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Fire fighter.....

Don't say fireman for god sake....
No one does, in house. The term hasn't been used for decades. Letters, emails, chatter, correspondence etc, the term simply is not used amongst colleagues. You would have to consciously make an effort to use the term now, hence 'read the whole story'. Have you read the whole story?
 
No one does, in house. The term hasn't been used for decades. Letters, emails, chatter, correspondence etc, the term simply is not used amongst colleagues. You would have to consciously make an effort to use the term now, hence 'read the whole story'. Have you read the whole story?
Hey Nosey, you'd be in trouble if you worked for Essex County Council. About 8 years ago, mrs motties sister worked for them. A bloke in her office received a written warning for saying "Boyo" to a Welsh colleague. It wasn’t even the Welsh bloke that complained, he had no problem with it and said so but that counted for nothing!
 
No one does, in house. The term hasn't been used for decades. Letters, emails, chatter, correspondence etc, the term simply is not used amongst colleagues. You would have to consciously make an effort to use the term now, hence 'read the whole story'. Have you read the whole story?
Of course ive read it, my take is that hes a very good firefighter but a rubbish supervisor, he should have been demoted, I blame the people in offices above him.
 
Of course ive read it, my take is that hes a very good firefighter but a rubbish supervisor, he should have been demoted, I blame the people in offices above him.
I saw him as a great supervisor as he was ignoring the ridiculous complaint in the first place. Should someone who is so offended by the term fireman be working amongst a group of blokes who are firemen, terminology is not something that would offend me so much as to make complaints over it, she left the fire service after this and claimed a substantial amount in damages. This man was more upset than her.
 
I saw him as a great supervisor as he was ignoring the ridiculous complaint in the first place. Should someone who is so offended by the term fireman be working amongst a group of blokes who are firemen, terminology is not something that would offend me so much as to make complaints over it, she left the fire service after this and claimed a substantial amount in damages. This man was more upset than her.

She didn't like the job, as much as she thought she might, and looked for a remunerative way out.
 
I saw him as a great supervisor as he was ignoring the ridiculous complaint in the first place. Should someone who is so offended by the term fireman be working amongst a group of blokes who are firemen, terminology is not something that would offend me so much as to make complaints over it, she left the fire service after this and claimed a substantial amount in damages. This man was more upset than her.
Good point, I suppose it would be like a male nurse being offended at being called a nurse?
 
Good point, I suppose it would be like a male nurse being offended at being called a nurse?
Exactly. If she didn't like the term fireman then maybe look elsewhere for a job. I doubt that firefighters or firemen are such delicate flowers that they say this common term with any malice or intent.
 
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