tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post2625321547946736164..comments2023-11-03T05:09:47.246-07:00Comments on Ramblings ~: Free speech takes a hitFranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-17261697186885357612010-08-08T01:17:53.352-07:002010-08-08T01:17:53.352-07:00let's say you worked for a furniture company. ...let's say you worked for a furniture company. you clock out, and you go to a nearby restaurant. as you sit there, you loudly proclaim that the place you work is shitty, and the furniture they sell there is crap. someone from the company happens to be there and hears you. do you think you should still be working there? do you think the employer at the furniture store will view you as someone who is enthusiastic about work? do you think he'll think that you are someone who will try your best to sell his merchandise?<br /><br />how about if you're walking down the street? it's a saturday, and you're not working. you see your boss, walk over and tell him that his wife looks like a basset hound or that he should go screw himself. you have the freedom of speech and every right to say that and worse. however, he has every right to fire you. why would he expect you to have any respect for him during working hours?<br /><br />the waitress has the right to free speech. however, that doesn't mean it's not going to cost her. freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. the restaurant was not only protecting itself but its other employees. do you want to eat at a restaurant where you think the wait staff is talking smack about you behind your back? do you want an employee who's not bright enough to not mock customers in public under her own name?<br /><br />it would be an entirely different story if you are in your own house or somewhere that you believe to be private, and the boss bugged your house or phone or sent a private detective to spy on you. that would be an invasion of privacy, and he has no right to hear or see anything that you are talking about or doing. if he fired you for saying something bad about him or the company, you'd be able to sue and probably win. however, the waitress used her own name and posted in a public place. i hope she thinks before she hits the enter button next time.nonnie9999http://mikk2.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-76392843431119674112010-08-08T00:46:24.828-07:002010-08-08T00:46:24.828-07:00DK ~ Some other people might just think that, but ...DK ~ Some other people might just think that, but I can't personally comment. <br /><br />Nonnie ~ True she did mention the company name, but under the header of Free Speech, writing on her own time & space, that should be allowed. It seems to me corporations are taking it a bit far to monitor off work time social networking pages. <br />Yes the employer has every right to expect professional behavior @ work. <br />But they don't freaking own you & your thoughts. <br />It's getting to be a widespread corporate thing these days.... companies telling you what you can & can't say & do while not at work. <br />It's a little too George Orwell 1984, totalitarian-esque for me. Only your employer is big brother doing mind control.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-63395205206198295132010-08-07T19:53:21.336-07:002010-08-07T19:53:21.336-07:00i read that story about the waitress a few months ...i read that story about the waitress a few months ago, and i think she's an idiot. why was it necessary to put the name of the restaurant in the post? did she really think the couple who was there was actually going to read it, feel bad, and run back and give her a bigger tip? she could have told the story without including the name of the restaurant or just bitched generally that she had a bad day at work. maybe firing her was a bit harsh, but it was her own fault.nonnie9999http://mikk2.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-18509640418081035272010-08-07T16:44:24.771-07:002010-08-07T16:44:24.771-07:00One might be tempted to say the art of writing in ...One might be tempted to say the art of writing in third person is highly underrated.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com