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Halifax 'Inclusion' Policy Sets Twitface On Fire ... Again ..
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News followers may be aware of the latest furor about 'inclusion', this time involving the Halifax Bank.
The bank has decided to offer name badges to its employees with pronouns to advise their preferred pronoun address -
https:/ /www.lb c.co.uk /news/h alifax- staff-p ronoun- badges- custome rs-thre aten-cl ose-acc ounts
The badges are voluntary.
The company advises that this is about inclusivity, and ensuring that no-one is accidentally 'mis-gender identified'.
It also advises that anyone who does not agree with the policy is welcome to take their business elsewhere.
I feel that a simple reality check may be in order here.
I have been a Halifax customer for over thirty years, and in that time, as in every other walk of my life, I have never 'mis-gender-identified' anyone, probably because I am capable of telling the difference between a man and a woman in any social or professional setting where it matters - and personal in-branch banking interaction has never been one of them.
So I remain bemused but utterly disinterested in the notion that an employee thinks that their gender identity is important enough to me that they need to identify it via a badge on their front.
But, and this is where I am seriously bent out of shape -
If the company pushing this nonsense wants to confirm its 'inclusivity' by terminally excluding me if I choose not to agree with its policy, then I feel seriously motivated to take them up on their offer and move my account elsewhere.
They seem to forget, they are a service industry, and I can take my account anywhere I choose any day i fancy, and it's surely in their interests to ensure that I stay, not to push me away with their snotty 'my way or the highway' approach to my embracing their latest woke piffle.
I conduct my business without the need even to know the name of the person I am dealing with, and I have yet to feel the need to know which 'pronoun' they prefer to be addressed by.
I am all for inclusivity, but not when it only includes people who see the world their way, that is not my definition of the term, and I am not interested in dealing with an organsation that thinks it has a right to dictate my views on its staff policies.
Any thoughts?
The bank has decided to offer name badges to its employees with pronouns to advise their preferred pronoun address -
https:/
The badges are voluntary.
The company advises that this is about inclusivity, and ensuring that no-one is accidentally 'mis-gender identified'.
It also advises that anyone who does not agree with the policy is welcome to take their business elsewhere.
I feel that a simple reality check may be in order here.
I have been a Halifax customer for over thirty years, and in that time, as in every other walk of my life, I have never 'mis-gender-identified' anyone, probably because I am capable of telling the difference between a man and a woman in any social or professional setting where it matters - and personal in-branch banking interaction has never been one of them.
So I remain bemused but utterly disinterested in the notion that an employee thinks that their gender identity is important enough to me that they need to identify it via a badge on their front.
But, and this is where I am seriously bent out of shape -
If the company pushing this nonsense wants to confirm its 'inclusivity' by terminally excluding me if I choose not to agree with its policy, then I feel seriously motivated to take them up on their offer and move my account elsewhere.
They seem to forget, they are a service industry, and I can take my account anywhere I choose any day i fancy, and it's surely in their interests to ensure that I stay, not to push me away with their snotty 'my way or the highway' approach to my embracing their latest woke piffle.
I conduct my business without the need even to know the name of the person I am dealing with, and I have yet to feel the need to know which 'pronoun' they prefer to be addressed by.
I am all for inclusivity, but not when it only includes people who see the world their way, that is not my definition of the term, and I am not interested in dealing with an organsation that thinks it has a right to dictate my views on its staff policies.
Any thoughts?
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I've been receiving letters for decades signed along the lines of Elizabeth Smith (Miss), or (Mrs) as the case may be. This enables me to address them accordingly. I have never once threatened to take my business elsewhere on account of ///their snotty 'my way or the highway' approach///.
The human race will survive this outrage.
I've been receiving letters for decades signed along the lines of Elizabeth Smith (Miss), or (Mrs) as the case may be. This enables me to address them accordingly. I have never once threatened to take my business elsewhere on account of ///their snotty 'my way or the highway' approach///.
The human race will survive this outrage.
My thoughts...it's really not important enough to get into a tizzy about. People can wear whatever name badges they choose - it doesn't affect me.
And, andy, you haven't really been a "Halifax customer" all that time...it's Halifax Bank only superficially, being simply a name that the Lloyds Banking Group continues to use.
And, andy, you haven't really been a "Halifax customer" all that time...it's Halifax Bank only superficially, being simply a name that the Lloyds Banking Group continues to use.
This comes about from the Halifax or its PR company employing modern day graduates who should never have gone to University in the first place to come up with some hair brained ideas to justify themselves. This is the best they can do because they only know about PC and snowflake issues. It's laughable.
such as "Mrs. John Smith....is indeed correct
and I usually squeeze in somewhere
that Mrs Janine Josephine Lou-lou Smith
addresses a widow tho she may not be ! oo-er Mrs
and whilst I am at it
Mr Peter Pedant MA - oops sorry, Peter Pedant esq., MA
no degrees whether or not he has them, with mr
but you olds really always knew that innit?
and I usually squeeze in somewhere
that Mrs Janine Josephine Lou-lou Smith
addresses a widow tho she may not be ! oo-er Mrs
and whilst I am at it
Mr Peter Pedant MA - oops sorry, Peter Pedant esq., MA
no degrees whether or not he has them, with mr
but you olds really always knew that innit?
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