When someone tells you "good job guys", is that offensive to you?

No it is not to me and in fact we need to give praise more to our Soldiers for the outstanding job they do !

MSG Wade Huffman I would like to say it's an aberration. That is what I'd like to say.

in my shop, EO has tried straightening us up, but we have jokes, call each other gay, pretty much anythin EO hates. and the females take part in it too. So don't worry there are still "normal" people that haven't been phased by the strong push for total n utter political correctness

I'll tell you this...it drives me nuts. Harassment must now be pronounced "hair-es-ment", guess someone got offended. Political correctness has a place but things have gone too far. Grow some thick skin, have duck back, it's not all personal and get to work!

We have become such a sensitive society, and that is sad. When I was in the Infantry, we sang Jodies, they were offensive, but effective, Some people are cowards, not much can be done about that. We are all soldiers, male female, etc, /why does it not offend when a female congress person is referred to as a Congressman

Chief:

Lesson learned!!

Chief - you are exactly right. Speaking as a psychologist myself, this is such a common trait of people that it would be comical if it weren't so prevalent.

CH (CPT) Heather Davis, here's what I learned from micromanagers and nit pickers: we "need" them in our lives as examples of what not to be like.

I dealt with quite a few in the past and occasionally in the present. They're not going away, period. God himself allows them to "exist" and not really enjoy their lives to the fullest. Forgive them for they may not know what they're doing

#4 "unless we stop using it, it is all the children will hear." Can you imagine the horror and consequences of them hearing the word "guy" used as it's defined? And to think all this time I've been worried about what my children will hear on the bus ride home from school with drug dealers and such.

Stop worrying about what they will hear. They will hear pretty much everything the same as we did. Worry about teaching them how to use their own mind. That way they can make sound decesions on what is prudent, inappropriate, serious reason for concern, a joke, or not worth spend 5 seconds of their life thinking about.

MAJ Carl Ballinger, I may not agree with some of things written in the regulations but I need to enforce the standard set forth by the Army. I also do my best to educate my subordinates to ensure they understand the purpose and objective behind the EO program.

SSG Robert Burns, we as leaders still need to enforce the standards. It addition, when it comes to EO we need to be sensitive. Do I think the word "guy" is offensive if used in the context that it was used in, no. However, we still need to be aware of certain words that may offend someone within the five protective categories of the EO program.

CPL J Sannizzaro, I do educate my Soldiers and teach them to use their own mind. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same mental capacity or understands when someone is genuinely giving them a compliment using a term that is gender neutral.

True statement sir. I just follow what my commander's put out on their policy letters and my commander's use the TC as a standard for our unit.

SPC DelArroyo:

I greatly appreciate your feedback and I will make that correction.

I say anyone who takes offense to a very well intended compliment who used a generality to refer to their subordinates can suck it the f up. this has really gotten out of hand.