Posted on 06/23/2006 9:37:35 AM PDT by ncountylee
LONDON: Fourteen staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Wales have been sacked and 101 disciplined after they swapped so many pornographic emails that it affected the organisation's mainframe computer.
The action was taken after a three-month inquiry into the controversy. The 14 employees, including one higher executive officer, were dismissed for sending obscene emails to people outside the agency. The others, who were given various degrees of reprimand including final warnings, had sent the material to colleagues within the building.
The agency, which has 6000 staff, handles all of Britain's driver and vehicle records.
A spokeswoman said the pornography had been downloaded from the internet by staff during working hours. The images were then attached to emails that were sent around the 20-storey building in Swansea.
Trouble began when computers started slowing down because of the size and number of images being sent. Other members of staff, unaware of what was going on, complained that obscene material was being attached to innocent-looking emails. Bosses ordered the investigation and the IT department was able to pinpoint the computers involved.
The spokeswoman said those who sent images to people outside the building "risked bringing the DVLA into disrepute". She added: "Following an investigation, DVLA has started dismissal proceedings against 14 members of staff for gross misconduct.
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In the US, public employees might face a paid vacation and a sensitivity course.
In Massachusetts,they'd get an award for promoting "diversity".
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"The Internet is for porn!"
Whatever you do, don't click on this: http://www.richstevens.com/NAKED.swf
It's Hooters girls without a stitch on. They's nekkid, so don't do it
LOL
Please remind viewers to turn UP the volume, too. That enhances the entire experience.
On the other hand - - if someone values their job AND works in a cubicle, one or the other is gonna give...
;)
"The Internet is for porn!"
Haha, there's an obscure reference. Well done. Malygos, Scarlet Crusade and Uldaman :)
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