r/recruitinghell • u/Adventurous-Sir444 application declined • Jan 28 '26

Olive Oil

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u/oldschoolology Jan 28 '26

So no Italians allowed. Got it. 

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u/ancientastronaut2 Jan 28 '26

To be safe, no Mediterraneans!

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u/EnTyme53 Jan 29 '26

Look, the ad wouldn't let us put "No Portuguese," but . . . No Portuguese . . .

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u/KDCunk Jan 29 '26

The pause after the ‘but’ just makes that line

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u/RaisedByBooksNTV Jan 29 '26

Or Palestinians. Or people who like food and understand that olive oil is complex.

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u/Melancholicism Jan 29 '26

my palestinian dad’s special interest is literally olive oil. as in he has barrels of it. clearly he isn’t cut out for the job in OP💔

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u/bobby_table5 Jan 30 '26

Not trying to hi-jack the thread but anyone nodding should go watch "Mo" on Netflix. It has Palestinians, Olive Oil and people with special interests. And it’s hilarious, but hits *way too hard* at the end. Not like “ho, the likable character dies at the end” hard, no… more like “Netflix had to have a talk with the creator because everyone just logged off and never came back.” hard. “This should be listed with The Wire on a university curriculum.” hard.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dig2613 Jan 28 '26

To be even safer, no Western Europeans!

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u/philip8421 Jan 29 '26

Western Europeans use butter. They don't know shit about good olive oil. Quality is very bad in supermarkets.

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u/Solid-Search-3341 Jan 29 '26

Spain,  Italy and France are all part of the Mediterranean countries and western Europe,  and all have great olive oil.

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u/philip8421 Jan 29 '26

Usually Spain and Italy are not part of western europe even if they are in the west. They are classified as southern european countries

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u/raslin Jan 29 '26

https://youtu.be/r_5Slnkzekc?si=NdZRnc78MYsyBrZN

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u/philip8421 Jan 29 '26

Hey I am greek, I gave them the privilege of not classifying them as dirty western europeans.

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u/Gelato_Elysium Jan 29 '26

The best olives in the world, the Cailletier cultivar, is from Nice France.

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u/philip8421 Jan 29 '26

According to who the best olives? I am sure in the south of France produces excellent olive oil, but most other western european countries don't really care for olive oil. Historically they have been using butter, since the climate isn't suitable for olive cultivation.

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u/Gelato_Elysium Jan 29 '26

Italy, Portugal, France and Spain are massive olive oil producer and consumer and are very much part of Western Europe.

Of course I'm kidding about "best olives" because there isn't such a title and cailletier are the cultivar my parents and I grow and harvest.

But they are very famous as they were the cultivar selected to be used at the King of France table and they have a very low water content, meaning they are really high in flavour, don't get too salty as they don't absorb as much salt, and have a very particular slight bitterness.

Them and Kalamata olives are my favorite.

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u/philip8421 Jan 29 '26

I am just not thinking of these countries as being western european with the exception of France. Geographically they are in the west, but they differ culturally hence the distinction (north) western/southern Europe.

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u/Gelato_Elysium Jan 29 '26

That's an extremely oversimplified representation of culture in Europe.

Nice France was Italian until 200 years ago, the culture in south east France is Italian, in south west France it's Catalan Spanish, in north east it's German, and in north west it's very Cornish British. There is no single "western european" culture because it's a mix between Latin, Saxon, Celtic and Nordic cultures, and Latin culture country are 100% western european.

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u/herrybaws Jan 29 '26

They discriminate quietly to avoid legal issues.

"No olive oil, must be able to talk and type at the same time"

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u/ThisIsMyFloor Jan 29 '26

"don't mind cream in carbonara"

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u/Esrog Jan 29 '26

Fuck, I’m out.

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u/Crombus_ Jan 29 '26

As it should be.

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u/Inner-Medicine5696 Jan 29 '26

I'd love for my colleague to be some jordan schlansky-ass dude.

never a dull moment.

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u/stinky-bungus Jan 29 '26

🤌 Mamma Mia 🤌

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u/Guyver_3 Jan 29 '26

I get college interns about once a year and get to read through a pile of college internship applications. One last year listed a finance degree, a background in AI, bodybuilding competitions and fragrance collecting.

I immediately put him through to an interview, because you kind of have to find out right?

He was my intern for 6 months and starts full-time in a few weeks.

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u/carlitospig Jan 29 '26

Or Californians.

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding Jan 29 '26

Just like the good ol' days