I
said something at work today that may well land me in trouble. Some of the
office staff were discussing the dance show results from the weekend - because
that's all 98% of the British population does at this time of year. EVERY year,
by the way, because nothing original ever surfaces and we just keep churning
the same old shit out for decades on end and convince people it's worth
watching (but that's another point entirely).
I
just got fed up with hearing the endless discussion about the emotions of it
all, and I finally snapped and said, "Let me guess - someone lost a
relative this year and their dying wish was for their 'celebrity' nephew to win
some pointless competition. You know who else lost someone this year? MILLIONS
of people. But they don't get paid a hundred grand to talk about it on television
and manipulate people's emotions into spending their money voting on an outcome
that will do fuck all except make some rich people even richer." I may
also have said something along the lines of: "Oh, the blind guy made the
final? Wow. What a surprise. I bet even he could see that coming a mile
off."
So, yeah. Despite having done all the diversity
and inclusion training you could imagine, and despite knowing how careful we
need to be when talking casually in the workplace, and despite knowing how hard
we are supposed to come down on people who make comments that could be seen as
offensive, I managed to say several things that could well see me hounded out
of my job by twelfth night.
RC 16-12-24
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