On an email with my manager I described a coworker I only worked with once as a small, thin woman that was either born in an East Asian country or has East Asian parents. I don’t know this person’s name. I don’t see a better way to describe her all things considered.
The managers answer: it is disrespectful to describe people according to ethnic background or physical appearance.
My next question for this manager: dear manager, how should I describe this person then?
I don’t know if I’m being genuinely disrespectful or this is a very thin skinned manager. Either way, I had to work with another coworker I didn’t know either. This conversation with manager B ensued:
manager B: ‘today you’re working with mike’
me: ‘who’s mike?’
manager B: ‘that fat guy’
make it make sense.
You’re reaching the fringe of this discussion! So, if he had said “dark brown eyes with epicanthic folds”, is that a bridge too far? I think this is where this question gets messy and it’s why people tend to either leave it well alone, or just wade in with no tact whatsoever.
It’s a bit harsh to imply someone is racist because they use features to describe a person.
No I’m not. Quit using the cloud to do your thinking/forum posting for you, it’s transparently pathetic.
What the fuck are you talking about? Why the aggression there, cunto?