Twitter!!..

I did, and I agree with you. Hate seeing words being twisted into some trendy insult. I love gammon too, either with pineapple or fried egg, I'm not fussy.

 

To be fair that's probably a sensible decision if you make a habit of hiring the kind of people who might let offensive words like that "slip out". I'm not sure the rest of us need to worry about it.

 

Not really.

People are just pointing out that it's a private company doing what they like with their own money and that this faux outrage is quite amusing.

 

Its only within their own company they are changing the language.

You can still use any of those phrases in any connotation on the platform its self.

As for the "App" some call centres use voice analytics which monitor calls to pick up and flag straight away key words, voice tone loudness etc...

 

The "Master/Slave" one I do roll my eyes at if I'm honest. Many because, as the OP points out the meaning in an IT environment is the total opposite of what it would mean in "real life". Also, after using the term innocently for about 25 years, It's going to be a ******* to re-train my mind and get rid of the habit.

Just a quick one on what @JamDrop mentioned about the other teacher being wrong for telling the boys to open doors for the girls. I've always held doors open for people(both men and women), as I was taught to do this by my grandparents. Is this seen as "wrong" or "offensive" these days(honest question, by the way. I'm not fishing for an argument. I just want to try and avoid causing offense).

 

No, of course not. I always hold the door open for anyone behind me and would expect anyone in front of me to do the same for me. The situation I'm talking about it when a boy and a girl are both walking towards the door at the same time and if the girl arrives first (possibly even because the boy let her go in front of him), and opens the door, my colleague goes almost running over, or shouts (our desk is right by the door), and tells him off for being rude and that he should open the door for a lady and then makes the girl let go of the door and the boy go forward and open it for the girl to go through. It's incredibly embarrassing for everyone involved (except her).

It's the same when she makes a girl put down something she was perfectly happy carrying and then tells the boy off for 'making her carry it'. It insults the girl and makes out like she's not able to carry 2 laptops down a corridor and makes the lad look bad in front of everyone even though he's done absolutely nothing wrong and makes it seem like he's worth less than the girl as he should have to do all the 'manual labour' whilst the girl gets to just stand there and look pretty. He's then got to open the doors for her to go through too, whilst balancing the laptops, it's stupid!

I have gently advised her to stop doing this before but I might have a stonger word with her when we go back as it's caused some arguments between her and the students (both the boys and the girls) in the past. They tend to just humour her now but they don't like it.

 

Will be interesting to see what they rename the MOBO awards.

 

I once had a female colleague who I opened the door for and she gave me an absolute gobful... "I don't need men to open the door for me...etc. (I was only trying to be polite as I'd just started at the school...)

About 2 months later, ironically at the same doors we were in the same situation but her arms were full of books, paperwork etc.

Just let the door close in her face.

 

The only time I find it awkward is when I arrive at the exact same time as a man and I go to open the door as he does and then he looks uncomfortable and we do the little dance thing of who goes through first (I think it should obviously be him if I'm holding the door but some men will flat out refuse and I have to let it go and walk through whilst he catches it and holds it whilst I go through and then he goes through next). Whenever it gets to the dance stage I tend to now give up and go through as soon as the man suggests it as someone has to and it's always awkward (I would never expect to or do it before he suggests it though, unless he arrived first).

 

Does it REALLY matter? If that offends someone then they really have issues in life.

 

To be fair I usually hold the door open for most people at work. Kids/staff/visitors. It doesn't matter about their gender.

 

Probably the MOBO awards.

What do you suggest?

 

I find it sad when I hold doors open for students and they look surprised as they are used to the staff making them wait for them to go through first. How can we teach them respect if we don't show them any?

 

It is their company but when you consider how morally void tech companies like Twitter are, in terms of how staff are treated, what they allow on their systems, corruption and tax avoidance, they deserve all the mockery they get for announcing such patronising attempts to appear virtuous.

 

Course it does. You're subconsciously imbedding in people's minds that it is a man's job and not something that women could or should do

 

Do you ever think he lets you go through first to eye up your booty lol

 

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No that's just basic manners dont worry. Implying girls are too weak to carry a laptop and boys need to be " chivalrous" and do it for them is another matter.

 

"Staffing levels" could be tricky though and quite high in some companies.

 

That's being petty. I'd have asked would you like me to hold the door.

 

It is but I bet it was satisfying! It's the kind of thing I'd wish I'd done but wouldn't be able to go through with in the end.