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Originally Posted by Gary L
I don't accept that. why would somebody else find it offensive?
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I was speaking generally, rather than about this specific case. Personally I wouldn't have found a remark like that to be at all offensive. Nevertheless it's not something I would say to somebody (even somebody I knew well) at work because I can kind of see how somebody overhearing may take it the wrong way or be offended.
If I was the manager responsible for dealing with it then I most definitely wouldn't have suspended anyone and if this man felt he was under any risk of losing his job over it then I can hardly think how they could have handled the situation worse. I think I'd probably just have had a quiet word and asked them to be mindful of who else may overhear things they're saying in jest.
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Originally Posted by Gary L
9 times out of 10 I'd say it's because they've been told to by the hysteria.
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As I said earlier I agree people seem to be getting more thin-skinned over the past few years. The only hysteria I've seen tends to come from sources like the Daily Mail though.
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Originally Posted by Gary L
A little girl today likes to tell tales. always telling her mother 'Gary' said this 'Gary' did that. she thinks it pleases her mother to be told these tales. and I expect she feels good for it.
but I don't go running to her mother everytime she does or says something. If I did we'd argue with each other more than we do already  |
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Originally Posted by Gary L
Does that include the one about seeing 2 fit ladies on the way into work. or just the 2 fat ones?
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Pardon?