# Prospective hire in conservative business once worked in porn. Reason not to hire?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 22, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-hire-in-conservative-business-once-worked-in-porn-reason-not-to-hire/537024 "2010-04-22T19:59:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-hire-in-conservative-business-once-worked-in-porn-reason-not-to-hire/537024/61 "2010-04-26T22:52:43Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Denying’s up to her, of course. But I wonder – how wise would it be of Debbie to even ask about a porn past in a follow-up interview? Certainly, if I were actually in this situation, I would think twice about it.

Oh no. I never mention the porn. I want documented knowledge of the porn, as the situation is too perfect as it is. At this point, I can deny everything, except for Brad showing us her clip after the initial interview: “Brad showed us some disgusting video of some woman that he said looked like the interviewee. I didn’t look at it beyond confirming that it was a woman, and it was gross, and that the situation was totally inappropriate for a professional office. I probably should have reported Brad for porn on the office system right then, but I was squicked out and just told him to knock it off. I had never realized what a creep he was before this point, and I never thought for a moment that he was serious.”

At some point, he’ll say something, to her about how he’s sure she’s a porn star, and then _poof_ he’s gone. Actually, why don’t we just turn him over to HR now, on the grounds that he’s surfing porn after interviews?

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**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-hire-in-conservative-business-once-worked-in-porn-reason-not-to-hire/537024/62 "2010-04-26T22:53:19Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> The punch to the crotch is metaphorical, dude(ette).

Well, that’s no fun.

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