Opera conductor who was fired after someone complained about his pronoun use wins court case

According to the Daily Mail, Shanahan was told by the studio’s executive director that “we live in a different world now where people are likely to call out behavior.” It was also reported that in a conversation about the complaint in 2021, the CEO mentioned George Floyd and brought up the Me Too movement in the discussion.

Because both have so much to do with a conductor messing up a pronoun…

You can always call out “bad behavior,” but the problem is that people call out behaviors that are ultimately inconsequential, like messing up a person’s pronoun.

Here I’ll show you how to deal with it:

“Nice to see you, ma’am.”

“That’s it, sir.”

“Oops, my mistake…”

End scene.

In fact, regarding the pronoun issue, Shanahan said the matter was “resolved to the satisfaction of all involved.”

Additional complaints were made against Shanahan accusing him of bullying, which led to Shanahan being fired.

However, he sued for unfair dismissal and won. However, even though the court sided with him, they ruled that Shanahan’s compensation should be reduced by 15% because he “contributed to the dismissal through culpable conduct.”

Which doesn’t make any sense. How can you say, “You were wrongfully fired,” and at the same time say, “You did things that got you fired?”

I don’t know. But it’s nice to see someone fight back when their career is derailed because of a pronoun mistake.