[xxSparkleSxx]

> What would have really helped was if staff weren't selfishly spending 5-10 minutes sitting on the toilet browsing the internet or playing games on their phones.

Consequence of open offices? People need their alone time, this one's Amazon's fault too.

[gaius]

Right, in the past if someone just needed 5 minutes to gather their thoughts they would nip out for a fag. Now noone does that anymore...

[danielharrison]

> nip out for a fag

A once common sentence which, after not hearing it for years, suddenly contains connotations of rasism and heterosexism.

[occamrazor]

I am not a native speaker. To me this sentence means just "to go outside for a cigarette break". What interpretation leads to racist/sexist undertones?

[gaius]

Well, if your mind is attuned to seek out offence at every opportunity, you might say that "nip" is short for Nipponese (like Brit is short for British Person) and "fag" is an old word for homosexual.

But of course "Nipponese out for a homosexual" makes no sense and no one would ever say that...

[gaius]

I am pretty sure that's just you, since the meaning is clear from the context. You should probably work on that.