People are losing their minds.
If you listen to our radio show on a regular basis you may remember recently when some public schools in California decided to stop using the words "mom" and "dad" and we jokingly said, "pretty soon you won't be able to say, 'ladies and gentlemen?'"
Well that time is now.
Everyday the Western half of the world is inching closer and closer to removing all language about gender from our vocabulary.
A government-run British train company has issued an apology after one of its conductors used the phrase ‘ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls’ during an announcement, causing a passenger identifying as ‘non-binary’ to take offence and make a complaint.
The passenger, who happens to be a ‘LGBT rep’ for the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, immediately took to Twitter to whine about the ‘incident’.
The company, London North Eastern Railway, immediately apologized and said “Train Managers should not be using language like this.”
Commuters wait to board a New Jersey Transit train at Secaucus Junction station in Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S., in Monday, May 10, 2021. Ridership rates remain low in major U.S. cities, threatening the viability of public transit. Photographer: Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images