Mad To Work Here

We've seem some strange tales of reasons for sacking people, but being sacked for being too ugly? As a nurse? Nurse Ratched tells the horrible tale of prejudice:

She said that the medical director called her into a meeting and informed her, in front of witnesses, that she is too old and ugly to work at their hospital. He explained it's about marketing, and that the hospital is updating its image. He said that only young, beautiful nurses would be allowed to work at the hospital. He also said that patients want beautiful nurses taking care of them, so she had to go. She was shown the door after thirty years of faithful service to the hospital.

Still, there was a silver lining to it all:

Fortunately, this nurse has options because the medical director was stupid enough to make his insulting statements in front of a room full of witnesses