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Apr
Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can’t Be Fired
Saying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a city worker accused of failing to heed warnings to stay off the Internet.
Well well…turns out that some companies feel that playing on the computer is okay, as long as it doesn’t impact your work in a negative manner….blah blah…I’d simply like to say that firing someone for playing solitare…as was the case…and someone using the internet is Apples and PC’s….this guy was playing a fucking game, and the Mayor fired him for it…I guess that playing games is like reading the newspaper…Welcome to CrzyLand
-Nic
- Think that was Crzy check out one of these:
- Federal Judge Caught Playing Solitaire During Trial
- Dad Fed Up With Computer Games Shoots Son’s Monitor
- Rolling Wi-Fi in your car
- Google showing bad form?
- Risky websites get a billion visits a month…and?
June 10th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
[…] He’s got a good point about a judge playing solitaire, but I’m not so sure about firing the Judge or anyother employee. I think first and foremost would be just telling them they can’t be doing that. Nevermind the previous article we covered about a Judge ruling that someone can’t be fired for using the internet at work since it’s become a standard part of the way we live our life. Could it be possible that solitare too has made the leap from entertainment to another standard part of our lives. Welcome to CrzyLand […]