Posted on 11/11/2017 4:52:36 AM PST by Kaslin
Well, it turns out man-spreading is not the most pressing threat facing the New York City subway system after all.
And neither are the trains that break down in the underbelly of the city leaving passengers stranded for hours with a continuously playing pan flute ensemble.
Nor is the most pressing issue roaming gangs of street thugs or perverts manhandling women or homeless people urinating on seats or giant rats prowling subway stations.
No, ladies and gentlemen – the greatest threat facing the Big Apple’s subway system is train conductors using the words “ladies and gentlemen.”
The New York Post reports the Metropolitan Transit Authority has ordered all subway personnel to refrain from addressing riders as “ladies and gentlemen.”
Instead, staffers have been told they must use gender-neutral words like riders, passengers, and everyone according to a memorandum obtained exclusively by the Post.
“Please don’t use any greeting other than these,” the memo reads.
Subway workers say political correctness has derailed the nation’s largest subway system.
“They are trying to be politically correct,” one worker told the Post. “They are acknowledging that they have some transgender riders. They don’t want to offend anyone.”
An MTA spokesperson told the Post that gender issues were a consideration for the move.
I suspect it was a preemptive strike by the MTA to avoid some sort of legal action taken by the LGBTQI and the letter A community.
Heaven help the poor cis-gender train conductor who inadvertently mis-genders a gender-fluid passenger.
Gender fluidity, by the way, is the latest fad in the sex and gender revolution. Followers ascribe to a belief that there’s really no such thing as male or female.
For example, you could be a male passenger on the B Train at 34th Street-Herald Square, but you could identify as a female passenger by the time you reach Rockefeller Center.
I know, it’s all very confusing, ladies and gentlemen (my apologies).
Lord only knows what the next stop is going to be on this gender-bender train ride into gender inclusivity.
Gender fluidity, by the way, is the latest fad in the sex and gender revolution. Followers ascribe to a belief that there’s really no such thing as male or female.
For example, you could be a male passenger on the B Train at 34th Street-Herald Square, but you could identify as a female passenger by the time you reach Rockefeller Center.
Let's stop this cr**.
Being NYC, I suggest the term “youse”.
Is it OK to say “Ladies and gentlemen and all those in between”?
“They are trying to be politically correct,” one worker told the Post. “They are acknowledging that they have some transgender riders. They don’t want to offend anyone.”
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Too late. You offended me (and many others) with your spineless, PC response to a non-issue simply in order to placate some people’s mental illness.
Good idea. That automatically covers a lot of ‘gender’ area.
Except for rare occasion (like having to tly somewhere in a hurray) I loathe and avoid public transportation.
This NYC thing just confirms it.
That's only on the express train. If you are on the local, though, there are many more possibilities.
“Citizens of Gotham ....”
It’s insanity.
Well, how about this...”Listen a**-holes, etc. etc.”......
That should cover just about everyone of them.
We gave them an inch and they’re taking a thousand miles.
Welcome Alphas, Betas and Gammas, all aboard on the Brave New World express.
Grew up in the Bronx. Took busses and trains throughout the city. Moved to the burbs at 15. Got a drivers license at 16. Never looked back.
If I have to go to the city I drive and pay for a parking garage.
They are changing peoples’ thoughts through the language. People alive now tolerate it, say nothing, and use the politically correct fascist language. The next generation thinks it’s perfectly all right, and thinks that that’s the way they are supposed to think.
Works every time. But not for me.
It’s why the left immediately started using “she” for bruce jenner when he said he was a woman.
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