To find this offensive

[JingleMyBells]

As I was leaving my neurology appointment, I have epilepsy, the receptionist loudly said to her colleague "I nearly had a fit the other night when I saw the state of the house".

To me wrong in many ways. Firstly, wrong terminology secondly, demeaning to people who have SEIZURES, could be upsetting for those newly diagnosed plus just generally inappropriate.

Would you have also got offended by the term "brainstorm", OP? Not having a go - genuinely curious.

To be honest, even if she meant fit because they occasionally have a slightly punnish working environment, so what?

I can't believe the timing of this post; I was writing in another thread yesterday and very nearly used the phrase .As I typed I thought how wrong it sounded in use today. It means exactly what the op suggests and could hit a nerve in somebody .
It's like the over use of OCD (recent thread), that is totally disrespectful to genuine sufferers of the disorder .
I don't think it is political correctness ,just basic empathy for others.
I doubt it was said with intent to hurt though and no offence was intended so the op should disregard it .

Fit of anger is how if always heard it.

exactly everlong
Surprised so few people think this is no big deal

Fit of pique- stamping ones foot when annoyed.

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everlong way over my head - why could people say 'eppie' in the past, but it's unacceptable now?

It was never OK. But it's been shortened and so now it's widely accepted.

Ok

(Never heard 'joey' before though)

I think you are being ridiculous, never mind unreasonable OP.

I'm very good at having a fit of pique.

Ha ha ha this is hilarious! Professionally offended I think.

Calm down, no offence was intended. How often are you scared by something and say it almost gave you a heart attack? It's just a phrase.

I have crohns disease-it's like someone saying to me -'iwas so scared I nearly shit my pants!!' It's a phrase, it's funny!

Brilliant thread

So I am unreasonable, narrow minded, ridiculous, an eavesdropper and plenty of other insulting things. None of you know me so incredible you "know" this.

Well, you did ask if you were being unreasonable and it's a resounding yes.

As for brainstorm, in response to another poster, never really thought of it as anything other than one of those daft management sayings.

Well, there you go OP, you could really offend someone by saying that. In fact, it's not allowed in business meetings anymore.

You are not being unreasonable to "feel" anything.

You are being unreasonable to start a thread in AIBU, expecting people to be as offended as you are, (over someone using the term "fit" - which is not even linked to epilepsy - in a totally different context) and then have a total strop when only a couple of posters agree with you.

This is AIBU. This happens. Some people may disagree with you.

So, to sum up the whole thread... yes, you are being unreasonable.

I have a colleague who uses a wheelchair as he has cerebral palsy.

The other day I told him I had a cripple cat . my cat has just been speyed and is feeling rather sorry for herself with her cone of shame on.

In my defence I heard myself say it and died inside. I think I can count on one hand the amount of times I've used the word cripple in my entire life!

To his credit he didn't throw his lunch at me and spoke to me the next day as normal. I hope he wasn't horrifically offended.

People who say stupid things aren't always being malicious or ignorant.

Yabu.

JingleMyBells, please don't take this personally. You posted in a part of MN that asks for other people's opinions.
Whilst I do not personally agree with your interpretations of the worker's remark, I have nothing but sympathy for how you're feeling about whatever has upset you, having encountered this recently.
Just because someone disagrees with you, does not mean they disregard you.