It's amazing how many "sensitive" people are idiots around Christmas time.
About 10 years back, I was working in midtown. After our office "holiday" party, we got to leave a little bit early. Well, for us folks in the cubes, the quickest route out was to walk past the row of offices of the project leaders, managers and higher ups. Everyone wished everyone else "Merry Christmas" on the way out, but when they passed my supervisor, they were "sensitive" enough to wish her "Happy Holidays" (to which she graciously replied 'Thank You').
Except for me. When I walked past her, I said, "Have a good weekend." (Why not? It was a four-day weekend.) She smiled and wished the same IIRC. By the elevator, I actually had someone question me about that. They knew my boss and I didn't get along, but they thought I should have wished her a happy holiday. I told that that I had.
"No, you didn't. I was right there."
"No, no, no. You don't understand. I wished her a Happy Channukah.
"Three weeks ago.
"During Channukah."
Very sensitive to wish someone a Happy Holiday two weeks after it ends, don't you think?
TS
Happy Veteran's Day to you all!
Happy Easter, too!
Love your story. So typical of PC idiots to get it all wrong all the time.
My Toastmasters group talked about having a Christmas party but two cackling PC hens said, NO, it has to be a Holiday Party. And everyone caved. I declared I wouln't attend, as I don't celebrate amorphous holidays.
But I will go and give a short talk on the wonderful Christmas I spent in Istanbul with a Jewish friend. In sections of town frequented by tourists, the streets were lit with Christmas lights and smiling Turks wished me Merry Christmas. I felt more at home with the generous Muslims than with the mean-spirited PC freaks in this Blue enclave.
Potter: Now George, us Liberals have no need for some stupid old holiday called Christmas. We can still sell gifts and pander to you red state Jesus freaks for your dime but ... George: BUT WHAT MR POTTER! We are sick of you Liberals dividing our country and trying to destroy our country, our morals, and our holidays too! If you don't like it here Mr. Potter pack it in and get out! Stop trying to change our country because you don't like it! We love this country and we don't need you and as a matter of fact Mr. Potter I think we would be a lot better off if you did! So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!