I really believe we as a society have become much too sensitive and as a result, people tend to read into things far too much. Yesterday I was reading some posts on a collectors' forum. A representative of one company was on the forum explaining his frustration with the misinformation various collectors were spreading around about his product. He titled the post - Mein Kampf which is German for My Struggle. It's also the title of a book written by Hitler. One poster pointed out this fact and seemed somewhat offended. The representative immediately apologized and said he meant no disrespect. The next day the CEO of his company came on the board and stated that the employee was suspended without pay for 3 months. I asked the opinion of a friend of mine who works in corporate marketing. He said the guy should have been fired. My feelings are that the guy made an innocent comment and immediately apologized for it, should his career with this company be over for the infraction? In my opinion, no.

I have another friend who works for the state. He was on his way to a staff meeting and as he passed a group of female coworkers who were lingering he said, "let's go girls." One of them complained citing that they are "women" not "girls" and as a result this friend is forced to take sensitivity training.

I began to get depressed thinking that this is the future of the workplace. A personality stifling environment where everyone is forced to act like robots. Then I attended my own staff meeting this morning. One female member of the staff was not present and the President inquired, "Is Jane coming?" To which a coworker replied, "No, she's just breathing heavy." Everyone had a good laugh.

It's nice to know there is at least one other person who wants to buck the system.