Blather

[susandennis]

I just read an article about yet another crop of astonished young people (25 ish) who got fired after they blogged about their jobs. Actually, my personal theory is that they got fired for being stupid and oblivious. And who would want to actually pay anyone who is stupid and oblivious? In 2002 - which wasn't all that long ago, kiddies but way long ago for you folks who claim to be on top of everything to have sucked up the info - Heather Armstrong got fired for her blog (www.dooce.com) and made such a todo out of it that it came to be known as being Dooced.

She showed very poor judgment then and should have known better. But, she did her best to warn you. That you are replicating her error now some 3 years latter and are shocked and pissed and so very full of entitlement only reinforces my thoughts about your reasoning powers.

Of course, I'm equally unimpressed by the legends of journalists who persist in telling this same boring story every time they find yet another stupid and oblivious victim.

In other news...

It is hot and the Blue Angels are in town. The latter means that streets and bridges will be blocked and rerouted and the noon hour will be filled with excruciating noise. Packaged with the former, my door will remain shut and my air conditioner on high both for the noise it makes and the cool.

My activities today will all be inside and done a very slow speed.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, YOU are the one who make me very unhappy, Lewis.

[(Anonymous)]

I now cleary understand the fact.
You have no ability to love others, because you can not see the reality,
and only care about your feeling, not ohters.

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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What the hell is with the other two comments on this entry? Talk about weird.
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[susandennis]

Yeah... it looks like I have a stalker! I'm proud.

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

Who's "Lewis"? Is this like some variation on "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" or what?? ;P

[susandennis]

Most of the non-LJ people who read my journal and comment let me know who they are and I actually do know most of them (internet-wise) but Lewis has me stumped. But, it was nice of him to leave his name... Weird o

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

Sheesh. Filters were made for work posts!

[susandennis]

Most non-LJ blogging software does not have a feature to lock down certain entries. One must use judgement. This is, apparently, the problem.

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

Ah, judgement. A quality sorely lacking these days.

[fj.livejournal.com]

Actually, I am trying to get fired for my blog inside the company firewall. Writing down the politucs in Business Casual language as they happen in meetings.

Ok, I am kidding. Kinda.

[susandennis]

yeahbutt, you don't qualify for the oblivious and stupid part ... sorry.

[theryn.livejournal.com]

At a blog I stop in on once in a while the writer, a 40 something reporter, got fired for writing not about work but about his other job as a dj. His boss's son hired him to do a gig and this guy wrote some off-color jokes about the boss's handicapped grandaughter. The whole site is off-color and irreverent, he's attempting to offend. Apparently someone clued the boss into the blog and the guy got fired while he was on vacation. Stupid probably, but in a whole other realm.

[geordie.livejournal.com]

Do you think those two posts went to the wrong blog or something? I have to admit I blocked anonymous posts a long time ago and had to learn how to block a specific person, which I have now forgotten; I find it hard to be pissed with someone for long enough to do anything about it.

Anyway, I think I am a little bit careful about what I say, but one of our guys was posting negative remarks on a finance group and all our boss did was ask that someone make him aware that the head office might not be too happy that he'd not asked his questions in the company meeting. Pretty mild.

MS has certainly fired someone for what they blogged, it was a picture of some Apple Macs in a loading dock at MS.

I have done dumb things at work, just never been fired for them.

[susandennis]

I don't know who my stalkers is/are, I'm just glad to have 'em.

And, you don't count on the Dooce meter because if you did blog about your job and got fired for it, you would be neither shocked or applauled.

Yep, there was a contractor who photographed Apple boxes on the back of a truck at one of Microsoft's loading docks. He was not a Microsoft employee and was fired by his contracting agency for violating his contract.

[geordie.livejournal.com]

Yup. Contracting or consulting raises the bar, I was always careful to do nothing but my job when I was doing that stuff. I think I prefer contracting and consulting because of that, I can do without taking anything a company does personally.

[jawnbc]

Dooce remains a fave of mine. And she's the first to admit now she fooked up. Damned funny!

Hi Susan!

[susandennis]

Hey you!

Yes, I've heard Dooce be interviewed several times and she's been very generous with her "don't fuck up like I did" advice. Unfotunately, it doesn't appear that the right people are listening!