Lika’s Log

Where ever you work, harrassment is an issue that employers want to make sure their employees are aware of. I think in this day and age of Polictical Correctedness (PC) up the yingyang, everybody needs to be aware of what they say, who they saying it to and who might hear whatever you are saying. Some people have radar ears and they will use what they hear against you.

You know how like “us local” famous for da  ethnic criticism. You can’t be la dat around ”certain peoples” cause dey think its straight up personal. Its a frkng joke, lighten up. Some people will sue your ass over saying “white people” but its okay to say Black people or Asian; it can get totally confusing.

But learning about harrassment is a good thing because it makes us aware that we, ok me - I have to watch my mouth. Sometimes dats hard. Cause you know  a lot of times da mouth is faster den da brains. I think da main ting to rememba is BE AWARE of who stay by you.

K ~ like da ada week; one of da bosses was walking in da opposite direction. I know dat he one ex-service man and he can handle “risque” jokes la dat. So anyway he was passing me and he said “What’s shaking Linda?” And without thinking I said: “My Aaaaa..” I stopped at the “sss” part and I started cracking up because I was walking right past da wahine boss and one ada wahine. I was thinking OMG I not suppose to talk la dat at work. I was headed out da door so I just kept on walking & laughing.

I come back and I ask everybody, “did you guys hear wot I said?” Everybody who was there was just laughing. Yes, you are one of the few people who has shut him up, cause he was at a lost for words. I guess I’m good la dat. LOL

In a lot of places saying “silly” things like okole and wot not, offends people. I thought I was going to get in trouble for saying “aaaa” I didn’t even finish the word but everybody knew what da word was.

It surprised me that some women get offended at being called “girl.” Maybe its the way I was raised. There are women who will say “I am not a girl.” And they take offence to “Good Girl.” What you likem’ say “Good Woman?” That sounds kinda married yeah. I don’t mind guys calling me Girl. Infact wit my classmates, dey no can rememba names hah, all da wahines dey call “Eh Girlie!” LOL

Like you know local style, you can be one 50 yrs old man and yo’Unco dem still going call you BOY. Where as it would not be cool to call one popolo guy dat. Oh, duh no’pose to say popolo too, can hah, I say popolo with aloha and as a description, not as derogatory.

Local style is totally NOT PC. Everytime I use to tell my kids stuff us did or said small time, dey would scold me dey tell me as not right. They are like “Mom thats so wrong.” Yeah but us tink its funny and us all laugh; us laugh with each ada not at each ada. Ok yeah we do laugh at each ada but us not mean. Ok yeah we can be. *L*

Case in point: I told my kids about “You like see China?” You guys remeba dat… or “You like see Japan?” Anden you squeeze da orange peel in da persons eye anden dey squint, da eye come all Pakay yeah? You guys neva do dat elementary time? Us did in Ewa School Cafeteria. LOL

Only in Hawaii yeah. My kids asked “what did the Asian (my kids are PC-ish) kids think?” I’m like who you think came up wit da idea was da Japanee kids I tink wen startem’ wit “Eh you like see China?” Anden everybody eyes was squinty cause everybody had orange so everybody stay squeezing’um at each ada.

K - one Mexican joke. A joke you shouldn’t tell anyone at work but if you’re like me and have Mexican friends they love it. They always ask me where I get these jokes from. From other Mexicans of course.

One of Pablo’s vocabulary words was harrassment. He needed to write a sentence using “harrassment.” So he wrote:

My girlfriend busted me with another chica; pero I told her harrassment nothing to me. *L*

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