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doridoru
13 Jul 17 12:26
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Tube to change 'ladies and gentlemen' announcements

The "ladies and gentleman" greeting on Tube announcements is to be scrapped, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.

London Underground staff have been told to say "hello everyone" in an effort to become more gender-neutral.

TfL said the move was to ensure all passengers felt "welcome".

LGBT campaign group Stonewall welcomed the decision, which was supported by London mayor Sadiq Khan at a session of Mayor's Question Time last month.

The revised phrasing will be applied to all new pre-recorded announcements made across the capital's transport network.

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Report detraveller • July 13, 2017 1:05 PM BST
I don't see how this can negatively affect anyone's life in London. But I am sure this will be talked about a lot in the coming days which is good news for Khan. Keeping the dumb folk busy in dumb issues is a favorite for politicians.
Report moisok • July 13, 2017 1:10 PM BST
Why aren't they announcing call to prayers - this is an astonishing omission.  Shame on them
Report detraveller • July 13, 2017 1:16 PM BST
Do you always have to post about the muslims even when the thread is not related to that? You are whining that he hasn't done that and you'll be whining when he does that. Either way, you'll be the one complaining and its not a bad idea to make peace with the reality. You will have to at some point.
Report doridoru • July 13, 2017 1:18 PM BST
Ahh but it is numbnuts Detra, no more mention of Ladies suits the Islam/Muslim Khan agenda just fine!
Report moisok • July 13, 2017 1:20 PM BST
Mr khan is our mare and is a muslim.

hope this helps
Report saddo • July 13, 2017 1:38 PM BST
"Hello campers" would be a decent greeting imo.
Report john92 • July 13, 2017 1:41 PM BST
"HI EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!"

In the style Dr Nick Riviera would be my choice. Bring some humour to the madness.
Report doridoru • July 13, 2017 1:49 PM BST
LaughLaugh
Report cooperman • July 13, 2017 1:49 PM BST
LaughLaughLaugh @ saddo

bong bing bong......... hi de hi
Report GRANTCKING • July 13, 2017 2:24 PM BST

Jul 13, 2017 -- 7:41AM, john92 wrote:


"HI EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!"In the style Dr Nick Riviera would be my choice. Bring some humour to the madness.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGYpsNpg1bw

Report dustybin • July 13, 2017 6:07 PM BST
Why would anyone feel alienated with 'ladies and gents'?
Even those confused, or tranny swapping whimsical switchers will still be one or the other in their heads, still all bases covered.

Or are there 'neither' and/or 'both' options nowadays?
Report saddo • July 13, 2017 6:16 PM BST
If there is a chance of upsetting a few dozen people, they will make 65 million change their ways. Snowflake politics, sickening.
Report akabula • July 13, 2017 8:00 PM BST
"Hello campers" Brilliant saddo. LaughLaughLaugh
Report ufcdan • July 13, 2017 8:13 PM BST
This gender neutral stuff is causing me some concern. Can I still call someone a coont or a pr1ck. I'm really worried as I don't want to offend anyone Mischief
Report casemoney • July 13, 2017 10:06 PM BST
one word "Pathetic"
Report casemoney • July 13, 2017 10:15 PM BST
We have Parades Celebrating Men who Sling their Schlongers up Each other and Women who wish they had Schlongers Beyond Belief TBH ,who wants to Know ?  Its all in everyone Faces I for
one Have no interest ,Live and Let live ,But I really don't need to know anyones Sexual Preference ..

Same with all this Religious Shyte, Mois prob not far off with the Call to Prayer business
Shirley can be Long till this banging out over the Rooftops Of Stan at 6 in the morning .
Report Whisperingdeath • July 13, 2017 10:49 PM BST
I heard it today at Southfields. Move along the platform please ladies and gentlemen,

" sorry I am not allowed to say that anymore. Move along the platform please customers! "

As a point of order did Labour really insist on that? TFL run London Underground not the Labour Party. Proof please!
Report moisok • July 13, 2017 10:57 PM BST
It is all part of removing aggression from the male. After all, they are the most violent.


Catherine, Elizabeth, Golder Meir, Thatcher, etc were all really nice people

but we now have the agenda of weakening the male species.

All part of the agenda.
Report dustybin • July 14, 2017 9:02 AM BST
All this expectancy that if there's something about the way other people are then the environment has to change around you is tedious.
Life is and always has been about adapting or dying.
So get on with it.
Report Lady Faye Verrit • July 14, 2017 9:24 AM BST
"Now Hear This...Now Hear This"...
Report kincsem • July 14, 2017 11:51 AM BST
They've banned Ladies and Gentlemen
How will I know where to go for a .....?
Report wit-ham • July 14, 2017 5:38 PM BST
All they had to do was add the not sures after Ladies and Gentlemen
then we would all be happy
Report saddo • July 14, 2017 5:59 PM BST
We can never all be happy while they pander to a noisy few, but they had better beware most of us becoming unhappy with this PC shoite. Push hard enough and you'll get a rebound.
Report Injera • July 14, 2017 6:08 PM BST
Some excellent contributions on this thread. saddo takes the prize but others must shirley (see what I did there..)be mentioned in dispatches Laugh
Report MC Roller • July 14, 2017 8:31 PM BST
Just shows you Brough Scott was way ahead of the times.
Report lybertyne • July 14, 2017 9:56 PM BST
Good morning ladies, gentlemen and cuckoos.


Although to be fair quite a lot of people aren't worthy of being called a lady or gentleman so perhaps Hello Everyone is best.
Report lybertyne • July 14, 2017 10:01 PM BST
I'd like to see gentlewoman and gentlefolk revived.


The gentlefolk of Winchester are slightly concerned that if the dry spell continues their petunias may be affected.
Report raspberrybottom • July 14, 2017 10:34 PM BST
All joking aside.

What a joke.................
Report dustybin • July 15, 2017 7:55 AM BST
Ladies, gentlemen and incorrectly diagnosed mentalists.
Report Sica Dan • July 16, 2017 4:08 PM BST
Nobody has told Wimbledon, they still have  Gentleman's and Ladies titles.
Report saddo • July 16, 2017 5:22 PM BST
They'll have to change it when they are forced to allow some bloke called Eric to play in the ladies championship.
Report Injera • July 16, 2017 5:34 PM BST
Apart from the Wimbers crowd being hideously white and the etiquette old fashioned and not gender neutral, I enjoy it...Silly
Report Facts • July 18, 2017 9:33 AM BST
raspberrybottom    14 Jul 17 22:34 
All joking aside.

What a joke.................




All joking aside.

This thread is pathetic.
Report saddo • July 18, 2017 11:35 AM BST
Not as pathetic as changing the way a country has does things for centuries, just in case they hurt the feelings of a few soft buggers.
Report moisok • July 18, 2017 12:25 PM BST
I wonder how Ian is getting on with his 'guests'?
Report saddo • July 18, 2017 12:29 PM BST
"man up" is a well used phrase, it will be outlawed in a few years no doubt.
Report Vubiant • July 18, 2017 6:55 PM BST
Time to human the barricades.
Report Sica Dan • July 18, 2017 11:20 PM BST
In films and on stage women want to be called actors but of course they still want seperate awards
for best actress.
Report moisok • July 18, 2017 11:30 PM BST
They should have their cake and eat it.
Report ufcdan • July 19, 2017 7:41 AM BST
Further to Sica Dan's point their all moaning because their state pension age has been raised in line with men !
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