Sometimes it pays to ignore people when talking to them. If they insist on being called by a pronoun, I would walk off and ignore what they said. This is not in my upbringing to ignore people, but neither are the pronouns they insist I use.
It’s been a difficult situation that’s shaken the department. I’m on the training cadre and an officer and always have to be especially careful since the general feeling is she’s working to do a big gotcha and sue us after she decides to be extra offended.
I work to use just last names as suggested by a few of the other officers. The walking on eggshells is damn hard and stupid.
Being in training and an officer I can’t ignore. The concern is she sued the dept, costing many thousands of dollars as she pathetically tries to make a point. And the way these things work is she’ll walk away with cash as the dept settles.
We have one of these on the fire dept. it’s embarrassing that the recruitment team brought him on.
And his GF the they/them who reminds everyone of her pronouns every chance she gets.
Sometimes it pays to ignore people when talking to them. If they insist on being called by a pronoun, I would walk off and ignore what they said. This is not in my upbringing to ignore people, but neither are the pronouns they insist I use.
It’s been a difficult situation that’s shaken the department. I’m on the training cadre and an officer and always have to be especially careful since the general feeling is she’s working to do a big gotcha and sue us after she decides to be extra offended.
I work to use just last names as suggested by a few of the other officers. The walking on eggshells is damn hard and stupid.
Thanks for the advice.
What can she do, sue you for ignoring her?
Being in training and an officer I can’t ignore. The concern is she sued the dept, costing many thousands of dollars as she pathetically tries to make a point. And the way these things work is she’ll walk away with cash as the dept settles.