No acerbic cats or teary-eyed women today from me.
No acerbic cats or teary-eyed women today from me.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
I was working in Miami when the first wave ofindoctrinationdiversity training hit government offices. (As if we in federal law enforcement out of NYC and Miami didn't encounter enough "diversity" every day.)
Anyway, the dashiki and headdress wearing African-American woman who gave us our presentation provided a lecture and slide show about various cultures and how we should be sensitive toward and not draw erroneous conclusions about various races, genders, ethnicities, religious groups etc.
Somewhere in her pile of slides she had an image very much like this one, depicting a "Gypsy" divining the future via a crystal ball.
Being thewiseassattentive individual I am, I raised my hand and quickly brought to the attention of the instructor and the class that it was insensitive and discriminatory to equate all Gypsies with fortunetellers.
The instructor, taken aback, said she hadn't even realized her faux pas and very apologetically removed the slide from her presentation and promised never to use it again. She then thanked me for bringing it to her attention.
I told her it was no problem, it was an honest mistake. They were all thieves, but not necessarily fortunetellers.
Well the entire room cracked up but for the poor embarrassed instructor who didn't know whether to shit or go blind.
I accomplished my goal when the Special Agent in Charge of our office told me that I would not need to attend the remaining sessions.
Last edited by blues; 02-16-2020 at 11:53 AM.
There's nothing civil about this war.
That made my, admittedly late, morning.Originally Posted by blues
Being thewiseassattentive individual I am, I raised my hand and quickly brought to the attention of the instructor and the class that it was insensitive and discriminatory to equate all Gypsies with fortunetellers.
The instructor, taken aback, said she hadn't even realized her faux pas and very apologetically removed the slide from her presentation and promised never to use it again. She then thanked me for bringing it to her attention.
I told her it was no problem, it was an honest mistake. They were all thieves, but not necessarily fortunetellers.
Well the entire room cracked up but for the poor embarrassed instructor who didn't know whether to shit or go blind.
I accomplished my goal when the Special Agent in Charge of our office told me that I would not need to attend the remaining sessions.
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
In line with my earlier meme post about Italian girls and the "attitude"...
Being married to a Sicilian-American woman be like:
"Uh-oh..."
There's nothing civil about this war.
Yep. Remember that the word "vendetta" comes to English from Italian.In line with my earlier meme post about Italian girls and the "attitude"...
Being married to a Sicilian-American woman be like:
"Uh-oh..."
Okie John
“The reliability of the 30-06 on most of the world’s non-dangerous game is so well established as to be beyond intelligent dispute.” Finn Aagaard
"Don't fuck with it" seems to prevent the vast majority of reported issues." BehindBlueI's
Heh. Somebody's been listening to Nina Gordon.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Probably wanted you out of there and just gave you the credit.I was working in Miami when the first wave ofindoctrinationdiversity training hit government offices. (As if we in federal law enforcement out of NYC and Miami didn't encounter enough "diversity" every day.)
Anyway, the dashiki and headdress wearing African-American woman who gave us our presentation provided a lecture and slide show about various cultures and how we should be sensitive toward and not draw erroneous conclusions about various races, genders, ethnicities, religious groups etc.
Somewhere in her pile of slides she had an image very much like this one, depicting a "Gypsy" divining the future via a crystal ball.
Being thewiseassattentive individual I am, I raised my hand and quickly brought to the attention of the instructor and the class that it was insensitive and discriminatory to equate all Gypsies with fortunetellers.
The instructor, taken aback, said she hadn't even realized her faux pas and very apologetically removed the slide from her presentation and promised never to use it again. She then thanked me for bringing it to her attention.
I told her it was no problem, it was an honest mistake. They were all thieves, but not necessarily fortunetellers.
Well the entire room cracked up but for the poor embarrassed instructor who didn't know whether to shit or go blind.
I accomplished my goal when the Special Agent in Charge of our office told me that I would not need to attend the remaining sessions.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
Oh, he didn't imply that I didn't have to return because I was the shining pupil. He didn't want me making a mockery of the dog and pony show.
I'm sure he may have put something derogatory in my personnel file but I didn't care at that point. I just couldn't sit through the b.s.
There's nothing civil about this war.
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