Having trouble navigating this politically correct world we live in? Especially when you’re at work and you just REALLY want to make a comment about how big your assistant’s boobs are, but you just don’t know how? WELL THEN THIS IS THE WEBSITE FOR YOU!
Diversity Inc. delivers list after list of THINGS NOT TO SAY!
I highly recommend copying and pasting these into 72 point Comic Sans font and posting everywhere in your office or cubicle, as a reminder. If it’s not on the list, it’s OKAY TO SAY!
Here are some highlights (I swear these are actually exactly as they appear on the site):
Things NEVER To Say To American Indian Coworkers
“Hey, Chief”
“That’s a nice costume”
7 Things NEVER To Say To People With Disabilities
5. “How do you go to the bathroom?”
7 Things NEVER To Say To Asian-American Coworkers
“Oh, you speak English good!”
More things NEVER to say, after the jump!
9 Things NEVER To Say To White Colleagues
8. “You’ve got all the money.”
Things Not To Say To a LGBT Coworker
No. 4: “Which bathroom do you use?”
No. 6: Referring to coworkers as “she-male.”
10 Things NEVER To Say To Latino Executives
(Editor’s note: so what, you are allowed to say these things to a Latino coworker who isn’t an exec?)
6. “Can you show me your knife?”
‘But You Look So Good!’ and 7 Other Things NOT to Say to a Person With a Non-Visible Disability
“You’re so lucky you get to stay in bed all day”
(via Buzzfeed)
