The punters in Cambridge must be beautiful

Some student was told yesterday that he wasn't attractive enough to punt on the river Cam.

Ben Cronin, a 20-year-old Anglia Ruskin University student, told a local Cambridge newspaper that a punting sales rep. made the personal attack on his appearance after he made inquiries about job openings.

Mr Cronin said: "I was with a group of university friends when two of us decided to enquire after punting jobs for next season.

"A friend and I approached a sales guy standing on the bridge and I asked about jobs.

"He looked at us and replied in a bolshie manner, saying ‘sorry mate you have to be good-looking to do this job’."

Mr Cronin described him as being tall, brunette, and “built for the female population”.