"Pronouns" on business cards....

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So, I guess this is the new thing...putting your "pronouns" on your business card. I was given one a couple of weeks ago. The man was a union representative. On the line right under his name was "He-Him-They". Things are getting ridiculous out there, folks. :)
 
G-mac,

What was his first name?

Perhaps it was an attempt
at humorous clarification.
Or a slap at non-gender
trends.
 
Don't be too quick to judge the person who gave you the card.

HR departments are very quick to adopt this nonsense, following the trends in the big cities. It may be a requirement by company policy...

I actually asked him about it. He is a nation-wide recruiter for one of the major building trades unions. He said that he occasionally recruits in the Pacific Northwest and that it is very "progressive" up there.
 
Not confined to businesses. My Canadian military counterparts use pronoun identification in their sig blocks. Would say more, but rather speaks for itself.

Sorry, my bad.

It/me/my self.

Fortunately, bourbon will wash that taste right out. ��

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OK, this correctness thing has gone too far. The highball glass emoji is no longer accepted? (The mystery symbol after “right out” above.) So, so wrong. Its gotta be after 5pm somewhere! I feel a rant coming on….

:)
 
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I'm sure this topic will go well.

I don't think I've received a business card (except from a detective with a case number for an insurance claim after a car break in) in the last five years, getting handed one at this point instead of an email, linkedin message, or similar would surprise me way more than pronouns.

On the pronouns thing, I don't do it but reading an extra three words in an email signature, resume, or whatever doesn't hurt me at all, and I can think of a case or two where it would've helped me to know how someone wanted to be addressed. I just make a note of any time there's a discrepancy from what I would've guessed and move on with my day. If that's the most annoying thing I run into in my work day, I'm having the best day of work that's existed and life is good.
 
I'm partial to "excellency." Covers questions without getting "gender specific." Joe
 
I don't think I've received a business card (except from a detective with a case number for an insurance claim after a car break in) in the last five years, getting handed one at this point instead of an email, linkedin message, or similar would surprise me way more than

I can think of a case or two where it would've helped me to know how someone wanted to be addressed.

Funny, I came home with a briefcase full of them from my buying group meeting in Orlando last week.

And as far as how they want to be addressed, that's their problem, not mine.
 
About 35 years ago I was on a job welding. Someone walked by and hollers Hey Weldor lunchtime. So ever since then I’ve had on the back of my hard hat “ Hey Weldor” so I’m ahead of the times.
Although not being an English professor I’m not sure Weldor is a pronoun.
 
Although not being an English professor I’m not sure Weldor is a pronoun.

Although "weldor" is, I believe, the correct spelling for one who welds, it has fallen by the wayside. "Welder" is the much more common spelling nowadays. It could be the person, or the machine.
 
Putting new alphabet soup people pronouns on a business card or something similar does a great job to out that person's values so I know not to do business with them.
 
I guess if that woke ever came into my office to seek business ... my answer to him/her/it would be "no" ... and I would ban him/her/it from ever coming back
 
He said that he occasionally recruits in the Pacific Northwest and that it is very "progressive" up there.

Not everywhere!

A lot of people have that misconception about the PNW, that it all leans to the left. Not in small towns, thankfully, it's mainly the I-5 corridor from Seattle down to Eugene. Unfortunately, that's what makes up the bulk of our population. Heck, go to the dry side of either state and you'll think you're in Texas!
 
My wife uses Ms. People sometimes thinks she's progressive or whatever. She points out that she doesn't share my last name so Mrs (myname) is not correct. Nor is Mrs (her last name). Nor is Miss because she's married. Not a pronoun but thought I'd throw that in.

Military often answer the phone ....how can I help you sir/ma'am? I wonder if some people now find that offensive?
 
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