Do you find the phrase "two-man delivery" sexist or offensive?

[Anonymous]

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/.../argos-introduces-uk-wide-ban-24817992

Yes

No

[Curmudgeon]

the Left has a fit about alleged sexism in the English language. Never mind that among major languages English is THE most gender neutral. Other languages give all inanimate objects a gender. There are a few Victorianisms in English, for example, "the pilot took care of his plane and *she* got him safely through the storm." But these are very few and left behind from books of the Victorian era.

Nearly three months ago I was with my lady attending her son's high school graduation. And the indoctrinated Left principal kept using the term "Latinx" while speaking of a large part of the student body, which had the *Latina* moms and *Latino* dads puzzled if not annoyed.

[Smoke-n-Growls]

I don't find it offensive, but I also don't see "two-person delivery" as offensive.

I don't really care what people use as long as they're respectful of the individuals carrying out the job. If they dispatch and say "it's a two-person team", I'm going to continue using gender neutral terms out of respect.

It's easy to respect people's pronouns. Only idiots have a hard time adjusting to that. They/them as a singular pre-dates they/them as a group pronoun anyways, and neo-pronouns have been a thing since the early 1900s.

Like, seriously. It's easy to adjust language. It's really funny to me when people get all butthurt about using gender neutral words, but I guess that's just American monolingualism meets exceptionalism for you.

[dustybiker]

Maybe the person who fields complaints was having an off day. One too many petty reminders if how over-worked and underpaid they are. They decided to chomp down and get rid of the single nuisance among many many others… but when it gets splashed across newspaper headlines, it, like so many other stories like it before it, blow it up and out of proportion making it seem silly and trite. If only that coffee room had fresh coffee in it when that person arrived at work that day. We might all see another headline.

(🙃)

[PeteBy]

Can't remember the last time two people of any gender delivered anything. I have a regular DHL delivery guy and he's lugged some heavy stuff to my house. I've had to help him. Had a 8 foot by 8 foot decking delivered by one guy in April.

Have to agree though. Nothing remotely offensive or sexist about it.

I work in an all male industry simply because there is no way 99% of women would be able to push/manouvre the reels, which literally can weigh 2/3 tons.

Keep waiting for someone to call the company sexist but the general manager, who is female says herself there's no way most women could do the job.

[hahahmm]

Funny how there are zero physical sports where women have ever been able to compete 1 on 1 against men. There are multiple cases where national level female soccer teams (in multiple countries) got killed by HIGH SCHOOL boys. I have no doubt that any random 12 year-old boy can beat the brakes off 99.9% of women on this planet, with one hand tied behind his back. But a lot of deluded women think otherwise because they've been brainwashed by fictional movies & tv shows that show women being as strong as men.

[jshm2]

Argos should take those complains and send in two children.

Then when the fuckers complain, hit back with : Are you saying two people didn't come? Are children not "people" any more?

Some people just complain because they have to say something. Argos should have gave them the corporate "fuck you!" i. e "We will take your concerns onboard"

[bolverk]

If the Item being delivered requires the strength of two men to off load and install the the item then the phrase is accurate.

Maybe if those who were companioning had to do the job there would be less complaints. Off all the delivery crews I have seen from Argos they have always been TWO MEN never any women.

[Be3Bee]

Ladies and gentlepeople, now that we solved the biggest problem of the peoplekind, could we please focus on lowering famine, wars, and droughts? I know that people dying is not as important as feeling offended, but...

[EmmaMary]

So continuing on this topic, does this now mean that a "Manhole Cover" has to be renamed a "Personhole Cover"? 🤔

[Blackcosmo]

Isn't the word "man" in certain context considered unisex? Ex. mankind

As long as it implies all people then it's not offensive.

[Curmudgeon]

Exactly. But the Left has a fit about alleged sexism in the English language. Never mind that among major languages English is THE most gender neutral.

[MAC1983]

Humankind has been used for decades. There are still a some cases of words that use "man" like that, @blackcosmo, but many have been replaced with "human". More accurate, too. 😇
That's not leftism, that's an example of languages evolving. They all do.

I won't debate the gender neutrality of English, though, since I'm not a linguist. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[lightbulb27]

I've noticed this and it is, but it seems "ok". do women hear this and think..."if it was two women delivery" it will take two times longer due to the talking?

[Missgingles]

This just shows thats sexism against women doesn't exist in 3rd world countries. If it did we wouldn't need to file complaints about these silly stuff.

[MAC1983]

Me looking for the joke...

[Cats-and-video-games]

This reminds me of that Snickers commercial of Mr T blasting a dude who was speedwalking and the advert was later banned because it hurts people feelings ROTFLMAO XD

[Anonymous]

I work on Argos. Whenever a customer needs help putting something into a customer's car it's the men sent to help rather than thd women despite us getting paid the same and having the same job titles now that's sexist.

[MCheetah]

These people seriously need to get a fucking life already. Well, add Argos to the list of companies that can get fucked.

[globetrotter22]

What I don’t get is why do the bitchy work radical people always seem to win? They are a tiny minority yet they always seem to get their way. Why?

[globetrotter22]

First time I’ve seen a poll with over 20 answers go 100% one way.

[AmandaYVR]

No, not offensive at all. Wth is happening in the UK these days. It is gonzo over there with the woke shit.

