Dumb Ish

a.k.a. why nobody has my work e-mail address.

Just before Christmas, a friend (as a joke they say) sent an e-mail with derogatory comments about an individual we all know to a lot of people in the social circle. I was a recepient of said e-mail. It came into my personal e-mail account and it didn't amuse me, so I deleted it. One of the recepients responded very promptly with a few more jibes along the same vein. This was from her work address.

It seems, over the festive season, ol' girl received a letter and a box from the organisation she works for. The letter gave her payment in lieu of notice and the box contained all her personal possessions stored at work. Guess what? IT picked this e-mail up in a "routine audit".

The organisation she works for has a zero tolerance policy on bullying and harassment. They pride themselves on being culturally sensitive and apparently ol' girl "demonstrated by the actions mentioned above" that she didn't "embody the company values". So she called me to discuss her rights as an employmee. I gave her my opinion and tried not to chastise. Basically, she effed up. Now, she wants to cut the person who sent the e-mail and is losing her mind over this unexpected bump in her professional career.

Nothing says Happy New Year like having to join the queue for Job Seeker's Allowance. Let's do things right this year - no dumb ish like this please. These companies will drop you for looking at somebody funny - we aren't high up enough to have any clout.