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What's the problem, ladies and gentlemen?

14 May 2021

1:54 AM

14 May 2021

1:54 AM

Picture the scene. You’re on a train when the following message comes over the tannoy:

‘Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.’

Are you offended? One passenger travelling on a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train was.

‘So as a non-binary person this announcement doesn’t actually apply to me so I won’t listen,’ the commuter wrote.

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