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In reply to the discussion: I was the nipple alerter [View all]morningfog
(18,115 posts)262. Your company policy prohibits nudity?
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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