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 davim19 Equality and Diversity. 6th February 08, 03:48 AM
 Jimmy Equality and Diversity 6th February 08, 04:46 AM
 McMurdo Good for you, to tell you the... 6th February 08, 06:06 AM
 mbhandy That comment came from some... 6th February 08, 07:40 AM
 SFCRick Just ignore the idiots 6th February 08, 11:17 AM
 ozone Ach, let it go. Academia... 6th February 08, 12:06 PM
 MacMillan of Rathdown Equality and diversity? I... 6th February 08, 03:45 PM
 Monkey@Arms I guess what often surprises... 7th February 08, 12:02 PM
 Alan H For heavens sake, you're in... 7th February 08, 12:12 PM
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6th February 08, 03:48 AM
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Equality and Diversity.
The college (Sixth Form) I work at is having an "Equality and Diversity" week to help students and staff understand the wide range of cultures, nationalities and people that study and work there (we have 17 different nationalities from 6 continents). Thinking this would be the perfect oppurtunity to gain recognition for my kilt wearing, I approached HR for permissin to wear them for this week as a taster. She was actually very accepting, after asking "the question" (stock answer, " nothings worn...." cue blushing from her) one proviso was made, wearing something under the kilt at work (child protection).
So far I have had a lot of positive feedback from the students and many of the staff. I've only had two malicious comments, both by colleagues. First of all one of our students support team proclaimed loudly that tranvestitism was a disgusting sign of a disturbed person. Secondly, I had colleague insist on referring to it as a skirt and being quite offensive about the whole concept of kilted men. I haven't pushed these incidents to complaint, wish I had though, but I now know who my real colleagues are. Those that smiled told me that I looked good and congratulated me on being comfortable enough in myself to do this.
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6th February 08, 04:46 AM
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Equality and Diversity
Seems that some people do not understand the concept of Equality and Diversity or is it that they struggle to pay compliments to someone looking good, bit of envy here perhaps
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6th February 08, 05:08 AM
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Diversity in practice.
Excellent grasping of an opportunity davim19. I'm glad to hear that the experience was generally positive.
As to the two "bad mouthers" ; you did not indicate their sex, and if female if they were wearing trousers. Whatever, if you were a woman wearing trousers these sort of comments would certainly qualify for an official reprimand as sexual harassment. Maybe you would like to recommend them to HR for "diversity training" as happened last year to firefighters who had problems accepting gay men.
Perhaps ignoring these two is best - take the moral high ground!
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6th February 08, 05:23 AM
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 Originally Posted by Jimmy
Seems that some people do not understand the concept of Equality and Diversity or is it that they struggle to pay compliments to someone looking good, bit of envy here perhaps
I think thats true, envy of a good looking outfit, and envy of the courage to wear it.
Our company is big on equality and diversity, so the architecture team are using this to our benifit and we're arranging a list of cultural evenings, such as a curry night by our Malaysian architect, a sausage a beer night by the german. Naturaly I'm thinking of something Typicaly from the UK, so next year, I might be hosting a burns supper for my collegues. I do intend to wear a kilt on these days, however, I shall not be regimental. The stairs in the office have lovely marble treads, but no risers between them, you can see nearly straight up through them!!
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6th February 08, 05:56 AM
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There are times to be silent and there are times to "let fly the dogs of hell". Why lower yourself to the level of those who bad mouth what you wear. I just nod my head in those situations and know that I am not only better than them, but way better. Unless they keep bringing it up, the feedback has been positive so far, let them live their lives in their own predjudiced world. Wear the kilt!
Nulty
Kilted Flyfishing Guide
"Nothing will come of nothing, dare mighty things." Shakespeare
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6th February 08, 06:02 AM
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Don't let the idiots get you down. You can't fix STUPID!
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6th February 08, 02:40 PM
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 Originally Posted by McGurk
I do intend to wear a kilt on these days, however, I shall not be regimental. The stairs in the office have lovely marble treads, but no risers between them, you can see nearly straight up through them!!
Isn't it sad that you have to alter your behavior because of someone elses inabiltiy to keep from looking up your kilt? You'd be doing nothing wrong being regimental, however is someone invades your privacy and looks, you are the one that will be wrong. Go figure.
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6th February 08, 02:42 PM
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There is a similar stairway at TGI Friday's in Castle St, Edinburgh and I can assure you that they cause no problem. 
Sometimes methinks we panic too much...
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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6th February 08, 03:07 PM
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 Originally Posted by Alaskan Kilted Guy
Isn't it sad that you have to alter your behavior because of someone elses inabiltiy to keep from looking up your kilt? You'd be doing nothing wrong being regimental, however is someone invades your privacy and looks, you are the one that will be wrong. Go figure.
I know this cartoon may be a poor example,but who is in the wrong here?
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7th February 08, 09:42 AM
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 Originally Posted by Tommie
I know this cartoon may be a poor example,but who is in the wrong here?
The artist is in the wrong; he's trying to pass off a pleated skirt as a kilt. Note that he has the pleats all the way around.
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"No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse whiskey than he used to drink when he was single." ---- H. L. Mencken
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