Just when you think you've heard it all...
Westaff, A U.S.-based recruitment firm, has created a most unpleasant buzz in the Land of Down-Under. Santas hired in Sydney, Australia have been 'urged' not to say "Ho, Ho, Ho!" anymore because of the offensive nature of the word in American culture. I can't even make this stuff up...
"Ha, Ha, Ha!" just doesn't hack it, but that is what Westaff recruiters have urged Sydney Santas to say as an alternative. It's bad enough that so many downright stupid things have come about so that people or things can be 'politically correct'...but now we're crossing the line. You don't mess with Superman's cape, and you surely don't mess around with bearded guy in the bright red suit.
The only paraphrased quote I've seen from Westaff states "it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself." (AFP wires)
Yes, Virginia, there really is a Scrooge.
And a screwed up one, at that.
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