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Original poster

Now I need to declare pronouns to get my rubbish collected!

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nothingcomestonothing · 02/07/2022 14:18

I need to get rid of a dismantled shed, so went onto my local councils website, where you can book a bulky waste collection for £30. Online booking form, first question, what is you title? Second question, what are your pronouns?

Now bear in mind that the system is, you put the stuff outside your house, and while you're at work a bin lorry collects it. The council employees aren't even going to meet me, let alone talk to me, much less refer to me by a sodding pronoun!

Since the question was not optional, instead of choosing a pronoun I wrote a mini essay about how very, very much they did not need my or anyone's pronouns.

I'm so sick of this shit, every time I think the tide might be turning some bollocks like this turns up.

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JuneJustRains · 05/07/2022 09:06

Shed/here

Norden · 05/07/2022 09:03

Language/,/Timothy

DinosaursEatMan · 04/07/2022 21:32

Tomnooktoldmeto · 02/07/2022 17:09

My pronouns: Green/white/purple 😎

This is genius, @Tomnooktoldmeto
I will be adopting it when my workplace inevitably asks!

troublegum · 04/07/2022 21:27

Catcatcat12 · 02/07/2022 17:54

😂

everyone needs to push back. I had the same when I registered my 10 year old daughter for a membership for the sport she does. I am going to email them as soon as I have a moment. If anyone has a good text for this sort of thing which I can copy, please share

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I've just had this exact experience! The only required information was name, date of birth and pronouns - totally bizarre. I've managed to avoid all this so far and was completely flummoxed, so I've filled my and my daughter's pronouns each as I/me - though now I'm wishing I'd taken the essay option

RoobarbandCustud · 03/07/2022 10:03

@AlisonDonut thank you, first big laugh of today

ElephantsFart · 03/07/2022 09:56

JacquelinePot · 02/07/2022 15:07

I wonder if this kind of pointless and excessive data collection is something the information commissioner's office would be interested in

I have wondered about this too.

PearlClutch · 03/07/2022 09:55

TitsInAbsentia · 02/07/2022 19:16

My pronouns.... tits/womb

I'm thinking:

hips/tits/lips/power

maryleboneym · 03/07/2022 07:25

Thingy/worsit/doodah

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nothingcomestonothing · 02/07/2022 19:45

All of your suggested pronouns are better than anything I thought of at the time!

It was South Cambridgeshire.

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Riapia · 02/07/2022 19:32

If I get this question I’m definitely going to put tosspot/wanker in future.

TitsInAbsentia · 02/07/2022 19:16

My pronouns.... tits/womb

MagpiePi · 02/07/2022 18:38

PearlClutch · 02/07/2022 16:28

Improvements that nobody will know about because they are not even there!

If you misgender someone you don't know in the street at 6 am when they're not even there, does it make a noise?

@PearlClutch

If you misgender someone you don't know in the street at 6am when they're not even there...

Isn't this the very definition of literal violence?

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justgotosleepffs · 02/07/2022 18:13

My pronouns are her/majesty

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 02/07/2022 17:59

Catcatcat12 · 02/07/2022 17:54

😂

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Go to section 2 here and Sex Matters will send a leaflet to them. Follow section 4 for guidance on how to write your own briefing as there's overlap with what you want to do.

sex-matters.org/take-action/gc-rights-at-work/

ChocAuVin · 02/07/2022 17:59

not/relevant

parrotonmyshoulder · 02/07/2022 17:56

non/sense

Catcatcat12 · 02/07/2022 17:54

achillestoes · 02/07/2022 14:26

Collect/the/bins

😂

Tomnooktoldmeto · 02/07/2022 17:09

My pronouns: Green/white/purple 😎

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 02/07/2022 16:55

Since the question was not optional, instead of choosing a pronoun I wrote a mini essay about how very, very much they did not need my or anyone's pronouns.

I’m sure you will bring the department to its knees.

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 02/07/2022 16:34

There seems to be a gulf between the ‘office’ and the team ( the people who actually do the job.

our rubbish is collected in the middle of the morning. We often see the guys (whoops) when we are working in the front garden. I have been called ‘Madam’ (Christmas when I hand over the thank you envelope), or ‘luv’ . My husband is called ‘Sir’. Not much problem with identifying on their side.

crosstalk · 02/07/2022 16:28

Which council?

PearlClutch · 02/07/2022 16:28

Improvements that nobody will know about because they are not even there!

If you misgender someone you don't know in the street at 6 am when they're not even there, does it make a noise?

AlisonDonut · 02/07/2022 16:26

Pinklimey · 02/07/2022 16:09

Maybe they are having a problem with the rubbish collectors going "alf, where d'ya think that tosspot left their rubbish?" and they are trying to make improvements on this.

Improvements that nobody will know about because they are not even there!

I suspect reporting that 'rubbish collectors address people with the correct pronouns when the people aren't even there' will get them another Stonewall point though.

I'd honestly rather be called 'tosspot' than force people to call me something that they can't work out by reading my request sent through the website though. But I haven't got a delicate constitution and fragile ego like some.

Giggorata · 02/07/2022 16:23

No/thank you

EmilyBolton · 02/07/2022 16:22

achillestoes · 02/07/2022 14:26

Collect/the/bins

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