Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Most people get over that pretty quick when the work of that other person has an impact on the observer's output/performance etc.
Just found out a guy who works for me is being a git
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Most people get over that pretty quick when the work of that other person has an impact on the observer's output/performance etc.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Some people may be offended, others may not, I think Minnie_the_Minx said on balance she was offended but I didn't think she was grossly offended. I stand to be corrected Minnie. Certainly it is a phrase that I could easily have used without thinking I was likely to offend anyone, obviously now I would not use it.
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
I'd seen what Citizen saw, but I expected her to have corrected that kind of bullshit by now. But now I've looked up what firky was talking about and she hasn't. I think he's wrong to say no one picked her up on it at the time, several people did - but in incredibly gentle ways which don't seem to have got the message across. Probably because she is very popular around here (for good reasons, no doubt).
I hate talking about her behind her back, and I'm not going to post the links. It's just pissing me off that firky is getting attacked for getting upset about it.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
...and anyway, I'm the one who wears the 'I ruined Urban75 forever' crown by suburbanising the forums and being slightly left of centre 
Although some of my best friends are far left of the Beast of Bolsover.
Although some of my best friends are far left of the Beast of Bolsover.
Not much at the time though. Let's pretend we didn't see that.
trashpony
Hag
Oh I dunno - it was stereotypes a-go-go here last night. Nigerians being lazy was a prize one I remember and I don't think anyone had anything to say about that
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Somebody said 'paki' lads a couple of weeks ago and two people tried to defend why they'd said it.
I was a bit speechless tbh.
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
That was another Manter one, IIRC.
I'm sure that is precisely what happened. That doesn't make it OK for anyone else to defend her by making out that it's somehow unlikely that anyone might have genuinely been offended by her rank snobbery.
(Not saying you are doing that, I've lost track.)
Your rank exaggeration pisses me off much more, always has
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i doubt it, actually. if you look at the big contentious posters who have been barracked non-stop, it's been upchuck, foxy and cheesy. 3 women. The difference here is that manter is being defended by both male and female posters, while quite notably, the only defenders of the first three were a small number of men (apart from upchuck, who had no fans, afaicr).
there's something to be said about how urban treats unpopular women... but i'm not sure this is a good example of that.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
There are some people who aren't going to take note of criticism and try to improve, in which case you may as well have fun and go for the jugular. I don't think Manter fell in this camp. There was a way of making your point without engaging in bloodsports.
Also you could have cut the 'more Urban than thou' crap.
Grudging respect for the self-criticism though.
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
Yup.
often is though- most 'wtf?' moment of my time in HR was a regularly absent Nigerian guy, called into a disciplinary who said it was in the Nigerian culture to be absent/late and we were discriminating on the basis of national characteristics. Only three disciplinaries I had to walk out of to laugh- that was one
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
a bloke who trolls many boards.
so Pingu - how did you handle stupid.
I've searched through pages of other stuff on this thread hoping to find the resolution
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Not hugely offended at all welt (disappointed might be a better word), but would have had a quiet word in her shell-like that maybe she could find another way to describe him rather than "the Indian". Having spent a good few years being chased by racists calling me a Paki, I've got a bit of a thick skin and as stated earlier, I'd have assumed it was a bit of a slip-up, had a word, and left it that. I wouldn't have been preparing the gallows for her and I certainly don't think Manter's racist. I've fucked up on here, just by not thinking and coming out with insensitive comments, have been bollocked, have felt embarrassed, and learned, and now try to choose my words more carefully. Still fuck up though
eta: In fact, if I were in or around Manter's company when she said it, I think I'd have raised an eyebrow (but probably two as I can't raise just one), rolled my eyeballs and thought "oh dear", then had a word with her
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
He must have been shitting himself the whole time Indira Gandhi was prime minister of India.
ruffneck23
front left
im currently an overhead, ive been a minion and worse, but i take my wage and buy drink and drugs and occasionaly rock in the corner.
BUT i dint give a fuck what people think of me, its none of my business, i go home with warm feelings of contempt towards them
BUT i dint give a fuck what people think of me, its none of my business, i go home with warm feelings of contempt towards them
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Aye I agree. There's also having a sulk and a fag outside and gathering your thoughts before dusting yourself off and walking back into the pub an settling back in
So what if one of the regulars tore you a new arse, bide your time and you can have them over the same barrel one day which in fairness to firks is exactly what he said when he rightly pointed out that he talks all sorts of shite In terms of urban bunfights this is a pretty piss poor one and pingu's gonna be pretty upset that such a trivial one has derailed his important HR issue
Frumious B.
Well-Known Member
This usage of "the Indian"...I've just reread all Manter's posts in this thread....many hundreds of words, she said "the Indian" once. Post #64. Is that the egregious crime we are talking about? Post 64?
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
but the attacks and defenses of her were, i think largely coming from the understanding that she was a woman.
I'm writing music mostly on evenings nowadays. I didn't see the batphone ring!
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Is anyone else watching the incredibly phallic TV on the Food Inspectors?
I had no idea it was penicillin that grew on the skins.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Although it was *claimed* she said it more than once.
ruffneck23
front left
2 words can destroy folk
Yeah, I had a think before I reached this post and convinced myself of the opposite by the time I read it.
detective Boy is the best example of someone who through profession could wind people up on here but had plenty of defenders. So happy to be corrected on that point.
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