OMFG - Workplace Harassment Training...

[Dalek Dave]

Flipside, someone offers their hand for a shake, I refuse, is that offensive? So therefore it is offensive to both touch and not touch? What we need to do is kill the pc brigade and go back to people being grown up. I demand the right to be offensive!

------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

[Dalek Dave]

Eh yup. Thar Phannon as become yon southern bastard! :laugh:

------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

[R Giskard Reventlov]

Shake someone's hand? But you don't know where it's been... :laugh:

me, me, me

[Brady Kelly]

James R. Twine wrote:

OK... Is there a way to mimic an accent in a non-derogatory manner?

Yes, in a humorous way.

[Dalek Dave]

Conversely, they don't know the things I do with mine! :-D

------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

[R Giskard Reventlov]

It's all complete bollocks: people are not easily offended: they're easily driven to a lawsuit.

me, me, me

[Tim Carmichael]

Well, since you opened the door and invited comments, here are mine. You are paid to work, not tell jokes that may offend people. What you find mild and humourous may very well be offensive to other people. If you don't like the environment - leave. Tim

[phannon86]

Can't find a good chippy down 'ere, <peterKay>Has thy nowt moist?!</peterKay>

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

[BadKarma]

To see where the PC train is taking us, you might want to read an essay by Douglas Hofstadter A Person Paper on Purity in Language [^].

Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

[Dalek Dave]

I presume you mean Food, not Carpenter! :)

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[James R Twine]

Tim Carmichael wrote:

If you don't like the environment - leave.

Exactly!  Do not complain, or bring suit.  Keep it to yourself, and get out.    Peace!

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[phannon86]

Indeed, I have no use for either a moist carpenter or his soggy wood.

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

[Dalek Dave]

Phannon wrote:

soggy wood

Euphemism?

------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop

[phannon86]

I had no intention for it to sound that way, although I realised what I had typed pretty quickly. I left it in for the comedy value :)

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

[peterchen]

James R. Twine wrote:

Instead, they do the logical thing, of course -- they hang around, listen to the entire joke, laugh with everyone else, and then run to HR to complain about it

If they'd at least tell their concerns right there! Complaining anonymously at a higher-up office that cannot ignore the request is completely antisocial. We need that mechanism for serious cases, guys! That's like calling 911 because your milk went bad.

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[Oakman]

James R. Twine wrote:

Is there a way to mimic an accent in a non-derogatory manner?

Of course. Actors do it all the time.

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[Dr Walt Fair PE]

I recall one occurrence about 30 years ago at a major oil company where I worked. One week, everyday at lunch hour, a beautiful blond girl walked into an older engineer's office, closed the door and muffled laughter was heard for the next hour. At the end of the week, the engineer was called into a supervisor's office and severely reprimanded -- apparently the secretaries where offended by the goings-on. The older gentleman explained that the beautiful blond was his daughter, who happened to be in town for the week attending a conference down the street and they decided to visit over lunch, which his wife prepared and sent along. On another occasion, when my wife was traveling, I took all of my daughters and step-daughters and grand-daughters out to lunch one day. While in the restaurant, a woman who knew my wife was traveling saw me with 5 gorgeous women and complained that I was a lecherous old man, blah, blah. My "ladies" all played along and told her they didn't know I was married. I thought it was absolutely hilarious and suggested the the woman take a picture to show my wife when she returned.

The PetroNerd

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[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

Hire John Simmons for 2 hours and let him teach the course, if you have Indians and French that will do it.

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[Single Step Debugger]

WTF?!? I'm shocked! Where you working? In concentration camp?!?

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[Vincent Curry]

To be honest, being fired from a concentration camp wouldn't be that bad... (hmmmmm... am wondering if this message is PC...)

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