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15-05-2021, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by carol ->
OMG - The way things are going.

It makes me want to weep!!!
Me too carol, I feel so frustrated and want to shout STOP THIS NONSENSE
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15-05-2021, 04:14 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

Originally Posted by carol ->
OMG - The way things are going.

It makes me want to weep!!!
I am sometimes driven to stamp my foot, hard, and make a loud hissing sound.
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15-05-2021, 04:40 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

We could always call those gender neutral people It.
Good morning ladies & gentlemen, girls & boys & any Its who are present.
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

Originally Posted by Harbal ->
I am sometimes driven to stamp my foot, hard, and make a loud hissing sound.
Whilst throwing a hissy fit
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15-05-2021, 04:45 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

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How about this for utter stupidity?

In yesterday's paper there was an article about a train passenger complaining because the conductor greeted everyone by saying a cheerful - " Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls."

So what is wrong with that, you may ask?

Apparently passenger Lawrence Coles, complained to the firm that . . . . "As a non-binary person, this announcement does not actually apply to me, so I'm won't listen."

This person was sitting with a friend when the greeting was issued, and the friend also said - "Both of us are non-binary, and we were alarmed and uncomfortable by the lack of inclusion."

Alarmed and uncomfortable???

The train company issued an apology to them!!
Would it have made any difference to that pair of prats - sorry, non-binary persons , if the conductor had said, " ... and other genders"?
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15-05-2021, 04:54 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

Originally Posted by Lion Queen ->
Whilst throwing a hissy fit
Ah, you've been there too, LQ.
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15-05-2021, 06:23 PM
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"As a non-binary person, this announcement does not actually apply to me, so I'm won't listen."

Got news for you nobody cares.
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15-05-2021, 06:28 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

Originally Posted by Mups ->
How about this for utter stupidity?

In yesterday's paper there was an article about a train passenger complaining because the conductor greeted everyone by saying a cheerful - " Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls."

So what is wrong with that, you may ask?

Apparently passenger Lawrence Coles, complained to the firm that . . . . "As a non-binary person, this announcement does not actually apply to me, so I'm won't listen."

This person was sitting with a friend when the greeting was issued, and the friend also said - "Both of us are non-binary, and we were alarmed and uncomfortable by the lack of inclusion."

Alarmed and uncomfortable???

The train company issued an apology to them!!
The world is run mad!
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15-05-2021, 06:37 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

Brought back to mind this clip from 2 years ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRs7G7uLGa8
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15-05-2021, 06:58 PM
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Re: Non-inclusive greeting offends

Originally Posted by galty ->
Brought back to mind this clip from 2 years ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRs7G7uLGa8
Imagine being amongst that lot.
 
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