[Guy13]

What next... "Two Men and Truck" will have to go out of Business... What a crock of crap !!!

[ethanallen]

I love the "two man delivery" One guys sucks my cock and the other guy sucks my balls. Heaven!

[genericname85]

No, it's realistic. Cause women don't lift heavy shit. I know, cause i worked for a parcel delivery service. Women would always get the easy jobs cause they're weaker. So much for emancipation.

[MAC1983]

Well, some women do... But I do get your point.

There's was a 10 year old that lifted 250 pounds, or 113kg, weighing half that, and breaking the Women's World Record at the time.
www.ibtimes.com/naomi-kutin-10-year-old-girl-breaks-womens-weightlifting-record-lifts-215-pounds-photos-video-554805

Not only that but, the source is PBS,
As of December 2017, she has "current personal bests of a 321 lbs Squat, 127 lbs bench and 363 lbs deadlift".

She could lift parcels onto the van of over 150Kg in weight... Her name is Naomi Kutin.

Some women don't lift heavy shit, sure. Some lift the weight of a huge male bodybuilder. Go figure...

I have no problem with two-person job. We use that all the time in my language, Portuguese. Is that an English thing? Maybe...

Is "two-person job" offensive to men who work two-person jobs?
Not to me. How about you?

[genericname85]

@MAC1983 I'm taking about the work place in the real world. Not about side prodigy child in sports.

[MAC1983]

In the real work place there are strong women too... What about the question I made?

[BeMuse]

I've never seen a women deliver anything except envelopes to mail box.

[BeMuse]

They'll probably be snarky and say duh we deliver babies to...

[snowboarder720]

It’s not difficult to change it to “two person delivery”.

[Ghostluck]

In today's world? The English language is offensive. So it doesn't matter what we call it, somebody, somewhere will for sure without a doubt be offended.

[BarryLiverstone]

Nope. Can’t be changed to person delivery cuz some are daughters. And two people delivery isn’t grammatically correct.

[Literalbillionaire17]

Some things just don’t need to be complained about it’s dumb 😂

[TheBMG]

We are all human. Hu-man. 2 man delivery implies it takes 2 people, or 2 humans.

[OddBeMe]

Is this like London Bridging? Seems like context would depend…

[EnglishEuropean]

I don't see why. Are they going to send two women around delivering fridge freezers? I don't think so.

[grega239]

Absolutely.

What if its a man and a woman?

Or 2 women? Or a man/woman and a furry or non binary person?

[Anonymous]

no but boy do people have way too much time on their hands...

[Libertycityguy]

No. Cause they use two people. They probably mean two persons.

[crmoore]

In this context, I don't view "man" as "male," I view it as hu-"man."

[Jouth]

i am so offended someone please blow up da whole erf

lets nuke erf because I'm offended

[RandomGuy1030]

They didn't change it because of some nutjobs. They changed it because it fits the narrative.

[Anonymous]

No but I am an acting patriarchal agent by birthright so it's my job to propagate this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Mentally ill liberals are the only type of males who will come up with questions like this.

[Ga-girl]

Everything is offensive these days

[DrAdams]

Everything is offence to the woke brigade

[Dargil]

It's ludicrous.

[blissinanarchy1]

I’m a liberal… and this is stupid.

[TonightYouu]

Everyone is a feminist until moving day

[Blueeyes81]

I have bigger things to be concerned with.

[Sillyboi98]

I am so tired of this leftist nonsense

[Anonymous]

No, because I'm not a woke moron.

[Missgingles]

Thankyou! An actual man! So rare to see these days. Keep being you:)

[Opinion Owner]

@Missgingles I see you live in Sweden. That explains why you think real men are rare these days.

[Missgingles]

Yup!!! Here almost every dude is feminist smh.. its very rare to find an actual man, sadly. But it is what it is..

[Opinion Owner]

@Missgingles Why are the men there all feminists?

[Missgingles]

Its socially unacceptable to not be it. A lot of people loose friends and jobs because they dont identify as a feminist. Even if they say they are for equality between sexes but aren't a feminist its a problem. Even I as a woman have gotten hate for not being a feminist but I obviously get away with it more easily than a man does. .

The funny thing is the political parties in Sweden that is on the left want to minimize sentening for rapists while the right that they call sexist wants to maximize their sentences. Same with the left hear is against witness protection in crimes and the right is for it.. although highest crime rate pleaces and death shootings locations usually vote more left. Really ironic..

[Opinion Owner]

@Missgingles Wow, that's terrible. But aren't a lot of men there against feminism? I thought they were.

Thanks for your candid and detailed response! You should write a MyTake about it.

[Missgingles]

I think a lot of men secretly are against it but not publicly. :)

And thankyou, maybe I will do that!

[Opinion Owner]

@Missgingles Ah, ok. Thanks again!

[BlueScorpio]

Um no, wth

[Anonymous]

It sounds stupid.

[JessicaEarl]

Sheesh

[purplepoppy]

Two men delivery could be considered sexist but two man is not as it's a well established phrase. I've never heard a woman say "it's a Two women job"

[JessicaEarl]

I don’t see any difference personally. “Two man” is the phrase to me. I’m too busy kicking ass to worry about what other people say or don’t say. I don’t find personal worth or satisfaction out of controlling the language of others or finding myself a victim on purpose

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

No. 🙄

[SmokinAces2000]

Nope