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by koolba 737 days ago
> Decades ago when I was a bartender, it was common practice for your "reference" to be a buddy who would pretend to be the manager at your last restaurant.

There’s a great clip of an Aussie radio show doing a prank like this. They call a random guy up and pretend that they have his number as a reference, and that he’s gonna get a call from some potential employer (who are considering g higher if the prankster). The random guy immediately agrees to say only great things about him and then the actual “reference call” is actually well done.

https://twistedsifter.com/videos/hamish-and-andy-random-job-...