stevie_b Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 A tourist attraction has advertised a (well-paid) vacancy for a witch: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8138665.stm. My favourite bits are in bold! A Job Centre is advertising a "witch" vacancy with tourist site Wookey Hole, in Somerset, for £50,000 a year. The witch, who has to live in the site's caves, is expected to teach witchcraft and magic. Wookey Hole staff say the role is straightforward: live in the cave, be a witch and do the things witches do. The advert for the post, placed in the local press as well as job centres, says applicants must be able to cackle and cannot be allergic to cats. The job has come up after the previous witch retired from the role. "We are witchless as the moment so need to get the role filled as soon as possible," said Daniel Medley from the tourist destination. "Wookey Hole wants the appointee to go about her everyday business as a hag[b/], so that people passing through the caves can get a sense of what the place was like in the Dark Ages. "This was when an old woman lived in the caves with some goats and a dog, causing a variety of social ills, including crop failures and disease." The £50,000-a-year salary is pro rata, and based on work done as needed, largely in the summer holidays, but also at Halloween and at Christmas. "Wookey Hole is advertising nationally and hopes to attract a strong field of candidates with the £50,000 serving as a major incentive," said the site. It said ambitious witches looking for a "key career move" should arrive dressed for work armed with any "essential witch accoutrements". Due to sexual discrimination law, the job cannot demand that the post is filled by a woman. Interviews, which will involve on-site assessment incorporating a range of standard tasks, will take place on 28 July at 1100, stipulates the advert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Come on girls!! There are a few of you on here....LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 quick get me 2 applications one for the wife and one for her mother ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 'Due to sexual discrimination law, the job cannot demand that the post is filled by a woman.' CV sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I might apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Come on girls!! There are a few of you on here....LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 £50k for living in a cave with cats and playing with a wand .... I'm already doing this as is describes my home life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 perfect job for Harriet Harman? Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Come on girls!! There are a few of you on here....LOL! Theres some on here that I would like to see in a sexy little witches outfit:eyebrows: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Theres some on here that I would like to see in a sexy little witches outfit:eyebrows: Leave poor Ray alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Leave poor Ray alone! I can't help it, he just has a lure about him:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden1989 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 i can be a bitch, not sure about a witch though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD-Rob Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 i can be a bitch, not sure about a witch though I didnt say a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Hmmm, sadly I don't have any contact details for my ex-wife, she would be the perfect fit for that role... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 'Due to sexual discrimination law, the job cannot demand that the post is filled by a woman.' CV sent. Why have you applied then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I once applied for a job as a jester, I was crap and didn't get past the first hurdle. I think is quite poor pay for a witch to sell out to the estabilshment and go commercial. I don,t think they will get any really hardcore witches, but if the do, I would like to fill her roll,and visit the wooky hole, and spend some money. My wand may be small but it is beautiful, and I'm sure I could snatch a few strokes of her black cat before I pull out of the cave, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike3.0 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Only down the road from me ! Might be up for that, I need a job asap : ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hmmm, sadly I don't have any contact details for my ex-wife, she would be the perfect fit for that role... I have her number mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I can't help it, he just has a lure about him:d I am neither 'cheese nor peasy' or is that 'cheap nor easy'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I showed the missus and suggested she'd fit the bill perfectly. She cursed me and put a hex on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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