Suspended for fowarding email joke [modified]
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it's a punning plot against the linguistically challenged. Bungee jump. Parachute. Hang gliding.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Not I thankfully. A friend of mine got a grilling from their work for forwarding a joke (they received at work on the their work email) to their home address so they could read it later. Daft thing is they hadn't even read it and so didn't realise the content until they got home. Too late, the HR PC machine was in action and the mind police had to make sure everyone was talking the PC line. My friend assumed that because they received it on their work email it must be okay to forward on. For years they thought I was a miserable git for not sending on emails etc (now they know why). In these days where job security isn't the top agenda for HR departments, don't give them ammo to downsize/relocate/salary-adjust you. Two email addys, one for work, one for home, it's not hard folks.
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it's a punning plot against the linguistically challenged. Bungee jump. Parachute. Hang gliding.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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No I never have. Someone at BT needs to lighten up.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Kschuler wrote:
Has anyone ever been disciplined at work for improper emailing?
Not disciplined, but talked at over the phone.
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In an office where their are top performers telling jokes and personal use of computers does not often come up as an issue. Top performers know when it is ok and can use something called common sense to evaluate their usage. I don't think a top performer would ever forward an email joke to the staff but yes I would reprimand them the same for such tactless behavior. Are you telling a series of loud jokes in a cube farm keeping everyone from working or are you telling the joke at the water cooler? Is the joke being told to the entire team to blow off some steam or is the joke just away to kill Friday afternoon because no one wants to work. For every scenario you say I would be a buzz kill I think you will find a sharp difference between top performers and average performers who just so happen to be placed in a below average peer group. Absolutely, humor is appropriate in the work place. A top performer, however, always knows that work comes first.
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I have a feeling the best performer's you'll ever get are really only average. I am a top performer and if you stop me from being who I am, I am no longer a top perfomer. I know that if I feel opressed, i.e. can't e-mail jokes, can't laugh, can't have fun, my performance goes down really quick. I've been on the opressive programs and the top performers get away from them as quickly as they can, leaving the average performers. This makes the higher average performers the Top performers. My 2 cents
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I have a feeling the best performer's you'll ever get are really only average. I am a top performer and if you stop me from being who I am, I am no longer a top perfomer. I know that if I feel opressed, i.e. can't e-mail jokes, can't laugh, can't have fun, my performance goes down really quick. I've been on the opressive programs and the top performers get away from them as quickly as they can, leaving the average performers. This makes the higher average performers the Top performers. My 2 cents
I think what I am not elaborating is there is a slight difference in the treatment of top performers and the rest. The problem is you have to make the rules for the masses and then hypocritically enforce them differently to those to whom they do not apply. Of course, I would still reprimand anyone for an email forward. Those are just plan retarded.
Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
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I would suspend any person forwarding emails, jokes, or other items that are not work related. People show no common sense when it comes to computers. Look at some of the tacky emails you get from outlook users who think a pink background with cursive font is somehow professional.
Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
Hmmmm... maybe time to tweak the css on my website then :laugh:
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Now just tell me, what's wrong with hengliding?
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:laugh: :laugh: It's actually quite a good joke! :-D
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