Hi I had a mock interview test earlier today ran by a training company , I am a bit annoyed and perplexed .
In one of the trial questions I was asked to explain equality in the workplace , my answer was it means companys are not allowed to discriminate on the grounds that a person might be of a different ethnic background or gay or lesbian , or mentally or physically handicapped etc etc .
In the feedback after I was told I can not say handicapped nowadays .
Im annoyed I was not being derogatory , but im told that I was ,well im sorry but that's how it was back in the 80s and it was fine then ,now all of a sudden the pc brigade have stepped in and censor what is allowed , I was also told off later in my interview for using the old saying calling a spade a spade as it could be termed racist ! ffs its an old saying meaning being blunt and to the point! like other old terms , strike while the hammers hot, beat about the bush, hit the nail on the head ,many a slip tween cup and lip etc etc ,well I refuse to change just to please the pc brigade ,and I am not discriminatory I just say it as it is , but I was told unless I drag myself into the modern world and stop using these terms I will be unemployable ,, the worlds gone raving mad!! rant over
In one of the trial questions I was asked to explain equality in the workplace , my answer was it means companys are not allowed to discriminate on the grounds that a person might be of a different ethnic background or gay or lesbian , or mentally or physically handicapped etc etc .
In the feedback after I was told I can not say handicapped nowadays .
Im annoyed I was not being derogatory , but im told that I was ,well im sorry but that's how it was back in the 80s and it was fine then ,now all of a sudden the pc brigade have stepped in and censor what is allowed , I was also told off later in my interview for using the old saying calling a spade a spade as it could be termed racist ! ffs its an old saying meaning being blunt and to the point! like other old terms , strike while the hammers hot, beat about the bush, hit the nail on the head ,many a slip tween cup and lip etc etc ,well I refuse to change just to please the pc brigade ,and I am not discriminatory I just say it as it is , but I was told unless I drag myself into the modern world and stop using these terms I will be unemployable ,, the worlds gone raving mad!! rant over