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 believe the children are our future...Somebody I know (rather well) used to be a Nursery Nurse in Coventry, looking after about 30 kids from ages 0-4 (and doing a brilliant job of it, with the skill, care, and superhuman patience that I am constantly in awe of). One day a couple of years ago, she and her colleagues were called into a meeting to explain the ‘new (PC) policy’.
Now obviously I wasn’t there, but if you’ll forgive me a certain artistic licence, I will try to convey as best I can what I gathered transpired from the conversation:
PC Nazi (PCN): “It has been decided that with immediate effect that you are all no longer allowed to use the words ‘bad’ or ‘naughty’ when speaking to the children. You are no longer allowed to frown, raise your voices or speak in a strained tone towards the children.”
Various Nursery Nurses (NN) (collectively): “WTF???”
PCN: “Those words might have a negative effect on their development”
NN1 “What are we supposed to say when they’re…..well…..naughty and bad?”
PCN: “You are only allowed to say ‘Your behaviour is making me sad’. And you must SMILE whilst saying this comment”
NN2: “What if one of them chucks his dinner across the room?”
PCN: “You smile and say ‘Your behaviour is making me sad’”
NN2: “What if one of them throws a massive strop and holds their breath until they turn blue?”
PCN: “You smile and say ‘Your behaviour is making me sad’”
NN1: “Do you seriously believe kids will listen to that wank?”
PCN: “The children’s development is of the utmost importance”
NN3: “What if one of them twats another one with a bat?”
PCN:“You smile and say ‘Your behaviour is making me sad’”
NN3: “Can I take the bat off them?”
PCN: “erm…..no.”
NN (collectively): “Jesus”
As you can imagine…utter pandemonium reigned supreme.
When told this story I asked her: “How did you deal with the anger that must have been burning inside you, the rage and frustration at your helplessness towards the kid’s total anarchy?”
“Oh it’s easy”, she replied “I just piss in their milk”.*
*Previous line is a lie - she actually said that it did her head in and only took about a week before they collectively decided that the policy was bollocks and knocked it on the head.
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:39,
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13 years ago I helped out for 2 days at my local playschool.We were not allowed to say "No" to children. That was 13 years ago, I dread what it is like now.
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:02,
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Bastard!!!!You really did me over this time. Your penultimate line had me almost literally p!ss!ng myself laughing in an open offic efull of superiors. Many odd looks were received.
Cheers!!!!!!
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:13, closed)
.i would have put rohypnol in their milk, that would shut the little fuckers up
*hates children*
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:25, closed)
I was helping out at a summer school, looking after 9-14 year-olds.I got told off for grabbing by the arms and lifting him off his sister to stop the torrent of punches he was landing on her face.
Apparantly, to avoid any accusations of molestation, I should have left him to it.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:55, closed)
Oh there's more...Tourettes used to work as a learning support assistant for kids with autism. Some of them had very severe special needs (hell some of them had parents who had special needs, so not exactly a good fucking start in life). One kid came in one day, barely able to walk. Tourettes asks whats wrong, kid replies her feet hurt. Tourettes asks if she can have a look. Kid takes off shoes and socks, to reveal hugely, horribly long toe nails that are curling and digging into her toes, causing incredible pain. Now, you would think that the obvious thing to do would be to cut the nails, and alleviate the poor kid's suffering (she lived with her Gran apparently, who couldn't see very well).
Nope. Had Tourettes done the obvious, she would very likely have been hauled up on a disciplinary for 'assaulting' a child. Same went for letting the kids out in the sunshine - they weren't allowed to apply sun tan oil to them for the same reason - it's classed as assault. So the poor little bastards would just have to fry instead - God help the ginger ones.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 22 Nov 2007, 18:14,
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