At work, another team had asked to borrow one of my team to help them out, but the details were sketchy.
So I went over. "Now", I said to the female manager, "Manpower."

"I don't think so" she said.

"Pardon?" I asked.

"That's inappropriately sexist language in the workplace" she said, waving a pamphlet entitled 'Staff Handbook - Respectful Communication With Others' at me, "It's 'people-power'"

"I'm sorry" I said, "I'll go out and come back in again, shall I?" I enquired.

"Christ - men are such divs" she said.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 12:18, 5 replies)

Rule #1
It's only sexist when men do it
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:52, closed)

Ignorance...
'Man' comes from the Old English 'Mann' which means person.
(Audax Victor, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 18:43, closed)

Best hope she never gets involved with recruitment agencies.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 20:01, closed)

Not many agencies use manpower in their name these days, the preferred twatspeak term is "human resource" or a derivation thereof. Much more efficient at dehumanising the blue collar staff as quickly as possible.
(Finster Ate a cat biscuit for a bet, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 20:51, closed)

Apart from the one that's called Manpower.
If it still exists, that is.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 22 Feb 2013, 21:17, closed)