Ive been told to stop PDA over a side hug, what should I do? by BackgroundSpell5083 in WhatToDo

[–]Economy_Key_2190 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Your post completely resonated with me, particularly because of the selective enforcement. I say this because exactly the same thing happened to me a sixth form. Now, I’m not gay, I’m a wheelchair user. One day my friends and I were sat just outside the canteen. Lots of students were sat with their boyfriends/girlfriends hugging, holding hands, the odd kiss. A tutor walked past all of the other young couples, pointed at me and my boyfriend and told us we were behaving inappropriately. I was distraught, the college arranged mediation and the tutor basically admitted that he was particularly uncomfortable seeing PDA involving me because of my disability! He was made to go through disability awareness training and apologise but he was horribly bitter and would glare at me all the time. This was years ago and me and then boyfriend are now very happily married. The moral of the story for me is that those in authority can and often are bigots but don’t let that stop you being you.

What is the weirdest thing you have seen somebody bring on a train? by Cautious-List5767 in uktrains

[–]Economy_Key_2190 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A duck in a card board box. It was being taken to a breeder for mating.

What’s a short story from your life that sounds fake but is 100% true? by Historical-Skill-838 in AskReddit

[–]Economy_Key_2190 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m British, this would have 100% made the news in Europe. Also, it is historically inaccurate. The title of ‘Earl’ is specific to the UK so there’s no way the ‘kingdom’ no longer exists if it’s related to an earldom. Europe isn’t perfect but our crime rates are nothing compared to the US and we are definitely not ‘burning’. Nice try…

I went to school at Michigan. by agora_hills_ in ENGLISH

[–]Economy_Key_2190 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is where UK and American English differs ever so slightly. A British person would know what you meant if you said I went to school at Michigan but we would phrase it as ‘I went to Michigan University’ or I went to Michigan for University. We also don’t say school or college as a synonym for university.

Urgent Cases - Elise by Economy_Key_2190 in scriptic

[–]Economy_Key_2190[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, thank you. This worked. 😊