employers tell you that she always shows up for work on time, never cheats or steals, never uses company time for personal chores. Vanessa’s previous employers tell you that Vanessa often shows up an hour or two late for work, she has stolen office property and then lied about it, and she often visits Instagram on a company computer when she is supposed to be working. Would you say, “I’m sure Vanessa has gotten rid of all her bad impulses, so now is the time to hire her”? Would you say, “I won’t hire Sonya because she is so repressed, odds are good that she is going to ‘rebound’ sometime
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