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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:12 AM Original message |
Telling Employees to Stop Talking About Their Dead Kids Is OK, Says Court |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. ouch |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cruelty heaped upon incomprehensible grief. |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. that is horrible. poor woman |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Yes. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Horrible. Did they even offer her mental health counseling - |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Reminds me of a time |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Corporate cruelty strikes again! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I was told to take down a "John-Paul, George, and Ringo" poster because it offended a Catholic woman |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. I can see both sides here. Banning pictures seems a bit much, but on the other hand... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I wonder if people discuss things other than work in that workplace? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. spot. on. nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yeah, but it's pretty hard to get yourself in hot water telling someone to STFU about the game and.. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Certainly. I suspect the problem was, that ANY TIME anyone came... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I've had multiple co-workers who are like that about their religion.. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. a well reasoned response. i concur. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm with you |
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Lizzie Poppet (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I agree completely. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. My colleagues talk about their personal lives all of the time. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. I would have tolerated it, and instructed the other employees to tolerate it. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. how long should they tolerate it? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't know--maybe it's because I used to be a nurse. Telling someone |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Thank you. Your post brought tears to my eyes - n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Aww...you're welcome-- |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I'd prefer that to backbiting gossip about co-workers. n/t |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. 5 Years, She deservers it , We are still having Memorials for 9-11 |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Oh yeah, the unending national discourse about 9-11 is a model of coping in a healthy manner |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Forever, if the grieving mother was doing her job capably. |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. A year is like yesterday in a circumstance like this. n/t |
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michaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. After loosing our 16 year old son, I can tell you that you never let it go. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I am sorry about your son--I can't imagine that kind of loss. Which is precisely why |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. But corporations are people... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. I work in a two woman office. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
27. Corporate people suck. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
29. People don't have freedom of speech at work |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
30. Surrender all rights and freedoms ye who enter here! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. WTF!!! Some people can just be fucking cruel! |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. This artcle, I think, is more than a bit misleading. Here's a link to the judgement: |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. I wish my coworkers would shut the hell up about their living kids. |
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mbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. Take note of the name of the company and try to never |
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