Facts are As Homebrew stated ealier…This seems a fairly conservative workplace…NOT the place to call someone out … So what is the game exactly??? If this workplace is so conservative that they might be gay, There might be some consequenses to pay???
Best to Leave it alone…???
Oh, I almost forgot:
Discrete means “individual” or “separate.” I believe the word you haven’t searched hard enough for is discreet, which means “prudent” or “unobtrusive.”
It’s enough to make someone want to leave her issue of Definitions and Spelling Monthly lying conspicuously out in the SDMB breakroom.
So I guess that if we were discussing a black man in the 50s who was light-skinned enough that he wasn’t sure if his coworkers knew his racial background, you’d suggest he just keep his mouth shut and not display any pictures of his dark-skinned mother?
I think everyone realizes that the workplace has more rigid social rules than groups of friends do. Nonetheless, people get tired of having to pass for something they’re not, and I’m rooting for anyone who’s decided to just be who he is, wherever he is.
I think far too much is being made over the word “experiment.” It isn’t like he is setting anyone up for some big “Gotcha!” It is more of a social feeling out thing. Everyone does this, conciously or otherwise from time to time to coworkers, friends, family, whatever. If you want to find out if something is OK to discuss, you rarely say, “Excuse me, is it OK to discuss this?” Instead, you make subtle comments and gauge people’s reactions. There isn’t anything sinister about it, you are just trying to see where you stand.
And if Wildest Bill were gay, it would be a “Gotcha ya!”
[sub]I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself…[/sub]
Esprix
I also messed up by spelling long with too many o’s.
