Today's Lesson on Political Correctness

Posted by $ Abaco 9 years ago to Politics
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I work in the design of facilities and have gotten some new insights I thought I'd share with you all. When designing a facility it's important to place the proper room names on the drawings. This has spawned some interesting discussion lately. FYI: "Housekeeping" is now considered an offensive word. Also, the current proper term for restrooms for various genders are called "all gender" restrooms.

I hope this helps.


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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 9 years ago in reply to this comment.
    You think!?

    A damned banana peel in a tree is racially offensive these days :) We are definitely in Orwellian times.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years ago
    This is BS. names should reflect what is intuitively obvious to most or all users. The pictures on restroom doors are just fine as is.
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  • Posted by $ Snezzy 9 years ago
    I've referred to the WC as "the euphemism" for quite some time. As in, "Excuse me, I have to go to the euphemism."
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  • Posted by $ gharkness 9 years ago
    You could always call them "water closets," or "WC" which is what I remember from my travels in Europe. I never thought it particularly appealing but it skirts any gender issues and doesn't imply a bath...even though water IS involved.
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  • Posted by Wgingram 9 years ago
    Like High School
    We had "Bath Rooms" but there were NO Bath Tubs OR Showers.
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  • Posted by Arminius 9 years ago
    I have long held that all signification should be MX rather than Mr/Miss/Ms and the other new nonsense.
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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 9 years ago
    How about "Hispanics Area" instead of Housekeeping......Of maybe "No English Zone"!

    You would probably get a promotion for suggesting that.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 9 years ago
    Maybe they should call the gym the nogendernasium. gym sounds like my old white uncles name.
    I also like the unprincipaled office.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years ago
    I thought the word went from janitor --> custodian --> housekeeper during my lifetime. What is the word now?

    For all gender rest rooms, I think I always called them all gender or "family". I don't actually have a name for that. Most of the world calls them "the toilets", but that sounds crass to my American ear. My kids watch so much Canadian TV I expect "washroom" will make inroads with the generation after me.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years ago
    Ok...how about Facility Cleanliness Staff and just plain Restrooms-(single bath rooms,,,so no one gets confused)...How's that work for ya?
    [Still don't know why we call them 'bathrooms' in buildings not considered our living quarters...no one is taking a bath, at least I hope not. Let's just call them: Excrement Disposal Rooms instead!].

    Also...about 'gender' pronouns...how about just saying: You or This Person, maybe even 'IT' if you pissed enough and be done with it. Sure would save a lot of trees needed for the additional listings of faux gender pronouns being invented.
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