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“In IT we have a saying; stay away from the Three Os: Orientals, Old People and Ovaries.” In 17 years of working IT, I have never heard this saying and nothing
by BrainLesion 9y ago
“In IT we have a saying; stay away from the Three Os: Orientals, Old People and Ovaries.”
In 17 years of working IT, I have never heard this saying and nothing even close.
- wavefunction 9y agoI would report anyone that said that to HR.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoI guess if your only metric is what people are willing to say in front of you then it probably works but you know what they say about metrics... In general, going for the passive aggressive nuclear option and involving some external authority as your first step is almost never* the right thing to do if you want to actually solve the problem. In the context of things that shouldn't be said in the workplace doing that creates distrust that prevents people from speaking freely which inevitably works its way into everywhere and affects performance. *ignoring edge cases.
- s73ver 9y agoIf someone hasn't realized by now that saying something like that is unacceptable, I have to call into question their critical thinking skills.
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- apsec112 9y agoFWIW, if the IT folks I know actually followed this "saying", it would eliminate 80% of the department.
- myth_buster 9y agoSo haven't I and boy am I glad. There seems to be a self selecting bro culture bubble.
- apetresc 9y agoIt's an old joke about driving, not IT. The guy was just trying to be funny, I guess.
- BrainLesion 9y agoThat makes more sense, actually. I haven't heard a person use the term "Oriental" for a group of people in several decades. Makes sense that it's from an old (and stupid) joke.
- teddyh 9y agohttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Five%20O%27s%20of%20Driving https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Five%20O%27s...
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y ago"three Os" sounds better than "one A and two Os"...
- jackvalentine 9y agoI work in IT and my boss uses it with embarrassingly regular frequency... he is in his mid 50s.
- abritinthebay 9y agoMuch more common outside the US, where it's not seen as a slur at all. It's commonly used to differentiate the "Far East" (China, Japan, etc) from the rest of Asia (India, etc). It does technically mean "from the east", after all. But yeah, you'll see it everywhere in the U.K. for example
- zardo 9y agoHave you worked IT in Florida?
- coev 9y agoI'm from Florida, worked in tech there, have never heard this phrase and I'd expect anyone using it on the clock to be dressed down pretty severely.
- throwanem 9y agoSame, and I started under a guy who held nothing sacred and could swear paint off the walls.
- rdiddly 9y agoHere in everywhere else we have a saying: "Stay away from Early Termination, Extra-Terrestrials, and Euen Thompson of Magic Leap."
- DonHopkins 9y agoAnd Entertainment Tonight busses. http://www.etonline.com/news/199902_donald_trump_and_billy_bush_discuss_nancy_o_dell_2005_recording/ http://www.etonline.com/news/199902_donald_trump_and_billy_b...
- tps5 9y agoOn some level it's hard to believe that people say things like this, especially out loud and with women present. (But I do believe it)
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- louprado 9y agoA recent 60 Minutes episode focused on employees in IT that were replaced H1-B Visa contractors. What the reporter failed to notice, or mention, is that every terminated employee was over 50 (my estimate based on appearance).