A racist incident, your thoughts....
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Guy got what was coming to him, I think suspension etc is enough to make him think twice about it.
Wont stop him being racist though, sadly everybody is racist to some degree...fact of life.
My girlfriends indian and if someone was racist towards her I'd be most likely end up getting a criminal record
But at the same time I also hold a certain distaste for a certain selection of Asian men
But thats to do with their culture and views...my girlfriend holds the same distaste
Wont stop him being racist though, sadly everybody is racist to some degree...fact of life.
My girlfriends indian and if someone was racist towards her I'd be most likely end up getting a criminal record
But at the same time I also hold a certain distaste for a certain selection of Asian men
But thats to do with their culture and views...my girlfriend holds the same distaste
The good old daily wail have an artical running at the mo. Although this is totally unmeasurable and the survey is a load of usual DM tripe it does contain a few stats that i would expect isn't too far of for the mentioned countries.
We're one of the most tollerant countries in the world according to this ' ' survey ' '
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325502/Map-shows-worlds-racist-countries-answers-surprise-you.html
We're one of the most tollerant countries in the world according to this ' ' survey ' '
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325502/Map-shows-worlds-racist-countries-answers-surprise-you.html
sp3ctre said:
But offisher, Shurely shome mishtake (best Sean Connery voice)
a340driver
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Stark said:
Quite right. Remember that he made this happen not you.
Not the best result unless he has previous.
Sacking him leaves him with a grudge and it won't be his boss on the receiving end.
To certain extent we have to tolerate intolerance.
Though I think you did exactly the right thing stark.
I think his company were probably acting in their best interest too.
It is a pity that idiots get themselves into trouble.
Sacking him leaves him with a grudge and it won't be his boss on the receiving end.
To certain extent we have to tolerate intolerance.
Though I think you did exactly the right thing stark.
I think his company were probably acting in their best interest too.
It is a pity that idiots get themselves into trouble.
peddy said:
Happened to me. I just laughed at him.
Sounds like the company has done the right thing.... Though not without a healthy dose of self-interest driving them, as I guess their contracts will be taken out of suspension too. It's not nice that someone has lost their job, but the chap should've thought of that before saying what he did. Maybe he'll have learned a lesson.
Jembo's advice stands though Stark, because if he's a union member then he could take it to a tribunal...
I've spent a lifetime being called such things. I grew up in a part of London where the NF (National Front to you youngsters) had their headquarters, and I used t get beat up pretty much every other day. I almost started believing that Paki was my middle name!! 
but I'm not a victim, far from it, and perhaps my own views are not exactly holy either. My views on immigration are very severe. But regardless of what we think in our heads, you just don't say such things.
Jonnyfive has just bought a Maserati, which reinforces the fact that his cock is only 1 inch long, but I wouldn't dream of telling him that to his face!!!! :evil:
but I'm not a victim, far from it, and perhaps my own views are not exactly holy either. My views on immigration are very severe. But regardless of what we think in our heads, you just don't say such things.Jonnyfive has just bought a Maserati, which reinforces the fact that his cock is only 1 inch long, but I wouldn't dream of telling him that to his face!!!! :evil:
A
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Sorry, but this is a sad outcome in my opinion.
You were on your way to your mums.....so not on work duty. He was racist to you, but as not on work duty, it was a totally "personal" thing.
You confronted him there and then. This was correct.
You reported him to his company. This was also reasonable.
But you also reported it to your highways department.....was that via a work contact you have?
Being at work or on personal time is irrelevant to the act that took place, cos to him, you were just another driver, but had you been a member of the public without your inside knowledge of the departments involved, would you have left it at just the talk to him?
Seems to me you were very upset and wanted revenge....which is understandable, but are you happy he has lost his job?
I can see why he has....his company needed to make an example out of him in order to get the work back, and so in that respect it is tough sh*t for him, but come on, sticks and stones etc - he called you a name and now has lost his job! Like I said before, had it been me driving, he would've probably called me a fat c*nt.....so I don't think it was really racially motivated, but because everyone is so sh*t scared of being labelled racist, his company has acted strongly.
True, he should've thought of that before he said it...I work for and organsiation that has a strict equality policy and I'd be in the sh*t also, but losing his job seems to severe over just this incident.
However, we don't know the full facts....he might have had complaints before etc (so hasn't learnt his lesson etc....and therefore does deserve this) but at the same time, this might be a 1st incident.
If it happened to me, sure, I'd want action taken, partly out of revenge, but also to educate him, but not to lose his job. Again though, as I said before, I have different views, so perhaps you see it more strongly, which is your view, to which you are entitled.
Now he has lost his job, lets hope he does learn from it! He'll probably have plenty of time to reflect.
You were on your way to your mums.....so not on work duty. He was racist to you, but as not on work duty, it was a totally "personal" thing.
You confronted him there and then. This was correct.
You reported him to his company. This was also reasonable.
But you also reported it to your highways department.....was that via a work contact you have?
Being at work or on personal time is irrelevant to the act that took place, cos to him, you were just another driver, but had you been a member of the public without your inside knowledge of the departments involved, would you have left it at just the talk to him?
Seems to me you were very upset and wanted revenge....which is understandable, but are you happy he has lost his job?
I can see why he has....his company needed to make an example out of him in order to get the work back, and so in that respect it is tough sh*t for him, but come on, sticks and stones etc - he called you a name and now has lost his job! Like I said before, had it been me driving, he would've probably called me a fat c*nt.....so I don't think it was really racially motivated, but because everyone is so sh*t scared of being labelled racist, his company has acted strongly.
True, he should've thought of that before he said it...I work for and organsiation that has a strict equality policy and I'd be in the sh*t also, but losing his job seems to severe over just this incident.
However, we don't know the full facts....he might have had complaints before etc (so hasn't learnt his lesson etc....and therefore does deserve this) but at the same time, this might be a 1st incident.
If it happened to me, sure, I'd want action taken, partly out of revenge, but also to educate him, but not to lose his job. Again though, as I said before, I have different views, so perhaps you see it more strongly, which is your view, to which you are entitled.
Now he has lost his job, lets hope he does learn from it! He'll probably have plenty of time to reflect.