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originally posted by: JBurns
a reply to: Lumenari
Real people working real jobs like you generally don't succumb to all the PC nonsense and that is a great thing. At a real job (like yours sounds like) you can still joke around and have fun without having to worry about offending some snowflake's delicate sensitivities
And I bet if someone were to attempt any sort of actual crime (including sexual assault), I have no doubt that at least a dozen people there are likely to be armed at any given moment.
Meanwhile, you all can continue horsing around, grab assing and any number of antics many hyper-PC places of employment would snowflake-gasp at
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
@ Lumenari
the world needs more women like you. Thankyou,
I work in legal and the ladies I work with are amazing, they join in the banter, they have a laugh with us. Its great..
i feel sorry for the ladies who take everything personally and take offense... get along, live and let live.. everyones struggling together
originally posted by: Fools
This has been a problem. Even earlier this week I was asked by a female to go to lunch - no biggy. I immediately asked another male to go along. As a potential witness? That is a very recent thing for me. Say 2 years ago I would have never even thought about it.
originally posted by: Lumenari
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
@ Lumenari
the world needs more women like you. Thankyou,
I work in legal and the ladies I work with are amazing, they join in the banter, they have a laugh with us. Its great..
i feel sorry for the ladies who take everything personally and take offense... get along, live and let live.. everyones struggling together
I really don't think it's just a woman thing... it is a victim mentality.
That honestly needs fixed.
Whenever I have someone of the female persuasion enter my office, I automatically keep the door open now.
It's the way of the world now.
This has been a problem. Even earlier this week I was asked by a female to go to lunch - no biggy.
originally posted by: Lumenari
a reply to: Gazrok
I'm so happy as a woman that I work in the oilfield when I read crap like this.
My workplace is the polar opposite of PC and we have a blast.
Hope the infection doesn't spread to out here...
~shudder~
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Gazrok
This doesn't surprise me at all. As a high school softball coach I have to be hyper-vigilant regarding everything I say and do. Even so, it is so easy for a young woman to take something wrong or decide that I was doing something she didn't like. I am surviving the new reality, but I have evaluated if I want to continue in this landmine of an environment.
I love coaching, but I don't have the luxury of being as nice or as friendly as the female coaches. Anything I do is analyzed far too closely. A lot of women have a tendency to overthink things and assume I am saying something I didn't mean.
As I always tell my wife...if something can be taken two ways and one of them pisses you off...I meant the other one.