Fire fighter.....

[Ihavenojob]

What about fireman Sam?

What about poor postMAN Pat? Hounded out of his job, he's just plain Pat these days.

 

[pete01]

What about poor postMAN Pat? Hounded out of his job, he's just plain Pat these days.

Is it post person these days?

 

[Ihavenojob]

Is it post person these days?

Postie

 

[Notch7]

I see more women trades people around these days, I think that’s good

I generally think ending male gender names for job names is not a bad thing.



I don’t agree with sacking somebody for using the word fireman, all it does is give the Daily Mail headlines

 

[Notch7]

Is it post person these days?

It’s a postie.

Most of em round our way are women, the one that does our street is a cute Eastern European blonde with a Bob haircut………

 

[blup]

I see more women trades people around these days, I think that’s good

I generally think ending male gender names for job names is not a bad thing.



I don’t agree with sacking somebody for using the word fireman, all it does is give the Daily Mail headlines

He wasn’t sacked for that, you’ve fallen for the spin

 

[mattylad]

So what do we call these women I have seen at the circus spitting fire & throwing knives?

Anything they want you to call them, they have knives...

 

[Koolpc]

So what do we call these women I have seen at the circus spitting fire & throwing knives?

Rachel?

 

[blup]

Rachel?

She’s busy enough fighting her own fires

 

[blup]

He was given a final written warning for not properly managing a bullying and harassment allegation by a female fire fighter. He chose to resign and claim constructive dismissal, and lost because the proper procedures had been followed. I have some sympathy because it looks like senior management hung him out to dry, but it was a bullying scenario however you look at.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

bullying

Or workplace banter.

 

[Brigadier]

While I appreciate the nonsense of calling a female cricketer a batsman, I've always found "batter" took some getting used to.
No malice, just decades of one thing then things changed.

On the flip side, a few years ago there was a concerted effort to call all thespians "actors" but, in recent times, I've noticed that "actress" is returning to common usage.

 

[pete01]

Actresses just use actor mostly

 

[pete01]

It’s a postie.

I bet most people waiting for a letter say has the postman been yet.

 

[johnny2007]

FFS hope she gets on better now with her collegues after getting him sacked.

You should've read the whole article.
She resigned and won £52k at employment tribunal.
He was stupid because after they gave him a final written warning he should've played the game, keep his head down for 12 months (using sick leave as well as annual leave) and then carry on.
By then she was gone, so there wouldn't be any further trouble.
I think he tried to get a few bobs like her and failed.