OT: Total rant about today

Karen, I feel for you about the weather yesterday! I finished my PATTS & we were heading up Spadina at 4:00 & onto the Gardiner to get to the 401 & the weather was so nasty! Add to that the fact that traffic was almost at a standstill and we just crawled along for over an hour! Not being too familiar with where to go, we ended up getting in the wrong lane & had to circle around to try to get back onto the right road leading to the 403, then 401! Between that and the rain/snow/hail crap, with the wipers thwacking back & forth, we had headaches that hung around for the next 6 hours, until we got home. Where the hell is the sunshine & warm temps? I hop ethat it's better today for you up there.......

Deb

I dislike that word so much, I do have a nephew with Down Syndrome and he is one of the best kids I know. I am in love with that child and think I would go off my rocker is someone called him that. Its sad to say that some people don't understand until it touches your life personally.

Inappropriate isn't even close!!

I totally agree.  Thank you for sharing your experience.

I can't believe that supposedly "educated" people today would still use that word! That is so mean-spirited and hurtful and so demeaning - are they really that clueless that they don't understand why that word should be off-limits?  It puts you in the position of becoming the "language police" if you say anything to them, which is not a role that I assume you want to play. Can you talk to your immediate supervisor about it or at least see if she sees it your way or "their" way? Pretty sad situation.

Deb

I know that they don't mean anything malicious by saying it.  I think I'm just shocked that people in a professional office say it!  I guess I've worked too many years in community and social services - coming over to corporate has been an eye opener. lol

I cannot believe that people still use that term, and I've noticed that people who use that term often use other offensive language as well.  Lack of understanding I guess.