Reply to: Would you have got this person sacked?

[UNix_Dude]

Bit extreame

I think I may well have spoken to him directly rather than take it to Management. I suspect that Mgmt had to take the long term view though I wouldn't agree with their resolution.

[TimberWolf]

Some people appear to be fascinated by awful/sick videos. A permi at a place I contracted once was one such person. He was in hysterics at video footage of a chap being hit by a car in one direction and then hit by another car coming in the opposite direction, and wanted to show it to everyone. I'm not entirely sure the footage was real, but nevertheless I've never been interested in even milder accident videos, such as was shown on Beadles About etc. I don't find it funny. I believe they even played canned laughter

[BrilloPad]

Would be nice to watch some heads getting blown off in my lunch hour.

Only if they belong to my users.....

[BrianSnail]

I agree with BGG...

The chap was watching something inappropriate for a professional workplace....

...but then reporting it was inappropriate too.

Personally, I'd have kept my nose out of it...I don't get involved with office bollitics.

[swamp]

A friend worked as permie for an insurance company. Hotmail etc. was blocked so he used the work email for the odd personal stuff. Everyone did apparantly, but one day he received a slightly rude joke and forwarded it on. Next thing he knew he was hauled in front of a disciplinary panel where he got a written warning.

He and this other were just unlucky to get caught in the wheels of corporate 'rules'. It could happen to any of us; Christ knows I've watched some dodgy videos at work and send some pretty rude emails!

The answer IMO is a laptop + 3G Internet, and avoid letting people look at your screen.

[Board Game Geek]

I definitely believe the chap showed a complete lack of awareness in the workplace by watching such material, be it news or otherwise.

You need to adopt a mindful attitude at work, because other people cannot be trusted and have their own agendas, and anything you do can be miscontrued and used against you.

The chap needs to be constantly alert about how his behaviour might affect others, and position himself accordingly in the workplace.

That's just the way it is.

[Turion]

WHS. The guy was probably just watching the news.

Twenty people were killed in a gun battle between police & immigrants a week or two ago in a Texas town by the Mexican border (but then I don't think that was widely reported).

Was it filmed? Do you have the link to the footage. Would be nice to watch some heads getting blown off in my lunch hour.

[OwlHoot]

I'd have told your friend to get a life. No offence.

WHS. The guy was probably just watching the news.

Twenty people were killed in a gun battle between police & immigrants a week or two ago in a Texas town by the Mexican border (but then I don't think that was widely reported).

[d000hg]

He was probably just watching a (zombie) film... Big deal.

Lol

[d000hg]

Newsnight, few years back, South African black drug dealer got dragged out of house in township by mob, clubbed and set on fire. Showed the whole thing with sound!

Exactly, you have to go a few years back... hardly a common theme and I bet they had to preface it with "don't look unless you are a heartless sadist warnings", and STILL got a bunch of complaints.

[chef]

What type of Sandwich was he eating

[foritisme]

Someone I was talking to last night : said she went to see someone at lunch yesterday : at his desk in a large IB in docklands. They have no internet blocking. The chap was eating a sandwich : watching a film of someone in a riot being hit with baseball bats : then was set alight.

She was shocked and complained : adding that she did not want to work with someone with that little moral standards.

She was a bit upset as that person likely to be sacked.

What would you have done?

This woman isn't of polish origin is she ??

Was working on a banking system a few years ago and there were some external links to advertisers. She clicked on one of these links and it showed a picture of a woman in a bikini. That was it, off she stormed complaining to anyone and everyone about being associated with a bank with links to porn sites !!

The actual site was an advert for students who wanted to work aboard. The actual pic was of a girl in a field in France holding a pitch fork - the advert was trying to portray the excellent weather. It wasn't a particular revealing bikini.

She did actually get the ad pulled, but her contract was not renewed.

[M_B]

He was probably just watching a (zombie) film while eating his sandwich during his lunch hour cause his wife doesn't like watching action flicks at home. Big deal.

[Churchill]

Who voted her in as the "the internet police"?

"I was offended", "I reported it", "Now I'm worried he might get fired..."

Stinks of hypocracy imo, strikes me she's just an attention seeking bint.

There you are you see, Churchill is back to his usual form!

[Bagpuss]

What happened to having a quiet word with someone?