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Please don't use "guys" this way. This is not PC nitpicking, It's important. "People" or "folks" may not have the ring you're after, but too bad.
by braindongle 8y ago
Please don't use "guys" this way. This is not PC nitpicking, It's important. "People" or "folks" may not have the ring you're after, but too bad.
- jrq 8y agoSome of my biggest stressors in the past came from trying to change people or believing that I was entitled to have people act and react the way I wanted them too. I don't give that privilege to others and I don't expect anybody else to. I say guys because my developers and analysts and quality managers are all men. The only women I work with are two secretaries, and they're not even in my department. What's too bad, friend, is that you have deluded yourself into believing you have the right of way over another person, for any reason whatsoever. Bless your heart!
- bitcharmer 8y agoHow is this not PC nitpicking. You really need a special kind of mindset to interpret completely harmless and generic term in this way. Please take your SJW-ism somewhere else. This is HN.
- dmix 8y agoOxford dictionary: 1.1 guys People of either sex.
- ionforce 8y agoI was in a meeting where this just happened. And as liberal as I am, it is exactly PC nitpicking. You can also choose to lead by example rather than correcting people. Despite all the good intentions in the world, people may not react well to this style, making your contribution locally ineffective. This is double if the person you're correcting doesn't think what they're doing is "wrong".