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And just for the record, Glasgow is the best city in Scotland by a country mile. No other city even comes close.
Edinburgh is better. ....
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What the fuq are you shopping in M&S for?!
They were on the list of places none of us should be shopping in; am I the only one still refusing to shop in the likes of M&S, ASDA, John Lewis, Waitrose and B&Q (?)
Marks and Sparks do great meal for two offers.....
Outstanding.
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Manky, overpriced shitpit.
Next.
Not as dear as you might think.....
Great city, Plenty to do.
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Bbc2
Thanks...
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What side was it on?
Might try to see it on Catch up.
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Interesting. Chris Gayle also appears to have assumed she was nowt but a tart because she was a good-looking lass in sports journalism trying to do her job. The culture's changing boys... and that's no bad thing.
Keep it real Donny. ..... not your own realms of fantasy and assumption.
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So if a gay guy, who you barely know, said exactly the same to you in an important meeting at work in front of all of your colleagues, your boss and customers, you'd be fine with it?
A meeting at work? .... everyone is changing the goal posts to make their point..... it wasn't like that!
To answer the question though, I'd laugh it off..... and get on with the rest of my life.... without issue!
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bet there is no Scottish names, will we see a Donald or a Gary, A William or a Graeme or a Fiona or a Mhari or Heather or a Morag , or even Welsh names.. bet there is none of them either...
but we have had a desmond, who the phukk knows anyone called Desmond.....
Ffs.....
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One thing about Wales mind, take Aaron Ramsay and Gareth Bale out of that team and I highly doubt they'd have qualified.
lol......
Take the wheels of your car and I doubt you'll get to the shops.......
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Depends on the context, but yes, in some circumstances that would be inappropriate. If it doesn't seem that way, it probably says something about our own prejudices because if the roles were reversed, it's perfectly possible for women to feel sexually harassed in the workplace. Just because it happened in Tesco or by a woman, doesn't make it acceptable. As I said, the context, the audience, what was said is all relevant.
Gayle did it in the most inappropriate way, at the most inappropriate moment. Trying to water it down by some vague incident in your local Tesco doesn't really do it justice.
Sorry.... but all you are doing is giving people a right to play a victim card if and when it suits.....
Nothing nasty happened in the interview, I'm sure she was taken aback, maybe embarrassed and unsure what to do say, but, often, that's the case in a situation were someone asks another out!
You take a chance, you live with the consequences. .... I'm sure he regrets it now.
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It was always going to be a tough group....
Poland, RoI and Germany was never going to be easy to overcome. ...
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He doesnt employ her, so that makes it appropriate? What if I was in a customer meeting, where I propositioned a female client in front of everyone? It's not a business meeting, that was just an analogy to make a point. The underlining point is the same. It was her workplace, she was doing her job and he looked upon her as fair game rather than his equal.
The defence of Gayle is becoming more ridiculous. What is it about the environment and the roles of both that make this not a working environment and two professionals?
So, going by your thought process, a young woman who works in Tesco, who fancies a male co worker and asks him out in front of other workers would be....
Looking at him as fair game and not her equal?
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What if it had been the other way round and she had made those exact comments to him ?
Again..... no issue
But, I assume we would all hold our views regardless of whether he said it to her or the other way round.
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I'm pretty sure sexual harrassment will be much like bullying in that there is no hard and fast definition, but it is how the person on the end of it (so to speak) perceives it. So if the person believes they are being sexually harrassed then it has to be taken seriously.
If a manager came in to my office and said something like this to one of my staff that he or she had never met before I wouldn't automatically go to HR, but judge how the person had taken it (one person's sexual harrassment is another person's jokey fliration) - did they feel sexually harrassed? If so, I'd be right on the phone to HR. It isn't political correctness - it's ensuring that this type of out-dated alpha male workplace mentality is slowly but surely stopped.
Edit: Which is pretty much what Reekie says above.
Again.... it has to be judged on what it was, not different circumstances.
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If I propositioned a female employee in a business meeting, I'd be on a disciplinary and in danger of losing my job. It's wrong on so many levels, it's remarkable anyone would defend it or play it down. It absolutely speaks of the guys attitude to a fellow professional that he would make such comments in the workplace. That's effectively what it is.
He doesn't employ her.... she is not a work colleague and it is not a business meeting.....
You're changing the reality to make a point?
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You are MacTaz, and I claim my reward.
You're a sheep...... enough said.
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I'm not outraged, I just find it mildly pathetic. I find your need to defend it mildly pathetic an' all.
Not defending him, I wouldn't do it,
The over the top reaction needs to be countered though.
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Bollocks, it's spot on. Gayle was on a power trip and enjoyed embarrassing the lass. Just about any bloke should be able to recognize that as we all feel the potential to some extent. The difference is that most of us are aware that our culture has evolved to the extent that such behaviour is unacceptable. Like Clarkson lamping a lacky or Grey and Keys taking the piss out of a female linesman, Gayle feels his position of dominance places him above the cultural norms.
That's some mindset you have Donny......
Complete nonsense and Not unsurprising in a society were people seek out mock outrage!
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As a question put properly in a private conversation its acceptable. In a public place, live on air, in front of others while she is working, its pretty much sexual harassment.
Sexual Harassment. ..... is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome/inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favours......
Keep it real.
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Interesting see someone from NI displaying outdated thinking...
Not surprising that you see it as a Northern Irish thing...... lol
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He is like a black Ian botham. Does he have a mullet. Seems a very macho sport cricket, weird considering it is so gay. Over compensating?
Pick the bones out of that.....
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It's not just creepy and inappropriate, it's about power.
It's about how Gayle sees the male/female relationship....he feels he has a right to ignore the reporter's professional qualifications and attitude, and assert himself by taking an alpha-male position live on TV.
Because she's a woman. It's what they all want, innit ??
Oh ffs......
Comedy Gold!
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Which is why I said suspect
"To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can have a drink afterwards. Don't blush baby," he said
I think that's creepy and inappropriate
That's why I mentioned it. .... you don't know.....
Some folk are more delicate than others..... that's just the way of the world, nothing he said would raise an eyebrow with me, there is no issue in my opinion!
Just, The Great Offended going out of their way to be offended!
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Get over it? Are you a child?
That may be the case but doesn't make it right, and as pointed out this was live on tv. It's inappropriate and I suspect Gayle knew this.
Inappropriate is different to calling the guy a creep. ...
What you suspect is far from fact! Fact!
Oh and.... it doesn't make it wrong either. ....
Plenty do it with no panty pissing from either party involved
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Absolutely. ...... I like it.