I'm referring to CTV news reader Akshay Tandon. Lovely guy, but he mis-pronounces everything! Why can't a producer take a minute to go over the stories and tell him how to pronounce the words he is reading. He notoriously puts the emPHasis on the wrong syllAble.
He's a disgrace. This is a Canadian show and he should know how to speak English. Hard to take, frankly.
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But what I really want to rant about is the poor Simon Fraser (SFU) bus driver who was fired because he told a flagwoman on a construction site, as he drove by, that she was beautiful. OMG, what has become of us?! Can women no longer take a compliment without claiming it's sexual harassment?!
How pathetic our gender has become. We don't need anyone to make us look stupid, we're doing that all by ourselves. Back in my day, I was always tickled pink when a construction crew would whistle as I walked by. It was so innocent and very flattering. No one was going to rape you, they just wanted to tell you how beautiful you were.
Not any longer. Now it's a offence punishable by firing. What's next, being jailed?! This stupid woman filed a complaint with SFU, who in turn filed a complaint with 'Luxury Transport', where the poor chap worked. "What is of great concern to us is that you do not believe there was anything remotely wrong regarding your comment," the company admonished. "You do not seem to understand or care that your comments had a negative impact."
When beleaguered driver Robert Harrison asked to see the complaint, Luxury sent it to him completely blacked out. Boy, are we in trouble as a civilized society. Time for young men to fight back!
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