The woke...

[Omega1]

Originally Posted by WhereIBelong

As they say - if you don't know what woke means... you aren't.

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Now I know what it means, how do I become unwoke again?
Edit - It seems I’ve become woke against my will, which conflicts with my snowflake instincts- surely this has compromised my human rights. Not sure whether to be offended or not!🤣

[Dinglebert]

The problem arises when a term being used by one group becomes an term of insult by another group.

Woke

I am woke therefore I am aware of social issues and how they affect people particalarly when it comes to racism.

You are woke therefore we see you as a band wagon jumping on liberal who has never been affected by racism in their life.

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by Omega1

Now I know what it means, how do I become unwoke again?
Edit - It seems I’ve become woke against my will, which conflicts with my snowflake instincts- surely this has compromised my human rights. Not sure whether to be offended or not!🤣

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Just be offended, it'll save time in the long run!

[Omega1]

Originally Posted by EssexSue

Just be offended, it'll save time in the long run!

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I spend all day worrying whether I should be offended or not - now that I’m woke as well... 😱😂

[mr-paul]

I agree 'woke' is a strange term, and not one that I use, but being 'woke', at the core of its definition, is a good thing. We should all be socially conscious. I guess there is a case of people who used the term woke being overly preachy, which is where the insults began.

It's become like 'political correctness' - a good thing, but morphed into an insult by those who do want to change their ways/don't want it forced on them.

[littlelish0544]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

I view it as Mid Atlantic claptrap used by people who want to appear intelligent or a part of the in crowd.

This Boss I alluded to said to me one day:-

''Tom, I am a blue sky thinker, what does that say to you'?

My response of 'head in the clouds' was the start of my downfall I suspect.

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I wouldve been thinking "absolute idiot" if not something stronger... did you?🤭 i wouldnt be brave enough to respond as you did though.

[CarolynU]

Originally Posted by Labboy

All these terms like We have to fit it into the different silos etc Woke gives me the boke.

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I’m afraid that I don’t understand one iota of this sentence 😂😂😂.
In fact I think my basic understanding of Spanish makes more sense ha ha!

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by littlelish0544

I wouldve been thinking "absolute idiot" if not something stronger... did you?🤭 i wouldnt be brave enough to respond as you did though.

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I had been in the organisation so long I could get away with a lot. Please don't try it!

Probably my best was when the very top Boss was trying to load a big project on to me even though I was drowning in work. It was in a board meeting of maybe 30 people.

I told him I physically couldn't take on more projects without dumping some existing ones.

He replied that he was sure I had capacity.

My response that I couldn't was met with a death stare. So I followed it up with the fact that it was not possible, the same as I couldn't fart the whole of the Nokia ringtone.

That was met with 30 people laughing and him scowling at me!

[Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by WhereIBelong

Holistic approach comes from medicine - basically look at the big picture - the whole body - you can treat an ulcer on a leg with antibiotics, but if a person has undiagnosed diabetes the ulcer is indicative, but only a small part of the overall problem.

So a holistic approach means to see the big picture, don't be bogged down on the detail whilst the rest is unravelling... (my understanding anyhow)

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Yes I knew holistic, having worked in the NHS for 30 plus years. I suppose being retired these words are no longer in my vocabulary

Tom, I remember sitting in a meeting with a multidisciplinary team, when the chair said. “ we are flying by the seat of our pants” and later “ let’s deep dive”. Corporate speak is probably the worst

[SquishTheWhale]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

Yes I knew holistic, having worked in the NHS for 30 plus years. I suppose being retired these words are no longer in my vocabulary

Tom, I remember sitting in a meeting with a multidisciplinary team, when the chair said. “ we are flying by the seat of our pants” and later “ let’s deep dive”. Corporate speak is probably the worst

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I had an ex boss who I hated. His favorite one was 'let's link in' 'I've linked in with them about it'. Do you mean talk. You talked to someone about it. Maybe just because I hated him in general but it pushed me into an irrational rage every time he said it.