Cynthetiq

sure.... let me recall an event that changed someone's life...

An intern here at MTV was in the process from going from intern to Staff position. It was going smoothly as he was an intern here for over 1 year. Pretty much if you interned for the IT group, you were guaranteed a job. Our diverse culture here is up front and in your face. It's pervasive in all aspects of the company.

So he's doing his work coming back from visiting a customer and walks into the computer lab. He sees his friend and hears the boombox playing some hip hop rap song, and he says,"Turn that f*ckin' ni**er music down." Which his friend quickly turned down, and they both continued doing their work.

Somehow someone else over heard that and thought it was inappropriate for the workplace, and brought it up to HR. This man was summarily dismissed withnin 4 hours of making the comment. Didn't matter that he had never had a complaint from any customers, never called in sick, was rated one of the best technicians by his peers, he was still let go because of something someone else was offended by.

Next story...

Two close friends man and woman, they joke around alot. Worked together for 4 years. One day she's in a bad mood and is difficult to work with, he comments, "What are you on the rag?" and within 8 hours of making the comment, he's being disciplined by his manager, and is being removed from the account.

Final story...
This one has a happy ending...because this person wasn't fired.
One of my technicians used to sit at lunch and chat on the phone with his friends, talking about the girls he met the night before at the club, blah blah nice ass, nice rack, etc. Little did he know that the lady on the other side of his cubicle didn't appreciate it. She took it up to me and I had to talk to him and tell him that he had to be cautious because it could be construed as sexual harassment.

Now, take it for what you may... but it's all about what's appropriate and where it's appropriate.

I can turn up my music in my office as loud as I want, but it's not nice to the next person. So I am considerate because I don't want the person next to me rockin' me out too much. Same thing with hearing these things. Have some consideration for someone besides you and your friends.

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