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(48,121 posts) Tue May 21, 2013, 01:09 PM May 2013

London woman Laura Fernee says she's 'too attractive' to work [View all]

London woman Laura Fernee says she's 'too attractive' to work

A LONDON woman says she has been unemployed for two years because her good looks caused "massive problems" in the workplace.

Laura Fernee, who has a science PhD, says her last job was at a medical research lab where she earned £30,000 a year ($47,000) from 2008 until 2011.

But Ms Fernee, 33, says she was left with no choice but to quit when comments from co-workers about her attractive physical appearance became too much.

"I'm not lazy and I'm no bimbo," Ms Fernee told The Daily Mail.

"The truth is my good looks have caused massive problems for me when it comes to employment, so I’ve made the decision that employment just isn’t for me at the moment. It's not my fault...I can’t help the way I look."

http://www.news.com.au/business/worklife/london-woman-laura-fernee-says-shes-too-attractive-to-work/story-e6frfm9r-1226647294922

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To me, it doesn't seem like her looks are the problem. Brickbat May 2013 #1

to me it seems, she's the problem. I don't buy what she's selling cali May 2013 #24

But sexual harassment is still pervasive in the science pnwmom May 2013 #28

Narcissist. Dash87 May 2013 #2

Me, too, but I have yet to convince my co-workers of that. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #3

Brings to mind the question... pinboy3niner May 2013 #9

I'm too sexy for this lab, too sexy to drive a cab geek tragedy May 2013 #4

Damn it! HappyMe May 2013 #11

Brilliant! eissa May 2013 #16

She's a jerk, but women in science and engineering still face a great deal pnwmom May 2013 #31

I certainly have no doubt eissa May 2013 #37

More like too stuck on herself to work. MineralMan May 2013 #5

It's why I work from home TlalocW May 2013 #6

Your overwhelming beauty is even oozing through the Intertubes and onto The DU. Arugula Latte May 2013 #19

And here I thought it was because you smelled like rotting cabbage. Ikonoklast May 2013 #23

My god, those are beautiful characters you typed. Marr May 2013 #35

Sally Brown (Charlie's little sister) Mopar151 May 2013 #7

That's Frieda TlalocW May 2013 #33

Try modeling treestar May 2013 #8

If she really wanted to work... KansDem May 2013 #10

rofl, funny and poignant loli phabay May 2013 #22

LOL! +1 Buzz Clik May 2013 #29

The video clip in the article BainsBane May 2013 #12

Why am I not surprised? Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #17

Interesting, isn't it? BainsBane May 2013 #18

Makes sense. They don't want to admit that sexual harassment is real, pnwmom May 2013 #32

It sounded like something from Daily Mail siligut May 2013 #36

It's a way to trivialize it BainsBane May 2013 #40

Playing the odds that most people won't watch the video siligut May 2013 #42

Would "suck it up" be inappropriate here? BeyondGeography May 2013 #13

Goodluck with that crap! Rex May 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE May 2013 #15

Yet she has tons of makeup on ala Kim Kardashian R B Garr May 2013 #20

too bad the article did not have a picture of an attractive woman to prove its point nt msongs May 2013 #21

She's delusional. She's average at best. n/t EC May 2013 #25

Meh. That ain't the problem. Buzz Clik May 2013 #26

She ain't all that and a bag of fish'n'chips Cirque du So-What May 2013 #27

Her claim does seem vain, but if she has been sexually harassed at work places, ZombieHorde May 2013 #30

She is fortunate to have that choice. Raine1967 May 2013 #41

Maybe she needs to exploit her looks in modeling, acting or getting married Cleita May 2013 #34

And she's modest too! n/t Lurks Often May 2013 #38

I have the opposite problem at work. n.t npk May 2013 #39

Damn I've wasted all my life working malaise May 2013 #43

'don't hate me because I'm beautiful..' Phillip McCleod May 2013 #44

I wonder what sexual harrassment laws are like in the UK? NewJeffCT May 2013 #45

Put your hair up and wear glasses. Courtesy Flush May 2013 #46

I understand how she feels, beauty is my burden too. Beacool May 2013 #47

She's better than average attractive but she's no knockout. hobbit709 May 2013 #48

Whole lotta THIS guy in this thread: Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #49