A group of aged care workers are planning a social night out . Their manager is organising dinner at a local pub , and advises staff they are welcome to bring a friend or partner and to respond via email of their acceptance and if they will bring someone . A new employee , Tom , is keen to attend - it 's a great opportunity to social and get to know his new colleagues in a more relaxed environment . He decides he will bring his partner of 5 years , Dave . Tom responds to the email invite his manager has sent out , saying in the body of the email that Dave will attend too . The next day , the date of the dinner changes due to ' a number of staff being unable to attend ' . Tom accepts the new date . Two days later it changes again . He is unable to attend this time , Dave has his own work function and Tom always attends them . A couple of days later , Tom is in the lunch room telling a colleague about Dave 's work function and how much of a good time they had . Two staff get up and leave the kitchen during this chat . The colleague tells Tom it 's fantastic that Dave 's Work is so accepting , and rolls their eyes in the direction of those who departed the room . Tom discovers that some people in the department were uncomfortable with the idea of Dave going to the dinner , and that the manager kept changing the dates with the hope that Tom would be busy , and that the rest of the staff could still come . b explain how this situation can impact the cultural safety of the workplac