A Job hunter says she was left humiliated after a potential employer described her as "chavvy" and probably "irritating" in an email mistakenly sent to her.
The email said applicant Paige Bond "would probably lift spirits in the packing room" but only if staff "can cope with having someone like her around".
Paige, 48, had applied for a box packing job with Dorset-based organic grocer Forest Whole Foods.
She said the person who wrote the email, believed to be a woman, judged her after looking at her brief CV and her Facebook page.
Paige, from New Milton, Hampshire, told the Sun: “I’m quite glamorous and yes I have big boobs but how can they judge me on that? The last thing I am is a chav.
“I brighten up my Facebook page, and I enjoy a selfie, but if I’m being judged on this, it’s disgusting. It’s humiliating and totally wrong.”
In addition to describing her as "chavvy" and probably "irritating", the email mentioned her pink fingernails and said: “She is probably worth interviewing if you think you can cope with having someone like her around.”
But the writer warned: “Delete this email in case you took her on and she found it.”
However it ended up in Paige's inbox as it was mistakenly sent to her.
She told MailOnline the email was "disgusting" and the woman believed to have authored it called and left an apology on her voicemail.
Paige said: "When she left the message she said that the guys would really love to meet me.
"I thought, 'I'm a strong woman, I will go for that interview'.
"I wanted to see that woman."
The unemployed divorcee wanted to see if the email would be mentioned during the interview at the grocer's headquarters in Christchurch.
She said she brought it up at the end and received an apology.
Paige said she did not meet the woman believed to have written the email.
Her CV mentioned a warehouse packing job she had last year and her background in promotions and sales.
She added: "It’s hard enough being unemployed but to get a kicking for trying to get work is not good enough.”
She said she wouldn't take the job if it was offered to her.
Paige claims the email was written by a woman named Josie.
Nutritional therapist Josie Bickle, 34, is listed as a director of Forest Whole Foods, along with her 37-year-old husband Kingsley, to whom the email was sent.
The couple co-founded the organic grocer, which was recently named best new business at a New Forest Business Partnership awards ceremony.
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