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Has the world gone mad?

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Luckygirl3 Wed 29-Apr-26 16:42:21

I have just had cause to communicate with PALS at my local hospital after dreadfully rude treatment from a staff member in the pacemaker clinic.
I have had an email reply that is signed:
John Smith
He/him/his

What the hell?

I do not want to join the "what is the world coming to?" brigade, and I am grandmother to a dearly loved young person who is changing from one gender to the other, but I do not need to have this garbage thrust at me on a hospital communication. It is entirely irrelevant to the matter in hand and of no interest to anyone whoever.

How many meetings I wonder did it take for this policy to be decided? In the meantime patients are enduring a poor service.

Sorry folks .. I needed to get that off my chest!

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CocoPops Thu 30-Apr-26 06:29:53

A gender neutral dog. Hilarious. Can you imagine the dog's owner phoning the vet to make an appointment for "Biscuit" to be "fixed."
The receptionist asks the sex of the dog.
Owner "They are Gender Neutral."
Receptionist "We castrate males and spray females. Which is it to be?
What does the owner say? Answers on a postcard ...

I can't wait until someone asks me what sex my dog is! I'm ready with the answer

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CocoPops Thu 30-Apr-26 06:31:32

I meant spay not spray!

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butterandjam Thu 30-Apr-26 06:40:17

Meandrogrog

butterandjam

I'm afraid it is people like your beloved family member, who have led to employees being asked to publically declare their preferred pronouns.

Perhaps "John" is on a genderfluid journey other people find confusing because he still has prominent breasts or is visibly pregnant.

What?

www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/20/the-dad-who-gave-birth-pregnant-trans-freddy-mcconnell

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HelterSkelter1 Thu 30-Apr-26 06:41:59

Reading the list of pronouns just brought back sitting in the French lesson classroom and reciting a list of pronouns and their postion before the verb...I think. Me/te/se/nous/vous/le/la/les/lui/leur/y/en. Is that correct? I have just woken up!
I can almost hear our chanting voices. Sixty plus years ago.

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