I have cancelled the office party - NB

[Robin]

So SWMBO and I (working from home) will NOT be dancing on the tables this year. The mistletoe with it's nasty poisonous berries and connotations of sexual harassment has been cancelled. The Christmas tree was going to be surrounded by safety fencing to prevent any risk of someone being electrocuted by the lights, but in the event I was unable to find the fully qualified electrician required to plug in the lights anyway. Alcahol at work is strictly off the menu and suitable notices have been posted on the office (spare bedroom) door. SWMBO's mince pie has been allowed after careful vetting, it is a low cholesterol, salt free vegetarean one but her coffee to go with it can only be served cold to avoid any potential for burns and subsequent litigation. To avoid any possibility of offence to minority groups all Christmas cards with any religious theme are banned as are those exhibiting animal cruelty by depicting Santa (played by an Asian Lesbian) being pulled along in a sleigh pulled by reindeers out in severe cold.

Happy days off! All other greetings are no longer permitted.

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[Sybarite]

Re: I have cancelled the office party

Yesterday there was a report on the French news. It is customary in certain regions to give chocolate St Nicolas's to school children on St Nic's day. One school withdrew them because it was thought that the chocolate cross on the mitre might give offense and be at odds with the policy of a lay state.

John

PS A few weeks ago my six-year old had a flash temperature during the day (as kids often have). I was out of the country and my wife was not immediately available. Rather than give her a paracetemol, they called an ambulance....



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[Robin]

Re: I have cancelled the office party

Crazy or what! Being in France you will probably not have seen the list of don'ts for the office party this morning on TV news that spawned this post........Locally we have fenced off Christmas trees and some are cancelled entirely this year - no room for the fences you see. This is without the debates as to whether celebrating the 200 year anniversary of Trafalgar will upset our French friends.


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[Sybarite]

Re: I have cancelled the office party

Heard it on R4. Personally I quite like the photocopier idea. Not for me, but I know one or two who could make a good impression...

John

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[JonBrooks]

Surely Santa would need to be played by a one legged Asian Lesbian? )))

Regards

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[AlexL]

Re: I have cancelled the office party

To be fair France is a state that has no official religion unlike the UK which is official a Christian C of E country. So Christian symbology, like any relgious symbology, is not allowed to be the 'de facto' in France. I think you'll find that the french courts have made similar rulings about islam and other religions recently as well.

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[Metabarca]

"Happy"? "Happy"?! That's a very moodist stance, if I may say so. That's the typical, arrogant approach we're trying to away with. Have you no consideration for those miserable sods who are unable to be 'happy'? And what all those who cannot have "days off", eh? Wot about them, slaving away so you can be warm, tucking (safely) into your vegan turkey and tofu, watching the kids gazing in awe at the festive tree (no 'Xmas', thank you) from behind the spike-free barbed wire?
No, the only greeting that may correctly be used at this time is " ". Or if you prefer, "Thank you, kind Mr Blair".

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[halcyon]

I find that a bit offensive, I'm not a miserable sod, I'm not happy either, just middle of the road feed up.

Anyone had a transponder go off, SAR Seaking look's like it's lost something outside the study window.

Brian

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[abraxus]

You may laugh, but there was a real case not so long ago about a staff canteen that advertised in a job centre for a canteen manager with amongst other attributes "a pleasant disposition".

The job centre made them take down the ad as it discriminated against those that weren't pleasantly disposed.

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[Sgeir]

I think I\'ll become

a Broodist

orig: Stanley Baxter

<hr width=100% size=1>I had a very nice link until Kim told us off about it. I'm not bitter mind.

 

[Sybarite]

Re: I have cancelled the office party

The legislation in France relates to the WEARING of ostensible religious symbols in schools. It has nothing to do with things like chocolate ST Nicolas's. They don't for instance intend banning Christmas holidays! The wearing of symbols was inspired by Moslem girls who took to wearing the headscarf. As Islam is the second religion of France and there are something like 3 million Moslems the state was worried about an introduction of fundamentalism through the schools. It was therefore rushing through the legislation until somebody said "Ah er what about crosses worn by Catholics or kippas by the Jews? So the notion of ostensible was added. Little crosses are OK but not scarves. The latest polemic concerns Sikh turbans....

John

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[ccscott49]

Days off! Ha! I should be so lucky, falls on a weekend eh! I'm on duty that weekend! Bah Humbug!

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[halcyon]

Re: I think I\'ll become

That's may be offensive to childless couples, or those that have decided not to have children.

Can you please rephrase.

Brian

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[Sgeir]

Re: I think I\'ll become

Halcyon

I'll not not respond until you do something about the links on your website. So there!

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[TheBoatman]

Sorry Jon but?

Its a one legged, blind, deaf Asian lesbian and the sleigh would have to have wheelchair access?))))

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[halcyon]

Re: I think I\'ll become

That's pluralistic, I've only got one ( link), there must be a agency to report you to.
Any way someones got a four liner, so there.


Brian

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[Birdseye]

Long since cancelled Xmas parties in the business I ran. Few years ago, had a young lad who got well oiled at the party, got into his car and killed himself round a tree on the way home. Also had complaints of harrassment, from the men as well as the women, secretary being sh**d on a desk with result 9 months later etc. Even worse as the boss since the staff split up into those who felt empowered by booze to express themselves, and those who became sycophantic. Worse was the dangerous female intent on promotion.

In the end, gave them all half a day extra holiday and they went off to the pub and did their own thing. I manned the phones



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[LadyInBed]

Re: Home office

I would imagine that sitting on a scanner come inkjet printer hasn’t got the same appeal as sitting on a photocopier.

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[snowleopard]

sitting on the ...

inkjet printer. could get some interesting messages printed across your cheeks/forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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