“Someone stood up, and told her that she spouted ‘Macro-Aggression’ and that her ‘words were offensive.’”
Wow. That took some balls. Did that person survive? I got in big trouble for simply rolling my eyes during one of those awful mandatory PC seminars. (I love retirement.)
Management and certain employees shot the guy dagger eyes. Others had pained expressions. I don’t know if they took him outside behind the dumpster or anything, but he didn’t get fired. Even the libs knew this “seminar” was BS. I remember the days when the most painful thing they would drag employees to was another TQM propaganda fest. These days, things can get downright Stalinistic.
Working for NYNEX in the mid 90s I was forced to attend one of these with “Teamwork” as the purported theme. During the course of discussions a young, female black worker kept touting the word “diversity”. This was a word not in much use at the time.
Being the pot-stirrer I was I asked, “What is “diversity”?
After thinking a moment, she responded, “Getting rid of all those 50 year old white guys.”
The silence was deafening! After a few moments the “facilitator” suggested that we all take a break.
While in the cafeteria I was called to some guy’s office where a phone was handed to me. On the other end was my foreman. I was informed that I was needed back on the job and was released to the field.
Never heard how the rest of that meeting went, but by the end of that decade I was given (not JUST me) a very nice early retirement package.....which I gladly accepted.