Train company apologizes for using phrase ‘ladies and gentlemen’ during announcement

Submitted by Dave Hodges on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 12:40.

by Steve Watson

The passenger, who happens to be a ‘LGBT rep’ for the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, immediately took to Twitter to whine about the ‘incident’.

The company, London North Eastern Railway, immediately apologised and said “Train Managers should not be using language like this.”

Good lord, the horror of the language that was used:

Perhaps LNER should decide who its core customer base is before going full woke:

And while LNER appears desperate to extend ‘inclusivity’ to the ‘non-binary’, not so much when it comes to the disabled or simply ‘ladies’:

Perhaps the Department For Transport and the train company should be focusing more on getting its trains running again after massive disruption caused by severe safety issues, rather than pandering to woke Twitter trolls.

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Joy Tue, 05/18/2021 - 12:58

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Collective insanity.

Reminds me of the old saying…

Jeff Martin Tue, 05/18/2021 - 15:13

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Reminds me of the old saying, "That's no lady, she's my wife." Maybe the conductor should of used 'its and things.' Or Barry's favorite, 'Folks.' The train ride would be over if he used all of the 89 accepted pronouns for the LGBTABCXYZ1234's. I used to be a little careful about offending people, but it's easier just to be unsociable... Unless I really want to tweak somebody.