A government-run British train company has issued an apology after one of its conductors used the phrase ‘ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls’ during an announcement, causing a passenger identifying as ‘non-binary’ to take offence and make a complaint.
(Article by Steve Watson republished from NewsWars.com)
The passenger, who happens to be a ‘LGBT rep’ for the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, immediately took to Twitter to whine about the ‘incident’.
The company, London North Eastern Railway, immediately apologised and said "Train Managers should not be using language like this."
https://twitter.com/talkRADIO/status/1392878662383513608
Good lord, the horror of the language that was used:
https://twitter.com/markjenkinsonmp/status/1392580638885224451
https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/1392547892167122947
Perhaps LNER should decide who its core customer base is before going full woke:
https://twitter.com/wallaceme/status/1392776688711438338
https://twitter.com/poppyca28972829/status/1392521031634591746
And while LNER appears desperate to extend ‘inclusivity’ to the ‘non-binary’, not so much when it comes to the disabled or simply ‘ladies’:
https://twitter.com/MikiB007/status/1392615371719462918
https://twitter.com/FromMerivale/status/1393025166796488705
https://twitter.com/newjoel/status/1393088595435655169
Perhaps the Department For Transport and the train company should be focusing more on getting its trains running again after massive disruption caused by severe safety issues, rather than pandering to woke Twitter trolls.
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