Is this a Christmas joke?

What they should do is sue people who sue people for not being invited - for causing stress. Why not just everyone sue each other and then cancel the whole thing ? Horrible people the lot of them.

Gosh and I was always made to feel like an 'odd ball' because I hated the office party, get togethers, lunchtime at the pub when someone was leaving. Seems I am not alone.

theworriedwell

Allira

"Invitation to office Christmas party"
Even the wording puzzles me. Someone would organise it, the date would be put on a notice board or circulated and people just turn up - surely?

Well you'd think so unless you wanted to exclude some people.

How would that exclude some people. The choice to go or not is theirs. We can't cater for every single person's perception of non inclusion. If that's how they feel stand up and say so. Not resort to wasting the courts time.

Allira

Mollygo

^NonGrannyMoll
Does anyone still read the Daily Mail, much less actually spend money buying it?^

The discrimination against people who read the DM gets worse.

Does anyone still read the Daily Mail, much less actually spend money buying it?

Only Gransnetters who scour every bit online, then post links to it saying how dreadful it is 😁

Ha ha that's a good one.

Do you think I would have any grounds for discrimination due to the fact that they do invite me. I keep saying no to the Christmas work outing but they keep asking

Galaxy

Do you think I would have any grounds for discrimination due to the fact that they do invite me. I keep saying no to the Christmas work outing but they keep asking

They feel they can’t do without you to liven things up?Or they don’t want to hurt your feelings by not asking you? They think you may sue them?😁

I think they are just nice and I am grumpy.

sparkynan

I starting to feel very discriminated against because I do read the Daily Mail! according to some GN’s that makes me childish and infers I read comics!
I don’t make fun or rude comments of people who ONLY read the Guardian or the Times, and I believe these people truely think they are morally right and better people than me, because I am a DM reader. Where as, to me they come across as sanctimonious, judgemental self righteous and intolerant snobs . I hope you feel satisfied that you make me feel very unwelcome on GNs and I am wondering whether to even bother with GN any more as a DM reader I’m not welcome!

Don’t worry about what any eejits post about the DM or let it put you off being on the forum.
It is amazing what they post from the Mail when they say how much they dislike it😁I think it’s become a ‘thing’ to pretend to look down on it.Funny that the Daily Star is never mentioned when talking of comics.

sparkynan

I starting to feel very discriminated against because I do read the Daily Mail! according to some GN’s that makes me childish and infers I read comics!
I don’t make fun or rude comments of people who ONLY read the Guardian or the Times, and I believe these people truely think they are morally right and better people than me, because I am a DM reader. Where as, to me they come across as sanctimonious, judgemental self righteous and intolerant snobs . I hope you feel satisfied that you make me feel very unwelcome on GNs and I am wondering whether to even bother with GN any more as a DM reader I’m not welcome!

You ARE welcome here. ALL are welcome!

I don’t read the DM often, but I do sometimes read the odd story. What I don’t like about it is the way they sometimes (along with some other publications) portray people on benefits, including those who are unwell, and they love a benefit “cheat” story.

Stay, ignore the odd spiteful comment, I’ve found most GNs to be kind and glorious people, with lots of different beliefs and views and it makes it interesting.

Often a blunt ill thought out comment isn’t meant to be spiteful or insulting, it’s difficult when things are in print to sometimes get the “inference”

Galton

Gosh and I was always made to feel like an 'odd ball' because I hated the office party, get togethers, lunchtime at the pub when someone was leaving. Seems I am not alone.

You certainly are NOT alone!!

No-one should be made to feel unwelcome or oddball just because they are different. So, read the DM, go or not go to parties, whatever. Kindly tolerance is what we need, and mostly have. It's just an unkind minority who make life sad for others.

I have a vague memory that my parents read the Times and The Daily Mail when I was a kid. That was the 1950s. No one condemned anyone for which papers they chose to read then. I don’t like this snobbery judging what people like to read or listen to.

Looking upthread, there were only 2 posts which actually remarked directly on Daily Mail readers as opposed to talking about the DM and its politics. These posts were dealt with pretty vigoursly and pointedly.

Just suggest we stick to its politics. Bound to get pretty heated at some points, and there's a whole SM mythology around the DM, but for new posters it's hard sometimes to separate the two.

I used to read it regularly as someone disagreeing with much of it but since there is a paywall its harder although bits get repeated sometimes in Yahoo and Sky.

Freya5

theworriedwell

Allira

"Invitation to office Christmas party"
Even the wording puzzles me. Someone would organise it, the date would be put on a notice board or circulated and people just turn up - surely?

Well you'd think so unless you wanted to exclude some people.

How would that exclude some people. The choice to go or not is theirs. We can't cater for every single person's perception of non inclusion. If that's how they feel stand up and say so. Not resort to wasting the courts time.

No one is going to get anywhere trying to sue because there was a general invitation. I think you have misunderstood, having a party and inviting everyone in the office except the person who is different in someone way is what they are talking about.

Galaxy

Do you think I would have any grounds for discrimination due to the fact that they do invite me. I keep saying no to the Christmas work outing but they keep asking

No it is an inviation so you can say no. My old boss insisted we went to the "do" and eventually a couple of people stood up to him and said no. He was a bit of a bully.

He paid for everything and it was generally a good evening but not everyone enjoys that sort of thing.