Damn. Do you know what would happen to us here in the US office if even one of us sent an off color picture to another via email? <makes the slash sign across the throat>
You've got (fe)male
From:
June 23, 2006
FOURTEEN staff at Britain's driver and vehicle licensing agency have been sacked and 101 disciplined after they swapped so many pornographic emails that it clogged up the organisation's mainframe computer.
The 14 employees of the agency, including an executive, were fired for sending obscene emails to people outside the agency.
Those who were disciplined had sent the material to colleagues within the building.
The agency, which is in Swansea, has 6000 staff and handles all Britain's driver and vehicle records.
The pornography had been downloaded from the internet by staff during working hours, a spokeswoman said .
The images were then attached to emails sent around the 20-storey building.
Trouble began when computers started slowing down because of the size and number of images being sent.
Other members of staff, unaware of what was going on, complained that obscene material was being attached to innocent-looking emails.
Bosses ordered the investigation and the IT department pinpointed the computers involved.
A woman worker, who did not want to be named, said: "Boredom is a major problem in this place. The work can be very tedious and people find ways of livening up their days.
"The early stuff was pretty innocent, a joke really. A very boring document would have a picture of a naked woman attached, for example.
"I suppose it was bound to get out of hand. The stuff became more outrageous and then some of the men started sending ordinary emails to female colleagues and then watching their reaction when they opened the attachment.
"There are a lot of girls up here and some took it as a laugh, and even got involved themselves, but it only takes a couple of complaints and everyone gets into trouble."
From:
June 23, 2006
FOURTEEN staff at Britain's driver and vehicle licensing agency have been sacked and 101 disciplined after they swapped so many pornographic emails that it clogged up the organisation's mainframe computer.
The 14 employees of the agency, including an executive, were fired for sending obscene emails to people outside the agency.
Those who were disciplined had sent the material to colleagues within the building.
The agency, which is in Swansea, has 6000 staff and handles all Britain's driver and vehicle records.
The pornography had been downloaded from the internet by staff during working hours, a spokeswoman said .
The images were then attached to emails sent around the 20-storey building.
Trouble began when computers started slowing down because of the size and number of images being sent.
Other members of staff, unaware of what was going on, complained that obscene material was being attached to innocent-looking emails.
Bosses ordered the investigation and the IT department pinpointed the computers involved.
A woman worker, who did not want to be named, said: "Boredom is a major problem in this place. The work can be very tedious and people find ways of livening up their days.
"The early stuff was pretty innocent, a joke really. A very boring document would have a picture of a naked woman attached, for example.
"I suppose it was bound to get out of hand. The stuff became more outrageous and then some of the men started sending ordinary emails to female colleagues and then watching their reaction when they opened the attachment.
"There are a lot of girls up here and some took it as a laugh, and even got involved themselves, but it only takes a couple of complaints and everyone gets into trouble."
