The location is Winnipeg Canada. I think I know what happened. There are hardly any jobs out there and even fewer good jobs. . .
In fact, Canada doesn't pay it's developers well at all, (I assume this lady was applying as a coder and not as delivery girl) it's so bad that many end up going South to get better jobs. I know one computer science major in Toronto who quit the field altogether and is working in a warehouse because the 16 dollars an hour he makes there is more than he could make coding. And Toronto is one of the better cities for tech in Canada. Those is Silocon Valley are lucky enough to be outraged but in Canada this is the norm unfortunately, especially in Winnipeg which is one of our poorer cities with high unemployment.