[Paisan]

I was ratted out by a co-worker who overheard me use the word HELL. She complained to her Supervisor as well as Human Resources. I was furious, then, and still am. The problem I have is if someone is offended by my vocabulary, THEY are the ones that need to attend the Tolerance & Diversity classes. Furthermore, I was not put on this earth to modify MY behavior because someone else if offended by my existence. To do so is to become a slave.
Now, I might add, the complainer was a black woman. I am a white man. But, I cannot think of any instance ANYWHERE, where the complainer WASN'T a woman...

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I was furious, then, and still am. The problem I have is if someone is offended by my vocabulary, THEY are the ones that need to attend the Tolerance & Diversity classes. Furthermore, I was not put on this earth to modify MY behavior because someone else if offended by my existence. To do so is to become a slave.

Damn flippin' straight---I agree with you fully.

What's more, I was/am pissed off that the offendee didn't have the "stones" to speak with me directly; it's not like we were unfriendly with each other, and if she were offended, she could have expressed her concern with what I said, and I could have told her what I meant by what I said. But like a third grader, she had to go straight to the teacher . . .

[NucSubs]

I worked in a female-free environment (except a couple of secretaries who alone among the women I worked with were nice) for 17 years. I have worked in an environment with many women for the past five. I find the present experience inferior to the former one.