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Newquay Wed 12-Feb-20 12:58:34

I’ve very gently tried eg lent her Chris Packham’s book to provoke conversation. She said she’d been bullied at school. She can be quite obstinate and “digs her heels in” too. Oh well, I’ll just keep on “keeping on”!

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Baggs Wed 12-Feb-20 11:49:22

Sounds as if she's applying for the wrong kind of job.

You say no-one's pointed out the problem to her. Could you?

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Newquay Wed 12-Feb-20 11:22:44

I have a friend in her fifties, intelligent, well spoken, but the minute she starts to speak you know something “isn’t quite right”. She has no family in this country.
She holds down temporary bank work. Can’t seem to get full time work.
She keeps going to interviews all over the country. When she’s told she hasn’t got the job she rings for feedback and they always say she interviewed well but lacks experience ( which she knows she does in posts she’s applying for). So therefore thinks she will get a post-and, trust me, she’s most unsuitable.
Sigh! I say “enjoy your day out”. She’s so unrealistic.
So sad that noone’s ever pointed it out to her so she can make allowances but she genuinely thinks it’s everyone else!

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