Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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I took this down, but Glen Moranjie noticed - so I'm puttin' it back.So, just for you, Glen, here's an underwhelming cat story.
Cycling home a while ago, I had to cross a roundabout. Sitting by the junction ahead of me was a cat; the road, though suburban, was busy, and I just had feeling that he was going to dash out in front of a car. I was right; he did. There was a thud there was blood.
Fortunately, another motorist noticed what happened and offered to take the cat to a nearby vet to be put down. I happened to see this other motorist later, and asked her what happened. The cat, it turned out, had a broken bone, but would be fine. She told me the vet she had chosen.
Next day, then, I rang to see how the cat was - only to be told that I was not allowed to know this "for reasons of confidentiality".
Huh?
I thought about explaining why medical confidentiality was important FOR PERSONS and that cats are not persons; I thought about explaining that I didn't want to know whose cat it was or any details like that. I just wanted to know whether a cat was OK. But I thought better of it. There'd have been no point.
Oh, God. I've even bored myself.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:34,
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wowthat's weird. i'm a receptionist at a vets and will happily discuss everyone and anyone over the phone. perhaps i'm not meant to. oops..
(, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 21:50, closed)
It's good of her because.....some people will throw a sickie on the part destruction of theri adored pet.
If, having tried this technique their employer was informed that "little moggie was fine and there was no reason for anyone to be off work" I would not be pleased.
Either that or the receptionist was a lazy cow (assuming female)!
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 16:54, closed)
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