Easthampton seems to be in New Hampshire. A guy was offered a job as the school superintendent. The offer was rescinded when he used the salutation, “Ladies and Gentlemen” in an email. It seems the term “ladies” is a sexist micro aggression.
As for myself, I always use “Ladles and Jellyspoons.” It seems more polite.
Hmmm, I wonder if there will be more to this story.
There are a couple of letters to the editor taking exception to the guy having the offer yanked. But the letters were from out of town, which somehow devalues them in my eye.
Actually, I think it’s in Massachusetts. (And a pet peeve of mine is that when articles are linked to from a newspaper site, it’s often not clear exactly where it’s located. I kind of wish they’d identify the exact city and state on the page or in the lede.)
Easthampton is in fact in Massachusetts. On the other hand the newspaper story is from New Hampshire.
Well, the newspaper is based in Northampton. Not sure where you’re getting New Hampshire from.
Edited to add, Northampton is in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
The board initially voted 4-3 to hire and the offer was rescinded during contract negotiations. The ‘microaggressions’ claim is, so far, from the man himself, and the school itself has not officially commented as to the reason either way.
WAG: Sounds like the ostensible reason may be little better than a guess/rumor that went viral and there may have been cold feet by a lukewarm hiring committee after figuring out he wanted more than they really wanted to give for the job combined with at least the perception of disrespect.
From the story, he just used “Ladies,” in the email. That does seem slightly worse to me for some reason then “Ladies and Gentlemen”
Please note that every piece of information from the article, especially the claim that the offer was rescinded because he used “ladies” in an email, came from Perrone. The school committee members said their meeting was confidential & had no comment for the article.
The report seems to have come from a real newspaper.
The newspaper was careful to use terms like “alleged”, and “according to Perrone” and made sure it was clear that all the claims as to why the offer was rescinded came from Perrone. That’s what real newspapers do when they can’t confirm information from a single source that happens to be one of the parties in the dispute.
Of course there is; take this story, with its misleading headline, and read further:
So he tried to corner the committee to ask for higher pay at a fundraiser dinner, and they decided not to hire him.
What is SK-Pop? Is it reputable?
Pro tip: if a newspaper headline reads “Something Happened After Something Else Happened”, you should be EXTREMELY careful about reading that ad “Something Happened Because Something Else Happened”.
I’m shocked by this unexpected turn of events!
OP, what news do you follow that somehow highlighted this silly local story?
No clue, but here’s their source:
https://www.gazettenet.com/Easthampton-School-Committee-superintendent-search-50473440
The story has been covered in the Boston Globe, which also featured an op-ed explaining why “ladies” is an objectionable term and interviews with “diversity experts” on the matter.
I believe him. Mrs Cad was once told by a male supervisor hat the term “ladies” was demeaning to women. That is the epitome on mansplaining.
Probably the front page of Reddit. Which news do you follow?
Really? “Lady” is objectionable?
NY Times, NPR, and I get a lot of news from here.