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A government-run British train company has issued an apology after one of its conductors used the phrase ‘ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls’ during an announcement, causing a passenger identifying as ‘non-binary’ to take offence and make a complaint.
The passenger, who happens to be a ‘LGBT rep’ for the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, immediately took to Twitter to whine about the ‘incident’.
The company, London North Eastern Railway, immediately apologised and said “Train Managers should not be using language like this.”
Good lord, the horror of the language that was used:
Perhaps LNER should decide who its core customer base is before going full woke:
And while LNER appears desperate to extend ‘inclusivity’ to the ‘non-binary’, not so much when it comes to the disabled or simply ‘ladies’:
I've never received such a grovelling apology, despite as a disabled passenger, repeatedly being treated appallingly by rail services.
& neither has my daughter, who as a young woman, was left stranded alone in London last year, after her last train was cancelled.
Why is that?
— Miki Clem Fandango
(@MikiB007) May 12, 2021
It seems the hurt feelings of a spoilt little brat are more important
— Joel Newnham (@newjoel) May 14, 2021
Perhaps the Department For Transport and the train company should be focusing more on getting its trains running again after massive disruption caused by severe safety issues, rather than pandering to woke Twitter trolls.
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