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Reprimanded for debunking an intenet/e-mail hoax

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Starman, Jun 27, 2012.

  1. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    This is why we can't have nice things.

    That threatening e-mail sounds like a problem that needs to be blown right in the open. Which you should do right after giving your two-weeks notice and saying, "fuck this place."

    :D
     
  2. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    I heard somebody mention it on the radio today and called bullshit. Don't try to pull one over on me when it comes to classic 80s movies.
     
  3. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Did you ask your ME how long it took to set up that Gmail account?
     
  4. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    Didn't get reprimanded (or even threatened) but at my shop I took umbrage with the overflow of coverage the conductor of the local symphony was getting. I think our music/arts gal had a crush on him. We were treated to conductor to go home to visit Latvia stories, one week until conductor goes home to visit Latvia stories, style tips from conductor, and so forth. So... I ginned up a special edition of our paper, renaming it in his honor with front page stories proclaiming his was the fifth Beatle, Latvian government claiming we had stolen him (along with a state-owned 1986 Yugo), Jesus descending from the heavens and proclaiming "I'm not worthy," ect.

    Got a furrowed brow from the editor, that's all. And a possible awkward moment when the arts gal actually gave the conductor a copy. Turned out that he loved it. Got an autographed copy of the symphony's CD.

    So... Fuck your coworkers if they can't take a joke.
     
  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    I don't even want to think of how many years it took me to get my mother to start checking Snopes before forwarding every single email she got. Thank goodness her ISP's spam filter is very efficient.
     
  6. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    If there was no name signed to the e-mail reprimanding you, I wouldn't consider it an official reprimand - and I would print out and tape every last e-mail you can find on any non-porn subject.

    You would be doing a public service in telling all your co-workers about every gas company boycott for a day, every message about the Wonder Years kid being Marilyn Manson, all of it. Force someone to come and tell you it's not allowed without hiding behind a BS blind e-mail account.
     
  7. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Oh shit there goes another one.

    [​IMG]

    I'll have to tell my sweetie about it when I get home.

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    So which cell phone service provider has the best spark-to-explosion ratio?
     
  9. dieditor

    dieditor Member

    Do you by chance work with this woman?

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/its-not-nice-to-be-smarter-than-other-people,10874/
     
  10. HandsomeHarley

    HandsomeHarley Well-Known Member

    Have a sign posted in our ad department that reads, "There's no such thing as a straight tree."

    Have no idea what it means, but underneath, I penned, "So they're all gay?"
     
  11. We should be friends!

    I do the exact same thing ... It drives me insane.
     
  12. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    You should have posted an ad for electric cars next to it.
     
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