Gay's too gay for phone giant [female named 'Gay' inappropriate for business-like communication]

news.com.au ^ | 04-30-2007 | staff writer

[bedolido]

A WOMAN'S email to the help desk of Telecom New Zealand was rejected by a computer system because her name was Gay and "inappropriate for business-like communication".

Gay Hamilton, from the northern South Island town of Nelson, said while she was actually gay, she was concerned that the country's biggest public company was spending its time and resources on trifling issues, the Herald on Sunday reported.

"If they do have to put content filters on, then maybe they should ensure that it only gets genuinely abusive words," she said.

[Rocket1968]

Seen on an actual mail box:

Harry R. Soule

I think I would have left out the R.

[Frank_2001]

People with the last name of “Dick”, are the most unfortunate of all....;)

[End Times Sentinel]

Yeah, it really was.  You can still see it on the main page http://www.connect2agent.com/agents/premiumagents2.asp but the name is off her profile. 

I mean, my wife has my sur name, and I want it that way, but in that instance, don't you think "Honey, maybe you should keep your maiden name." might have crossed someone's mind?

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

Yeah, it really was.  You can still see it on the main page http://www.connect2agent.com/agents/premiumagents2.asp but the name is off her profile. 

I mean, my wife has my sur name, and I want it that way, but in that instance, don't you think "Honey, maybe you should keep your maiden name." might have crossed someone's mind?

[gracesdad]

And then there’s this real one, now deceased — Hardin Cox. I kid you not.

[Squawk 8888]

"Cherry" and all derivatives such as Cherie, Cheri,

Actually, they are derivative of the French cheri/cherie which means "darling", in turn derived from cher/chère meaning "dear" or "expensive" depending on context.

[Squawk 8888]

There’s a guy in Britain named Richard Head. His only career option was stand-up comedy.

[antiRepublicrat]

The same thing they do with women named Ophelia.

Why would that name get hit? Or am I missing a cultural reference aside from Hamlet?

[CJ Wolf]

Harry C. Beaver.

OB/GYN - Retired

http://www.hcbmdbom.medem.com/ypol/user/userMain.asp?siteID=1717481&logOff=true

[Eagle Eye]

PC being what it is, within 20 years “they” will declare “GAY” a pejorative and will come up with a new term to describe themselves.

And talk about the Old Days marching for their rights in Selma dealing with firehoses and dogs...

[TxCopper]

What about Chastity?

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m afraid to ask what they were doing with those hoses and dogs.

[HEY4QDEMS]

No wonder my server bounces everything from Paris, FR.

It’s that damned “Gay Paris” thing.

[Duke Nukum]

The Gay Deceiver will have to be written out of Heinlein’s Number of the Beast and I guess the people will have to just be traveling in space?

[merry10]

ping

[3niner]

Reminds me of Super Bowl 30, when all the porn filters were blocking access to the NFL web site. :-)

[freedomlover]

I once worked in a firm that had a paralegal named “Honey”.

It was really hard to use that name with a straight face.

[ApplegateRanch]

When they became Human Resources they forgot that their primary purpose is to make sure that the payroll and insurance records are accurate.

That switch offended me deeply, as the implication was that I was no longer a hired personel, but had become an owned resource, the same as coal, paper, and hot air.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[IrishBrigade]

So, what do they do with people named Dick?

...I know of a guy named Rusty Dix...

[Allegra]

Actually, they are derivative of the French cheri/cherie which means "darling", in turn derived from cher/chère meaning "dear" or "expensive" depending on context.

I know that. I was just having a little fun.

I do that sometimes. ;-)