Then they say "obviously we don't mean everyone!" like you're the one taking it wrong and that's on you. (I hate that because really if you're just discussing one or two people you single them out for the problem behaviour rather than labelling them as asian/black/men or whatever group you've slotted them into.)
I have a feeling that the people that are doing that are working the other way, where they think that most people exhibit a characteristic/behaviour and the "not everyone" is the select bunch of people they know which I think is how the "I'm not racist I have [in that category] friends!" card can be played with no inkling of the irony.
I'm suspicious that this is actually a lie to try and keep the respect of younger people while we try and remember what we were even doing or were about to do.
BAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA XD meanwhile I'm cheerfully telling the younger people that I have no idea what I'm doing either so we can all muddle along and learn together or they can explain it to me if they have a clue XD
most of the time, every so often it's a ploy to see if the tiny children retain what they were told in training/were actually listening if I come across them mucking around while I'm crossing the floor in search of items or on the extremely rare occasions I get stuck on a girls' class
she feels like an exhibit
Ugh poor kid >_< other than that idiocy is/did she enjoy/ing it?
Then the shock on those faces was apparently classic when he asked for a box of matches in well spoken English accent. He was better spoken than any of them. 🤣
Right that's it I need to just not be drinking and reading at the same time I keep nearly drowning.
I don't do it nearly as often now (mostly because I'm much slower on vocabulary seeing as I don't read as much as I used to) but I did once derive perhaps too much pleasure from responding in purple prose when merely stating "I probably speak English better than you" didn't feel like it would be quite as satisfying XD
She is and the people on the shop floor who she's actually working with don't treat her like that. They've gotten to know her pretty well, tease her for her quietness and not liking attention and she also seems to have a calming effect on the older grumpy guys. 😆 There's a bit of a joke that she's mellowed out the guy training her so now they need to put her with the guy who loses his temper whenever things don't go right for him.
Aaaahhhh that's so cute XD
There might be some ingrained sexism/chivalry there where they feel like they can't swear/lose it in front of the little girl which in the case of the guy that loses his temper when things don't go right for him might not be the worst thing? XD
I'd say so. They'll swear and tell rude jokes in front of her, though. They were a bit cautious at first, forgetting there's a female there and then quickly checking, getting ready to apologise, but realising she's trying to suppress giggles too or not reacting to the swearing.
I'd say it's the calming effect of a woman, but I think there's also the mutual understanding and respect, because they aren't like that with the women in the offices and they only like one of the ones in inspection. That said, most of inspection is disliked for their incompetence regardless of sex, except for that one women. 😅