Adjective “Roving”
An incident which makes me wonder how insecure some people are at their work place.
It was a Monday afternoon, a presentation was in process. The topic was makeover. Where young women who want to look smart yet do not have the time and information, are invited to attend a makeover experience where they are given free tips & an experience to look smart and cool.
How an adjective comes to play? The second last slide of the presentation displayed a roving expert will hunt down females in desperate need of a makeover.
And my objection was with the adjective roving.
Synonyms of Roving: ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, itinerant, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring. And in this context where an Expert will do makeovers on young women does he need to have roving eyes as a requirement of selection?
My objection was snubbed with a racist remark something like: How can you a brown skin, Indian talk to a Canadian & a Brit who are flagship holders of the imperial language called "English".
Occident Vs Orient, the old tradition and mindset is still persistent. Though we are living in a digital age with innovation and technology but our thinking is still of morbid19th century.