Imagine a prospective employee skips his job interview. Then he sues your company because he couldn’t find his way to the office.

That’s what managers at the Spotless Commercial Cleaning company in Glasgow had to deal with. After scheduling an interview with Darren Mirren, the 16-year-old son of another employee, the teenager failed to turn up. When they hadn’t heard from him, hiring managers contacted Mirren, who explained he didn’t know how to get to the office from his house.

The company gave Mirren detailed instructions and offered him another interview, but Mirren turned it down. He then brought a discrimination suit against Spotless, claiming he wasn’t given the job because of his age. Regardless of the fact that he failed to come in for two interview requests, Mirren still claimed he was in the right.

“It wasn’t my fault. I was unable to get there because they didn’t give me any directions. I felt it was discrimination because of my age,” said Mirren.

Thankfully, a court tribunal ruled in favor of the company, saying the teenager wasn’t offered a job because he never interviewed. A spokesperson for the company noted a 16-year-old usually wouldn’t have been considered for the position, but that his mother would have been able to supervise him on the job.

The spokesperson also said the company was amazed the case made it as far as it did: “We didn’t even meet him. He didn’t turn up for two interview requests and it ended up at a tribunal.”

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Tags: Age discrimination, Hiring, Job interviews, Lawsuit, Tribunal