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Showing Original Post only (View all)I was the nipple alerter [View all]
I didn't expect to cause such a ruckus. I just would have appreciated a NSFW tag. As difficult as it is for some to comprehend, based upon the responses in the various threads, it is possible to both be allowed to browse the internet from time to time at work, AND to have a fairly restrictive and vindictive IT department.
A NSFW tag when posting nudity would be considerate.
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My employer frowns upon employees accessing the internet for non-business activity.
AAO
Jun 2014
#225
Unless the poster makes the rules, it really their argument. We've been telling folks
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#266
A republican busybody could make a HR stink about GW Bush looking like a moron in the McCain
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2014
#232
Many people have complained about an increase in libertarian type sentiments on DU. nt
redqueen
Jun 2014
#233
Don't visit this site on work computers if you think such banal realities will piss off IT or HR.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#240
That is fine for the fortunate or the well placed but for most of us the golden rule applies
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#250
Their employer also probably doesn't allow personal web surfing on company time.
eggplant
Jun 2014
#85
That was back when the only people that had the Internet were at work... n/t
PoliticAverse
Jun 2014
#253
The issue here is that the OP is blaming the real OP (the OOP?) for their own risk.
eggplant
Jun 2014
#242
they can accept that their suggestion wasn't taken, and get on with their lives. n/t
eggplant
Jun 2014
#279
"In a lot of people's universes" Why should we give a shit what those fringe people think?
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#52
nope, when work shows up I am working before or after 5pm, when it doesn't or the server is down...
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#21
same thing at a fire station etc. Reactive jobs -when you work you really work but downtime occurs
lunasun
Jun 2014
#33
Michgander_Life! This is your IT department. Stop looking at babies eating and get back to work!
FSogol
Jun 2014
#8
"I was the nipple alerter"...I never thought it could happen to me, but there I was....
FSogol
Jun 2014
#15
Sure, nobody *plans* to be the nipple alerter, but unfortunately it does happen.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#34
We blew it. This was a Spartacus moment. We should have all stood up and said, "I was the Nipple
FSogol
Jun 2014
#37
You don't support breastfeeding if you think it needs to come with a warning label
vanlassie
Jun 2014
#31
Placing NSFW on a post that might violate a company policy is as old as the internet.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#40
The image of a baby feeding should not be NSFW. That is patently absurd, whether or not
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#19
That you could lose your job for a baby/nipple (I've been severely judged as "underwhelming"
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#35
I did not see anything wrong with the picture. I also never used my employer's computers for
ScreamingMeemie
Jun 2014
#48
Well it just strikes me funny how one persons tone is another's sour note.
bluesbassman
Jun 2014
#159
Congratulations! You've created a new DU meme and quite a legacy for yourself!
herding cats
Jun 2014
#74
Somebody FINALLY says what the intention of the baby/nipple OP was doing! LOL!
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#103
I am sorry that a natural and beautiful thing (a woman breastfeeding) Perhaps NSFW
nadinbrzezinski
Jun 2014
#96
It's not a double standard. That image would be considered NSFW in many office environments.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#105
That's irrelevant. All that matters is that it could make a coworker uncomfortable to see.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#110
If your ultra-conservative employers have problems with a mother's breast
whatchamacallit
Jun 2014
#122
I'm allowed to surf DU during my down time, but I am not allowed to view "nudity"
arcane1
Jun 2014
#131
You really should have started your OP title with "Fine, I'll Say It"
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2014
#114
Remember when Ashcroft had a curtain put over the Spirit of Justice statue because
alfredo
Jun 2014
#184
I really liked it when someone had to achieve 1,000 posts before they could start a thread.
hamsterjill
Jun 2014
#140
Just fyi, I'd have no idea what is 'safe' for the sort of workspace you might be in. No idea at all.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#146
See I do not equate breastfeeding with porn nor with sexuality as you do.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#192
It was nudity. I have no problem with breastfeeding, but I am also aware of workplace standards.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#183
That was rude and uncalled for. I see it in no such way, and it is dishonest of you to say so.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#188
Tell that to 99% of all employers in America. Hint: the topic is workplace rules, not breastfeeding.
arcane1
Jun 2014
#205
My point is this: your job is yours to preserve, if it can be endangered by opening a DU thread I
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#181
Your boss isn't everyone else's and isn't representative of the average.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#258
I wholeheartedly agree it shouldn't but I don't think we can pretend it often very well could be
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#268
Back when browsing the internet at work was a kind of new thing, I was asked to do some
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#207
Do you object to Spoiler tags too? Seems to me this is just courtesy. And yeah, not everyone is
seaglass
Jun 2014
#289
Yeah, I don't consider a post being hidden as the nuclear option - since you do I can see why your
seaglass
Jun 2014
#312
When I worked in the brick-and-mortar world, I never used company computers for goofing
ScreamingMeemie
Jun 2014
#229
I teach at a university. I am required to hold a certain number of regularly scheduled
tblue37
Sep 2014
#322
Yep. What was once an understood and expected courtesy is no longer. BECAUSE NIPPPLLEEEEEE!!!1!!!1
redqueen
Jun 2014
#303
What are you looking at DU for at work? Is that company policy to browse and comment on forums not
lostincalifornia
Jun 2014
#223
We are allowed and encouraged to do anything we want during down time
Michigander_Life
Jun 2014
#228
Well, it is certainly reasonable for your employer's rules to apply to everyone here at DU.
eggplant
Jun 2014
#281
Bravo. I belong to the Clothes for Family Pets Organization. Too many nipples and testicles
valerief
Jun 2014
#278
NSFW was the norm on DU when it was moderated. Just goes to show how much common courtesy to
Tuesday Afternoon
Jun 2014
#291
This is what gets me - other stuff has been hidden for the same reason, right?
redqueen
Jun 2014
#305
You should be forced to print your subject line on a t-shirt and wear it for 7 days!
randome
Jun 2014
#293
So you are asking for a litle consideration from others? That's cool by me.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2014
#301