Somebody has placed the following advertisement on the jobs wanted section of That’s Beijing’s website, together with the image reproduced here:
Frau Rebecca,
I am a 117 year old German expat who is looking for a teaching job in das Chaoyang District. Preferably in ein Kindergarten. I have international experience from my previous job where I had the chance to go from London to Moscow. Im a people person and have taken over my fair share. I prefer speaking the language of the Fatherland but I am also fluent in Austrian and Swiss. If I sound like somebody you might want, i DEMAND you hire me. Oh ja, I have been responsible for the deaths of millions of people over the years, but I am white which is basically all you care about anyways.
Danke,
Adolf Hitler
Strange no? Until you see the ad from Frau Rebecca to which Hitler was responding:
Friday morning job in near Chaoyang park (April 6/06)
Friday 9:00-2:00pm
Teaching university students business English
Requirement:
NO ASIAN PEOPLE, NO LATIN PEOPLE, NO FRENCH PEOPLE, NO SPANISH PEOPLE, NO ARABIC PEOPLE (NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS ONLY)
NO BLACK PEOPLE
NO AUSTRALIANS (BAD ACCENT)
IF YOU ARE BRITISH PLEASE has GOOD TEETH
AMERICANS PLEASE BE TALL AND PRETTY
WE PREFER BLOND HAIR BLUE EYES
AT LEAST 1.7 meters
NO FAT PEOPLE PLEASE
THIS SCHOOL IS LOOKING TO HIRE THE BEST
(BRITISH and AMERICANS ONLY)…
Please contact Rebecca via message if you are interested in this position.
UPDATE: The plot grows thicker: it seems the first job ad was a hoax — this email was forwarded to Danwei by That’s Beijing:
My name is Rebecca. Yesterday there is a person used my name and my company’s LOGO and sent a fake ad. which is as below. It is not true. I hope you can put it down and lock this person’s ID. Or else he or she may be still send some fake ad which will make my reputation down. Thank for very much.
- That’s Beijing: Hitler’s ad
- That’s Beijing: Bigot’s ad