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Offline flowers

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Cab drivers subjected to BODY ODOR test at San Diego airport
« on: September 12, 2014, 06:22:06 pm »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2753091/San-Diego-cabbies-cry-foul-body-odor-test.html

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Body odor is among 52 criteria that officials at San Diego International Airport use to judge taxi drivers
Anyone who flunks the smell test is told to change before picking up another customer
Leaders of the United Taxi Workers of San Diego union say the litmus perpetuates a stereotype that predominantly foreign-born taxi drivers smell bad
A recent survey found that 94 percent of cabbies were immigrants and 65 percent were from East Africa
The airport authority says it is enforcing a policy of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System


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Re: Cab drivers subjected to BODY ODOR test at San Diego airport
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 06:43:39 pm »
Arabs don't believe in using deodorant so I can understand this odor test. I worked with one who was in sales with me he managed to sell to Arabs but not many regular Americans he really stunk and a suit and tie didn't help eliminate the smell.

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Re: Cab drivers subjected to BODY ODOR test at San Diego airport
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 06:46:11 pm »
I doubt if this rule is going to stand up for long.