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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Ahhh diversity training...So, like with most large corporations, on our orientation to come down here we need to go through diversity/sexual harassment/racism/not allowed to hate anyone differant that you for any reason training. For my company this means a video... that probably cost a pretty penny to make...
In this video there is a man, who is supposed to be one of our "co-workers" at this company. He is just seen wondering around drinking coffee and talking while everyone else is working. I have tried this approach to working several times only to be informed that enjoying socializing with people who are actually working... does not put you in a "protected group" nuts.
So here are a couple excerpts from this training...of course much more entertaining with the video goodness..
A man goes in to see his boss, who tells him to sit down, and hands him a brouchure for a church, and says "this church helped my marriage, yours will probably fall apart if you dont go.... and i'll like you more." or something to that effect.
Some dockworkers are seen talking (again...not working) about another worker who had been locked up in the mental asylum. Of course she is standing around the corner listening in the most crazy cliche way with frazzled hair and such... doesn't seem like you should be able to get in trouble for something that is clearly true.
And the last one I didn't block out...
Pregnant woman walks by and sort of bumps into a male worker...
"Woa there (insert girls name) we need to get some flashing lights and one of those back up alarms like a truck installed for you!"
Length? I had to stare at this video much longer than it took you to read this...so I shall spread the suffering.... equal opportunity after all...
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 19:45, 2 replies)
Meetings And Training In Work ought to be a QOTW at some point.......I've been the victim of many a training seminar and they suck ass with the bigger companies as they cater for "all".
Service technique while watching these Fishermen in a market in America. I fix pcs in the UK. I can see how this relates.
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 19:59,
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Pregnant name callingAt my first job there was a pregnant woman. One of the managers (who was on the large side himself) addressed her as "Oi! Porky!"
(, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 10:46, closed)
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