Fortunately,I don't have to use online shopping. I don't want to end up with a week's shopping that has to be eaten by tomorrow. I always reach to the back of the shelf to get the best dates. The pickers aren't likely to do that.
Good morning all, a lovely sunny day here by the look of it. Nothing planned especially, we normally do our SM shop on a Wednesday morning but because it is Armistice Day LeClerc is closed. Perhaps i should do some h*******k but there again it's too nice to be indoors. Â
Can someone tell me what the difference is between what these phrases describe?
1) 'A person of colour'
2) 'A coloured person'
I thought that 2 was deemed 'wrong/inappropriate' as it excluded white as a colour - why then is 1 acceptable? You reorder words to talk like Yoda and it's fine...'..a person of colour he is..'?
And why is 'positive discrimination' acceptable in any way, shape or form? Isn't any discrimination simply that - discrimination? 'Positive' is then only a point of view isn't it? What is positive to one person is then negative still to the person being discriminated against.
Stop discrimination - enforce discrimination laws that already exist, don't try to discriminate to get more of whatever 'group' is expedient at the time into whichever area.
What is also a bit frustrating is that, what is now Greg's story, has obscured what the discussion was about. At least John Barnes saw that in his interview on Radio 4 yesterday.
Back to gripeing we are getting fed up with on line SM shopping takes ages, don't get half of what you want or it's short dated when you do get it.Â
The deliveries we get are clearly packed by someone whose mum has always done the shopping for them. Fragile stuff at the bottom with heavy stuff heaped on top, fresh food never checked for damage, dented cans and broken packaging. It's always logged and sent back with the driver and we've complained to customer services a few times but the situation hasn't improved at all. We're not even in a highly populated area so I hate to think what it's like in places where the services are under more pressure.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
If we're having gripes about SM's, it's been just over two weeks since i walked out of work extremely upset,two weeks today since i handed over my letter of resignation to a manager.I've heard nothing,not even if or what i'm going to get paid.It all serves to remind me why i walked out!
I’m going to be curmudgeonly about people moaning about online grocery shopping,  I’m just glad they bring my food to the door,  shorts dates,  we never took notice of short dates,  if it’s short day either plan your meals to use it first or put it it in freezer. I don’t have to worry about who’s wearing a mask of who isn’t,  standing queuing outside, gelling up at every aisle.
Trouble is, I come from the generation who had nothing and are thankful for anything, food on ration, not that we could afford to buy it even if it wasn’t. If you’ve lived through hardship you never forget it.Â
These are troubled times, the SM’s are stretched,  the drivers, poor sods are flat out. My sons got twice as much work as he had before and every wants it yesterday. Does anyone spare a thought for anyone else but themselves these days.Â
Rant over, best not look in this thread anymore.Â
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Would it have made it any better if you hadn't got the jobs because you hadn't been shortlisted because of 'positive' discrimination? Or you had been interviewed and then rejected because the company wanted to fulfill a quota of people with different etnic/sexual/age/... 'criteria'? Isn't that still discrimination?
What was wrong surely was that you were discriminated against anyway. Did you go to any employment tribunal?
I'm not sure about how people select others to work with. I interviewed and employed quite a few people and was taught to use a technique called STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) when interviewing - BUT, I found that most times I got a feel if a person would 'fit' and I knew that if the person fitted as a person, I could always then get them trained if they'd shown an aptitude for learning. At that time there were very few women on the list and very few Afro-Caribbeans -Â but quite a few Asians (Indian). What I think I'm saying there is that employment isn't a simple 'tick box if they have right qualifications and experience' - there is (or was for me) an intangible subjective aspect - the perceived 'personality', or whatever, that also came into play in the decision.
Ask any interviewer if they haven't felt the same - that they have an impression of the person within the first 30 seconds of the interview. I'm not sure you'll even legislate against that - or that you can - which does leave it wide open to bigotry.
I spent quite a few years interviewing people for a wide variety of jobs. Unfortunately, it's absolutely true. It takes seconds to make the first impression. The interviewer then had about twenty minutes to change my mind either way - and they often did😊 The most stupid interview I ever attended as a candidate was one where, on the grounds of equality , all candidates were asked exactly the same questions with no deviation and no chance whatsoever to introduce anything else to the agenda. The stock answer was: "I'm sorry. We can't discuss that". It was like being interviewed by HAL 9000
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I don’t have to worry about who’s wearing a mask of who isn’t,  standing queuing outside, gelling up at every aisle.
Trouble is, I come from the generation who had nothing and are thankful for anything, food on ration, not that we could afford to buy it even if it wasn’t. If you’ve lived through hardship you never forget it.Â
These are troubled times, the SM’s are stretched,  the drivers, poor sods are flat out.Â
My sons got twice as much work as he had before and every wants it yesterday.Â
Does anyone spare a thought for anyone else but themselves these days.Â
Rant over, best not look in this thread anymore.Â
The most stupid interview I ever attended as a candidate was one where, on the grounds of equality , all candidates were asked exactly the same questions with no deviation and no chance whatsoever to introduce anything else to the agenda. The stock answer was: "I'm sorry. We can't discuss that". It was like being interviewed by HAL 9000