the season was quite high.
>>Next door and in the same building was this matchmaking\relationship
>>counseling office. So this guy turns up one morning and after some
>>greetings I sit him down and start asking him the usual questions. You
>>know, things like:
>>- How much experience do you need this person to have?
>>- What skills are important to you?
>>- Do you need to do a background check on the person?
>>- When do you need them to start?
>>So at one point he says something like "OK, these are all fine
>>questions but all I want is for her to be single, good looking and open
>>minded" At that point I had to say "Wow, buddy that's not legal not to
>>mention the ethical issues" So he goes "What do you mean?" and starts
>>insisting that he has the right to choose and have his criteria for the
>>choice. So I explain to him that that's true but that at the very least
>>the government requires that he does not discriminate based on
>>protected classes. He was quite amazed that the government got involved
>>in this and started flat out cursing the government for sticking their
>>noses into everything. So finally he says "You know this dating service
>>just sucks - I am better off jsut being single"


If it had been me, about the time I got asked, "When do you want them to
start?" I'd have replied, "As long as she can last all night long, she can
start anytime between 6 and 9 PM."

Just out of curiosity, what skills did he say WERE important to him?
Tantric Massage? Sword swallowing? ;-)

Bob