Indian man Vijay Singh is able to type at a speed of 100 words per minute thanks to his 12 fingers. However, unable to find work in his home country, he decided to try his luck in the UK.
Vijay Singh, who has 12 fingers and toes due to a rare illness, says he cannot get a work permit in his home country because employers want attractive women as secretaries.
The man is currently planning to leave his home country and move to the UK in an attempt to find work after his "giftedness" was not appreciated at home. The man was refused more than 50 companies in which he tried to get a job.
A 48-year-old man from Agra in northern India said, "They want to see beautiful young women at their computers, not some guy with 12 fingers."
Suffering from polydactyly, an anatomical abnormality characterized by more than normal number of fingers or toes, Vijay Singh considers himself lucky. He has an extremely rare form of the disease, as his extra finger is fully functional. Most people with this condition have a small piece of soft tissue that can be removed, and sometimes the extra toe contains bones but not joints.
One of the reasons for these defects is familial polydactyly (heredity). The disease can occur both as an isolated malformation and as part of the syndromes of diseases of gene and chromosomal etiology. There are about 120 syndromes that include polydactyly.
A rare disease does not bring any inconvenience to a man who calls himself a "super-speed typist", except for difficulties in finding a job. Singh hopes that UK employers will appreciate him, according to British tabloid Mail Online.
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