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ianr

ianr

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There is perhaps some comfort to be had from https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=in+the+exact+same%2Cin+exactly+the+same%2C+in+the+very+same&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1700&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cin%20the%20exact%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bin%20the%20exact%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BIn%20the%20exact%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cin%20exactly%20the%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bin%20exactly%20the%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BIn%20exactly%20the%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cin%20the%20very%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bin%20the%20very%20same%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BIn%20the%20very%20same%3B%2Cc0.
Sue

Sue

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BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> On the BBC News just now: "... in the exact same

> spot." What's wrong with "... in exactly the same

> spot"? Probably doesn't sound informal and

> American enough for modern tastes. Bah, humbug!




At least "At this moment in time" seems to have died a death.


Hmmm, "died a death" ?? Another stupid saying.

Loz

Loz

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Internet sites (predominantly newspapers) that go "oooh, you've scrolled right past my nice video, so I'll float it in a window that covers a quarter of your browser so you can't see much of anything else".


No, I scrolled past your video BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO WATCH YOU STUPID AD-FILLED CRAP VIDEO.


Annoying barstewards.

KalamityKel

KalamityKel

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Loz Wrote:

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> Internet sites (predominantly newspapers) that go

> "oooh, you've scrolled right past my nice video,

> so I'll float it in a window that covers a quarter

> of your browser so you can't see much of anything

> else".

>

> No, I scrolled past your video BECAUSE I DIDN'T

> WANT TO WATCH YOU STUPID AD-FILLED CRAP VIDEO.

>

> Annoying barstewards.



AND those annoying pop ups that take over the screen and you can't close them, insisting you sign up to the mailing list even when you are already a member!

Would I like to see more? Nope *closes tab

KalamityKel

KalamityKel

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Upon reading a job ad for a basic office role...


"We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills and stories to join us and influence and develop our working practice. We are particularly keen to hear from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled candidates"


!!!!

Seabag

Seabag

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KalamityKel Wrote:

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> Upon reading a job ad for a basic office role...

>

> "We actively encourage people from a variety of

> backgrounds with different experiences, skills and

> stories to join us and influence and develop our

> working practice. We are particularly keen to hear

> from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and

> disabled candidates"

>

> !!!!


Buzzword Bingo

Sue

Sue

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KalamityKel Wrote:

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> Upon reading a job ad for a basic office role...

>

> "We actively encourage people from a variety of

> backgrounds with different experiences, skills and

> stories to join us and influence and develop our

> working practice. We are particularly keen to hear

> from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and

> disabled candidates"

>

> !!!!



Not sure what your problem with this is.


People from those groups are probably proportionately under represented in the job so the company is encouraging them to apply.


What has the fact that it's a basic office role got to do with it?

Sue

Sue

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heath81 Wrote:

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> people being over politically correct and

> labelling everyone else racists, sexists,

> biggotts, uneducated etc!



Genuinely interested to know how you define "politically correct" and "over politically correct", and to hear some examples of this labelling which so enrages you.

malumbu

malumbu

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People who moan about the nanny state and health and safety culture gone mad.


Go back a 100 years and see how many people were maimed or killed in the factories and mills, with little or no compensation and help from the state and the employer.


People who moan about the trade unions.


Go back a 100 years and see how many people were maimed or killed in the factories and mills, with little or no compensation and help from the state and the employer.


Need to see the big picture folks!

KalamityKel

KalamityKel

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Sue Wrote:

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> KalamityKel Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Upon reading a job ad for a basic office

> role...

> >

> > "We actively encourage people from a variety of

> > backgrounds with different experiences, skills

> and

> > stories to join us and influence and develop

> our

> > working practice. We are particularly keen to

> hear

> > from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)

> and

> > disabled candidates"

> >

> > !!!!

>

>

> Not sure what your problem with this is.

>

> People from those groups are probably

> proportionately under represented in the job so

> the company is encouraging them to apply.

>

> What has the fact that it's a basic office role

> got to do with it?


^^^!!!


Oh come on Sue you know what it means. In today's world we're meant to think EQUAL.

Sue

Sue

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KalamityKel Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > KalamityKel Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > Upon reading a job ad for a basic office

> > role...

> > >

> > > "We actively encourage people from a variety

> of

> > > backgrounds with different experiences,

> skills

> > and

> > > stories to join us and influence and develop

> > our

> > > working practice. We are particularly keen to

> > hear

> > > from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)

> > and

> > > disabled candidates"

> > >

> > > !!!!

> >

> >

> > Not sure what your problem with this is.

> >

> > People from those groups are probably

> > proportionately under represented in the job so

> > the company is encouraging them to apply.

> >

> > What has the fact that it's a basic office role

> > got to do with it?

>

> ^^^!!!

>

> Oh come on Sue you know what it means. In today's

> world we're meant to think EQUAL.



No, we are not "meant to think EQUAL", whatever that is supposed to mean. We are supposed to think FAIRLY.


ETA: It is unfair - and also illegal - to discriminate against people applying for jobs based on characteristics unrelated to their ability to do the job, such as their ethnic origin.


And why encouraging people from groups who may be unwilling to apply for a job because they expect to be unfairly discriminated against should cause you irrational rage, I really don't understand.


I'm assuming that you don't fall into any of those groups and have no empathy with jobseekers who do.


It's about finding the best person for the job. Full stop.

  • 2 months later...
Robert Poste's Child

Robert Poste's Child

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Lead item in local Conservative 'newsletter' that came through my door today re quietway works at DV: 'Months of disruption ahead'. That's ONE MONTH after work actually started and nearly TWO after works schedules first came through the door, apparently before the decision had actually been ratified. Apart from criticising Sadiq Khan, it seems the local Conservative councillors have done very little.


It's called 'InTouch', the newsletter. Ironically.

  • 2 weeks later...
Loz

Loz

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ed_pete Wrote:

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> Those online logins that ask you to (for example)

> "Select all the images with a store front"... Grr.


Sadly, these days it is a necessary evil. It's to stop online bots from creating accounts and spamming.

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