Amanda Brunker has revealed that she’s been asked what famous people she’s slept with in job interviews.
The former Miss Ireland made the comments after the Work Relations Commission determined that Minister John Halligan discriminated against a female civil servant under the Employment Equality Act when he asked her if she is married or has children.
Speaking about the decision, the former model admitted that she’s been asked a lot worse in job interviews.
Writing in her weekly column for the Sunday World, Amanda wrote, “Seriously, people, is this really a sackable offence? I’ve been asked my dress size, my bra size, and what famous people I’ve slept with – and that was just to get a job working in a restaurant.”
“I was told ‘only single, sexy people get to work here’ and that having a boyfriend was ‘not ideal’.
“I’ve been grabbed, groped, ogled, admired and those are probably just the better interviews. Please, let’s not start drawing up court papers every time a person gets tactile.”
“Call me cynical, or maybe I’m just annoyed I never got any sympathy for my dodgy interview experiences, but since when did asking someone their marital status become taboo?
“It’s not as if he asked her if she was planning on having any more kids and when? So chill out people.”
“I do know I’ve been humiliated, ridiculed, and embarrassed by people I was trying to impress to get a job.”
“Maybe I’ve been living in some alternative universe and I’m the only one who has been subjected to ludicrous interview questions and maybe being asked if you have a family is a horrendous violation of privacy, but surely in 2017 it’s okay for married women to work, no?”
“Indeed, looking back there was a time when if a man only commented on how nice my boobs were, I would have thought that was a good interview,” she added.
