[Pearls Before Swine]

I was warned by my boss, the VP, not to talk about guns at work as it was “offensive” to some people.

I'd want to file an eavesdropping grievance. What gives someone the right to listen in and object to the content of a private conversation which is not directed at them, and which isn't loud to the point of unwanted public announcement?

[Gen.Blather]

“What gives someone the right to listen in and object to the content of a private conversation which is not directed at them, and which isn’t loud to the point of unwanted public announcement? “

There was a written policy that said something along the lines of: “If a statement is overheard by an uninvolved party and that third party views it as discriminatory or offensive, then, by definition, it is.”