“In IT we have a saying; stay away from the Three Os: Orientals, Old People and Ovaries.”
In 17 years of working IT, I have never heard this saying and nothing even close.
In 17 years of working IT, I have never heard this saying and nothing even close.
It does technically mean "from the east", after all.
But yeah, you'll see it everywhere in the U.K. for example
http://www.etonline.com/news/199902_donald_trump_and_billy_b...
(But I do believe it)
In general, going for the passive aggressive nuclear option and involving some external authority as your first step is almost never* the right thing to do if you want to actually solve the problem.
In the context of things that shouldn't be said in the workplace doing that creates distrust that prevents people from speaking freely which inevitably works its way into everywhere and affects performance.
*ignoring edge cases.