Workplace Banter: Crossing the Line
Workplace banter can be a problematic area. Different people have different views about what is acceptable. Words which would have gone unchallenged in the past, and which many people may have viewed as "banter", in a number of cases will now be almost universally unacceptable. The problem can be that sometimes people are not aware of changes in what is acceptable. This can result in comments, perhaps intended to be humorous or lighthearted, but which cause a great deal of of