According to Fox News, in SYDNEY, Australia, the recruitment firm Westaff, which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country — has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.
Two Santa hopefuls reportedly quit the course because the of "ho, ho, ho" is being discouraged. One would-be Santa told The Daily Telegraph he was taught not to use "ho, ho, ho" because it was too close to the American slang for prostitute. He also quit.
Westaff's national Santa co-ordinator, Sari Hegarty, wrote to stores explaining the company's position: "Westaff has been a provider of quality caring Santas for over 40 years...Part of our advice to our Santas is that they should be mindful of children having their first Santa experience," she added. "We ask our Santas to try techniques such as lowering their tone of voice and using 'ha, ha, ha' to encourage the children to come forward and meet Santa. We wish you and your family a very merry Christmas."
Westaff national operations manager Greg Jansz said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of Santa himself.
Well, there is another company where a couple of "political correctness" idiots have gone off the deep end. The Sari Hegartys of the world need both smarter brains and a serious attitude adjustment.
The simple fact is that nearly nobody, adult or child, would be both stupid enough and hypersensitive enough to be offended by Santa's "ho ho ho." It might make sense, though, to coach the Santas not to over-emote the line.
I am deeply offended by the repeated attacks by politically correct idiots on the customs of our society. But it seems that what offends me does not matter to the p.c. crowd. Only their petty grievances matter. It's long past time that we stop acting like we are walking on eggshells because of misplaced fear of a handful of hypersensitive, vindictive idiots. If we don't, then we won't be able to name our teddy bear Mohammed, or wish someone a Merry Christmas any more. We should just tell the crackpots to shut up, go home, and learn how to cope with situations that are less than ideal.
Aren't there some really serious injustices in the world that we should be using our energy to eliminate?
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