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Darien Caldwell
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09-02-2009 12:10
I WAS READING TODAY THAT A WOMAN WAS FIRED FOR USING ALL CAPS IN HER EMAILS AT WORK. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF BEING TO CONFRONTATIONAL FOR DOING THAT AND USING RED IN HER FONT. YOU CAN READ THE STORY HERE: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/148175
DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A JUSTIFIED DISMISSAL? TO VOTE: 1. CLICK THE CHOICE YOU WANT TO SELECT. 2. PRESS VOTE NOW! INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE COURTS FOUND HER DISMISSAL WITHOUT MERIT. _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
Join date: 11 Oct 2008
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09-02-2009 12:13
I WAS READING TODAY THAT A WOMAN WAS FIRED FOR USING ALL CAPS IN HER EMAILS AT WORK. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF BEING TO CONFRONTATIONAL FOR DOING THAT AND USING RED IN HER FONT. YOU CAN READ THE STORY HERE: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/148175 DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A JUSTIFIED DISMISSAL? TO VOTE: 1. CLICK THE CHOICE YOU WANT TO SELECT. 2. PRESS VOTE NOW! INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE COURTS FOUND HER DISMISSAL WITHOUT MERIT. I use them ONLY for emphasis. Can I keep my job? (YAY!!! I was the first to vote!) _____________________
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Darien Caldwell
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09-02-2009 12:14
I use them ONLY for emphasis. Can I keep my job? (YAY!!! I was the first to vote!) BETTER, YOU GET A POINTY-HAIRED PROMOTION. _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
Join date: 11 Oct 2008
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09-02-2009 12:15
BETTER, YOU GET A POINTY-HAIRED PROMOTION. YAY!!!!! Er . . . I mean Yay! _____________________
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Chris Norse
Loud Arrogant Redneck
Join date: 1 Oct 2006
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09-02-2009 12:19
Absent a contract between the employee and the employer, any reason should be justified.
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Rihanna Laasonen
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Join date: 22 Nov 2006
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09-02-2009 12:21
I voted yes. It's one thing to use all caps on your personal time, but at work it shows a basic ignorance of or disregard for netiquette. It's no different than any other kind of rudeness to your coworkers and customers.
As her employer, I'd wonder what other bits of appropriate professional behavior she was ignoring and how it might affect our company's reputation. Firing her without warning, that was unwarranted. But if I'd warned her and she kept doing it anyway, yep, she'd be out. |
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Treasure Ballinger
Virtual Ability
Join date: 31 Dec 2007
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09-02-2009 12:21
I said no because the story didn't share the employee's side, only shared the employer's accusations as to why she did it. (Confrontational, etc). I use all caps regularly for a nearly blind friend who has only a Treo to read email on. Caps are all she can see. The story doesn't have enough info from both sides of the coin.
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
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09-02-2009 12:24
Is it actually possible to be confrontational in an email message? With instructions on how to fill out a form? _____________________
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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09-02-2009 12:24
If I can get away with smilies at work, I can't see why someone can't get away with all caps. (^_^)y
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Sling Trebuchet
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09-02-2009 12:24
"RED IN HER FONT"....? is that like those vampire blood fountains i see in sl cuz if that wuz it i think she should be sacked lol i don like those things they do in churches with blood and all that lol its blasf. bl.. wrong and makes sl unpredictable for decent peeple lol and when I read about big words in the thread title i thought you meant like surpercalifragilisticexpialodocious lol
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Chris Norse
Loud Arrogant Redneck
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09-02-2009 12:36
If you can be a loud arrogant redneck in lowercase, capslock can only turn it up to 11. 11? I could turn it up to 15 at least. _____________________
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Argent Stonecutter
Emergency Mustelid
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09-02-2009 12:37
11? I could turn it up to 15 at least. _____________________
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Kalor Rayner
A Face in the Crowd
Join date: 2 Aug 2009
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09-02-2009 12:41
Fired without warning? Um, if it was seen as confrontational, then she should have been told to stop prior to termination. As that did not happen, I don't see that as justifiable reasoning for termination.
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Darien Caldwell
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09-02-2009 12:44
"RED IN HER FONT"....? is that like those vampire blood fountains i see in sl cuz if that wuz it i think she should be sacked lol i don like those things they do in churches with blood and all that lol its blasf. bl.. wrong and makes sl unpredictable for decent peeple lol and when I read about big words in the thread title i thought you meant like surpercalifragilisticexpialodocious lol GROAN! JUST BE GLAD THE LL FORUMS DON"T ALLOW FONT SIZE AND COLOR CHANGES. OTHERWISE YOU WOULD BE IN FOR A TREAT.  _____________________
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Sling Trebuchet
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09-02-2009 12:46
I hear you're really big in Japan. They call him .. Oh Big One Kenobby _____________________
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Brann Georgia
Spits infinitives
Join date: 12 Dec 2007
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09-02-2009 12:56
Why would anyone in their right mind even consider for an instant that there isn't more to the story than what's reported?
Quite possibly, she didn't say "PLEASE FILL THIS FORM OUT COMPLETELY" She likely said, frequently and in several versions, "YOU FREAKIN MORON, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO FILL THIS OUT PROPERLY????? GET WITH IT!!!!11!!!" And after the third time her boss asked her to state things in a professional way, she probably wrote: "PLEASE FILL THIS GODDAM FORM OUT RIGHT AND I'M ONLY SAYING PLEASE BECAUSE THE IDIOT IN CHARGE TOLD ME TO" Just guessing, really. _____________________
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Argent Stonecutter
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09-02-2009 12:57
Capslock is for wimps.
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Seven Okelli
last days of pompeii
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09-02-2009 13:04
What's important is that a message was sent.
I hope that that woman has formed a support group for others who use all caps "so this will never happen again." INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE COURTS FOUND HER DISMISSAL WITHOUT MERIT. Activist judges! . _____________________
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Darien Caldwell
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09-02-2009 13:18
Capslock is for wimps. wow, now that one is even wronger than the ferret in a tube. _____________________
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LittleMe Jewell
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Join date: 8 Oct 2007
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09-02-2009 13:32
Way back when I was a developer, back in the days of green-bar paper, I always used a red pen because it showed up best on that paper. Back in those days, we did a lot of code reviews and I actually got reprimanded for writing my comments in red because it was "like a school teacher editing homework".
 My response was to tell my boss that whomever was upset needed to grow up. Needless to say, I did not stay at that place long. _____________________
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Kelli May
karmakanic
Join date: 7 Oct 2006
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09-02-2009 13:43
"CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE-CONTROL FOR AWESOME!!"
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Pussycat Catnap
Sex Kitten
Join date: 15 Jun 2009
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09-02-2009 13:50
antidisestablishmentarianism
floccinaucinihilipilification hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Big words, little women. Let the naughtiness ensue.  Hey honey, that an awfully big word you got there or are you just intellectually stimulated to see me?  _____________________
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Kokoro Fasching
Pixie Dust and Sugar
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09-02-2009 14:20
Sheesh! I have many a times sent out messages to the users with words and phrases in RED, CAPS, 38 POINT text, because the previous 6 messages were not read. Even with those changes I would get emails and calls "Now, I read your message and printed it out, but which button labeled PUSH do I push?
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Cheree Bury
ChereeMotion Owner
Join date: 6 Jun 2007
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09-02-2009 14:23
ithinkiwillstartreprimandingmyemployeesforusingtoomanyspacesandpunctuationitwastestoomanybytesthatcouldbeusedmoreproductivelyelsewhere
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Lindal Kidd
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09-02-2009 14:24
The person posting this is a floccinaucinihilipilificator.
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