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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the art of public relations, chaper two "heres your change you bent paki" and other things not to say to customersmany moons ago I worked in a super market who's corporate colours were the same as those used on crime scene tapes. One day a group of us worker drones were called over for diversity training.
A nervous looking woman addressed us group of 17-25 year old till monkeys all suffering from dont-give-a-shit-itus that we would have to learn to be sensitive to the needs of the disabled and ethnic minorities. we looked at each other thinking the same thing : "this looks like a long afternoon"
the lady then gave us an example of how not to treat a customer "if they are taking their time you cant call them retards or spastics"
us: "what??"
her:" you need to know what you cant call people here is a list of offensive terms"
other guy "so you cant say do you want some help packing you fucking mong?"
her(blushing, obviously wanted to be here as much as us)"er no. lets go over some other examples"
for the next half hour we brainstormed every conceivable insult that involved racism sexism or joey-deacon-ism
finally she signed us all off
as "we were clearly aware of what counts as offensive, as long as you don't say anything that you went over today you'll be fine"
and you know what? we were
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willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 18:24,
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How To Reduce An Entire Department To Hysterics...It's quiet in the IT room, like an ancient tomb except the clatter of 15 keyboards. My boss comes over...
Boss: "Thanks for the chat and e-mail Jamie. There should be something we can work with there. If nothing else I'm sure we can make a special arrangement for you."
*keyboards get quieter in case there's some gossip coming"
Me *turns the volume up slightly*: "That sounds good - I did go to a special school in a special bus. The windows must have been sugar coated 'cos people kept licking them"
*5 second pause then all 15 staff start giggling hysterically*
Boss: "You are so wrong on so many levels!"
A well placed window licking joke can work wonders for morale :)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 18:35, closed)
Brainstormyou can't say that any more =P
the mindfucked might be offended
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 19:23, closed)
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