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By: Thom

Thom — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:56:55 +0000

Thank you Capsun

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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:49:22 +0000

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By: Capsun

Capsun — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:44:39 +0000

Nancy: I can’t believe I forgot to bring that up!

Pokinatcha: Mahalo for stopping by and commenting. I completely agree, that’s why I sent that email.

Sid: Thanks. And it doesn’t take much extra effort, but can really avoid big problems.

quilly: A CYA mentality in government – who knew? Good point about this possibly negatively impacting one’s employment.

Thom: Mahalo for helping me see the big picture and the other side of the argument. I’m so impressed, your entire comment will be on today’s Props and Slops.

Anna: Thanks! One thing that may have been left out of that post is that I get along fine with that co-worker and my efforts came as part of tough love, and not vengeance.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:59:21 +0000

Better they hear it from you than the auditor.

By: Thom

Thom — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:58:29 +0000

I’m sort of torn on this issue. I tend to blame our society as a whole because all it takes is one person to get offended by such and email and the content it contains and they go and either complain to the company or go to an attorney to sue. So companies, including the state and federal governments have had to set guidelines to not accept this kind of email and make work just a work place where people cannot just let loose for a couple of minutes a day and send this kind of silly email out.

However, on the other end of the spectrum there are those in an office situation, that don’t use common sense and judgment and send out much raunchier emails, porn and sex, during work hours that I don’t think should be sent out during that time and shouldn’t be allowed to be sent using company email.

It’s all a common sense issue. I would have gotten your response I would have just taken you off the mailing list. Period over and out. My emailing list when I send out emails, if people don’t like it, hopefully they will tell me so I can use the delete button. I just think that companies have gone to far, or have been pushed to go to these lengths to have to prohibit such emailing at work.

Where does it ever end? Society as a whole has gotten way out of hand with their “rights” and we as a society have permitted it. Frivilous law suits have been a major cause and we allow them to proceed.

By: quilly

quilly — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:59:27 +0000

Since I work at “that other agency” alluded to in comment one, I’d say you made a wise choice in covering your ~~ass~~ bases. I also think you tendered a threat and, were I one of your co-workers, I don’t believe I’d send you any non-work related email, period. Still, in the long run it is better to be left out of the current office joke than to be left out on the street without a job because you sent or accepted something potentially actionable.

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:04:22 +0000

I think it’s a good response, I always keep my work and personal emails separated as well.

By: Pokinatcha

Pokinatcha — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:04:05 +0000

I don’t think so. I know someone who also works for the gov’t. When a mutual friend sent out emails that weren’t gov’t related to his work email, he sent out an email stating that his personal email be used.
It’s good to have that on record if it were ever to come back to you, too!

By: Nancy Cook Lauer

Nancy Cook Lauer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:52:46 +0000

I would think anyone who has read the newspaper will recall the embarrassing episode at another state agency and not want to go that route …