"Ladies and Gentlemen"
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wrote on 2 Apr 2023, 23:06 last edited by
"What do you mean, 'microagression'?"
Superintendent finalist Vito Perrone said Friday that the School Committee rescinded its offer to hire him in executive session Thursday night, alleging that the reason was a perceived microaggression contained in an email he sent to the committee chairperson.
Perrone and the committee entered contract negotiations this week after he was offered the position the morning of March 24.
After reviewing the contract, Perrone made three requests in an email to Chairperson Cynthia Kwiecinski and Suzanne Colby, executive assistant to the committee.
According to the email, obtained by the Gazette, he requested that the annual salary for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 be negotiated and not be less than the cost of living adjustment of 3% for both years, and an additional four vacation days each year. Perrone also requested 40 sick days for his first year of employment as a superintendent and 18 days each contract year after, citing that he had accrued a reasonable amount of sick days during his previous six years working in the district.
What he claims came under fire is his addressing Kwiecinski and Colby as “ladies” at the beginning of the email. According to Perrone, Kwiecinski said that using “ladies” was a microaggression and “the fact that he didn’t know that as an educator was a problem,” he said.
“I was shocked,” he said. “I grew up in a time when ‘ladies’ and ‘gentlemen’ was a sign of respect. I didn’t intend to insult anyone.”
Is there more to the story?
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"What do you mean, 'microagression'?"
Superintendent finalist Vito Perrone said Friday that the School Committee rescinded its offer to hire him in executive session Thursday night, alleging that the reason was a perceived microaggression contained in an email he sent to the committee chairperson.
Perrone and the committee entered contract negotiations this week after he was offered the position the morning of March 24.
After reviewing the contract, Perrone made three requests in an email to Chairperson Cynthia Kwiecinski and Suzanne Colby, executive assistant to the committee.
According to the email, obtained by the Gazette, he requested that the annual salary for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 be negotiated and not be less than the cost of living adjustment of 3% for both years, and an additional four vacation days each year. Perrone also requested 40 sick days for his first year of employment as a superintendent and 18 days each contract year after, citing that he had accrued a reasonable amount of sick days during his previous six years working in the district.
What he claims came under fire is his addressing Kwiecinski and Colby as “ladies” at the beginning of the email. According to Perrone, Kwiecinski said that using “ladies” was a microaggression and “the fact that he didn’t know that as an educator was a problem,” he said.
“I was shocked,” he said. “I grew up in a time when ‘ladies’ and ‘gentlemen’ was a sign of respect. I didn’t intend to insult anyone.”
Is there more to the story?
wrote on 2 Apr 2023, 23:26 last edited by jon-nyc 4 Feb 2023, 23:26@George-K said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
Is there more to the story?
Yes. Kwiecinski and Colby are cunts, which somehow goes unmentioned.
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@George-K said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
Is there more to the story?
Yes. Kwiecinski and Colby are cunts, which somehow goes unmentioned.
wrote on 2 Apr 2023, 23:30 last edited by@jon-nyc said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
@George-K said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
Is there more to the story?
Yes. Kwiecinski and Colby are cunts, which somehow goes unmentioned.
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@George-K said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
Is there more to the story?
Yes. Kwiecinski and Colby are cunts, which somehow goes unmentioned.
wrote on 2 Apr 2023, 23:36 last edited by@jon-nyc said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
Kwiecinski and Colby are cunts,
Yes.
At the risk of being Capt Obvious, at least he discovered this before he signed on.
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wrote on 3 Apr 2023, 01:22 last edited by
Not that I see it as a firing office. I am under the impression that the English speaking business world has largely stopped using "ladies" in formal correspondence for three decades, if not longer. "Sirs" and "Madams" are still used, but not "ladies."
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Not that I see it as a firing office. I am under the impression that the English speaking business world has largely stopped using "ladies" in formal correspondence for three decades, if not longer. "Sirs" and "Madams" are still used, but not "ladies."
wrote on 3 Apr 2023, 02:02 last edited byI still use the term "ladies". If they don't like it, I can happily call them assholes.
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wrote on 3 Apr 2023, 02:07 last edited by
I sometimes refer to my engineers as 'ladies'.
Admittedly, this is a deliberate macro-aggression.
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wrote on 3 Apr 2023, 02:14 last edited by
@Jolly said in "Ladies and Gentlemen":
I still use the term "ladies".
As a salutation in formal correspondence?
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wrote on 3 Apr 2023, 02:24 last edited by
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wrote on 3 Apr 2023, 14:52 last edited by
So is Doctor Jill the first woman?
