...In late July I was "required" by my employer to spend a morning on a training course designed to bring us all up to speed on the consequences of recent changes in UK law pertaining to Diversity, Prejudice and Respect in the work place.
My conclusion? Yes the world has gone mad.
The only safe way to address, or refer to a colleague is by his or her family name, so Mr Stride it must be, unless the person has specifically infrmed me that it is acceptable to call him or her by their given nicknames. So may I address you as John?
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Sorry for the rant, but it really gets to me!
Oh excellent. I am being forced on to this course on Thursday, where my opening gambit will be "This is all Fecking b*llocks" and I will see how long it takes before they convince me that I will have to say "This is all copulating testacles"?
Saving grace? The prisons are simply not big enough to hold all of we foul-mouthed workers.
Solution : put all of the "offended" in prison and let the rest of us enjoy our ribald humour.
Cheers
