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Post by naughtyfox on May 3, 2018 20:34:08 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5684991/Two-Whitby-RNLI-lifeboat-men-sacked-naked-woman-mugs-four-quit-row.html "Well if I was in need who would I prefer to rescue me? Politically correct numptys or burly guys who volunteer but happen to have dodgy mugs? It's a no brainer" "What gives the RNLI the right to look at their private WhatsApp conversations?" "Yet it is OK for the womens institute to produce calendars with nothing but a bap covering up their bits" "Wow, I am sure if I am caught in a raging sea frightened for my life and these brave people hove into view my first thought would be 'I wonder if they've got a mug I may find offensive?' "
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 3, 2018 20:37:55 GMT
I read this earlier. Four of the crew have resigned in solidarity and there has been a huge backlash. It's probably too much to hope for but the woman really does need to be removed from a managerial position and transferred onto toilet cleaning duties where she can at least be useful.
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Post by thebfg on May 3, 2018 21:50:29 GMT
so now they have to recruit and train six crewman at a huge cost.
let alone all the experience they have lost, over two poxy mugs.
all bout an incident that has not happened.
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Post by tomsk on May 3, 2018 21:58:15 GMT
I know people affected by both this story and other inexplicable RNLI management actions along the North Yorks coast and find it all very sad and self-defeating.
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 3, 2018 22:41:37 GMT
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Post by Stumpy on May 3, 2018 23:51:39 GMT
Considering the RNLI is the richest "Charity" in the country. I have no comment.
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Post by patty on May 4, 2018 0:14:18 GMT
I'm equally sure if the woman who complained was at the mercy of a raging sea she wouldn't decline to be rescued by these men.....
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 8:00:38 GMT
I don't even believe the answers in the Daily Mail crossword, so take this entire story, so far, with a pinch of salt.
I understand from a 'local paper' report, that there is "a lot more to this matter than saucy mugs".
One would have to hope so.
Maybe judgement should be reserved until we know what's happening?
Rog
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Post by Andyberg on May 4, 2018 8:05:21 GMT
Maybe judgement should be reserved until we know what's happening? Rog Come on Rog....Wheres the fun in that? Since when did 'The Fox' let truth get in the way of his DM quoted internet ramblings?👍
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Post by patty on May 4, 2018 8:42:20 GMT
There probably is a lot more to it....but for so many men to quit as well feathers have been more than ruffled over this incident... The truth is out there ......but all we will get as per usual is probably a miss match of perspectives
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Post by thebfg on May 4, 2018 10:44:05 GMT
if your people have quit over this then it says to me that they were disgusted in their fellow crews treatment.
on the other hand maybe something came up in the investigation and they quit before being investigated themselves.
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Post by naughtyfox on May 4, 2018 11:20:30 GMT
They all had naughty mugs? Strewth! Hang 'em now!
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Post by sabcat on May 4, 2018 13:40:47 GMT
if your people have quit over this then it says to me that they were disgusted in their fellow crews treatment. on the other hand maybe something came up in the investigation and they quit before being investigated themselves. Hard to know. According their website (which is currently down but there's a cached version) their total crew there is 29, 2 sacked, 4 quitting in apparent solidarity leaves 23. For all we know the other 23 are relieved to see these 6 gone and didn't much care how it was done or they're all going to quit as well. Love Stabby's ideas about the woman in management, maybe he should go and touch her up
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Post by naughtyfox on May 4, 2018 15:24:59 GMT
"Why the fuck would anyone want to cunt the RNLI you might ask? The selfless unpaid volunteers risk their lives on a regular basis. They’re heroes in the true sense of the word and should be praised!
Well, quite. But it would appear that the management are a bunch of humourless, PC snowflake cunts. They’re the ones I’m after.
Cue Whitby lifeboat station. Enter stage left RNLI manager (female, of course) who spots a couple of comedy mugs with – God forbid – a picture of a naked woman on the front. Shock! Horror! Seems the men had given each other Secret Santa gifts including a mug which featured a photo of a nude woman with the face of one crewman superimposed on top.
Humourless twat from RNLI decides that said mugs could have been found by schoolchildren, which posed a ‘safeguarding risk’.
So the two lifeboat men are sacked. By telephone ‘natch. Snowflakes don’t do confrontation after all. I’m just surprised that she didn’t do it by text, or Facebook, or Twatter frankly.
And the reaction to this load of OTT PC bollocks? Well, it seems that four fellow crew members have told the RNLI to shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. Reportedly, three more have quit this morning. Two of the crewmen who quit are said to be women. A petition has been raised locally demanding that the men are reinstated. So far 500 locals have signed it.
So has the RNLI backed down? Has it fuck! A spokesman said “We want to stress that this was not a trivial matter. The lifeboat station should be an environment where people can expect to be treated with dignity and respect.
We cannot allow bullying, harassment or discrimination in what should be a safe and inclusive environment and there will be serious consequences for anybody who demonstrates this behaviour within the RNLI. By challenging this behaviour, we are standing up for the thousands of volunteers who are committed to doing the right thing as they operate our 238 lifeboat stations, saving lives at sea around the clock, 365 days of the year.
Our dedicated volunteers represent the values and principles of our organisation and we will not allow any behaviour that brings the work of the RNLI and our people into disrepute.”
So I would suggest to the RNLI that the correct way to treat people with dignity and respect is not to sack them by phone. And if you don’t want the RNLI to fall into disrepute, then I would suggest that you don’t behave like a bunch of over officious, humourless, feminazi idiots!"
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Post by naughtyfox on May 5, 2018 17:57:02 GMT
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