von-Scharnhorst
17-10-2006, 01:45 PM
The culture of banning in the name of political correctness has affected most institutions - and now it appears the bakery trade has fallen foul of the killjoys.
The gingerbread man biscuit has been stripped of his sexuality in the West Midlands and must instead be called a gingerbread person.
Parents and children who asked for the sweet treat were outraged to be told at branches of the Bakers Oven that the gingerbread man no longer existed.
Instead they could only buy a gingerbread person.
The decision, which most see as political correctness gone mad, was made by a regional area manager.
But one angry store manager said: "It's just a step too far. We have schoolchildren coming in who have asked for a gingerbread man for years."
"Now I have to tell them that they can't have a gingerbread man and they can only have a ginger person."
"It is just silly really, as the gingerbread man has been around for years. You can't discriminate against a biscuit."
A worker at the Birmingham branch told the Daily Express: "I was shocked when I was told about it but you can't argue with orders."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410858&in_page_id=1770
A worker at the Birmingham branch told the Daily Express: "I was shocked when I was told about it but you can't argue with orders."
Now, where have I heard THAT before?
The gingerbread man biscuit has been stripped of his sexuality in the West Midlands and must instead be called a gingerbread person.
Parents and children who asked for the sweet treat were outraged to be told at branches of the Bakers Oven that the gingerbread man no longer existed.
Instead they could only buy a gingerbread person.
The decision, which most see as political correctness gone mad, was made by a regional area manager.
But one angry store manager said: "It's just a step too far. We have schoolchildren coming in who have asked for a gingerbread man for years."
"Now I have to tell them that they can't have a gingerbread man and they can only have a ginger person."
"It is just silly really, as the gingerbread man has been around for years. You can't discriminate against a biscuit."
A worker at the Birmingham branch told the Daily Express: "I was shocked when I was told about it but you can't argue with orders."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410858&in_page_id=1770
A worker at the Birmingham branch told the Daily Express: "I was shocked when I was told about it but you can't argue with orders."
Now, where have I heard THAT before?