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To: ozguy

Now that is a serious infringement of her personal rights. That would be like one of us getting fired because a coworker happened to see what some of us post on Free Republic. If that happened, a lot of us would be unemployed. I suspect that this was a matter if her having embarassed someone by something she wrote, even if she didn't use real names. Posting her picture was a dumb move, but she shouldn't be fired for it.


16 posted on 10/28/2004 4:50:26 AM PDT by sweetliberty (Proud member of the Pajama Posse!)
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To: sweetliberty
Now that is a serious infringement of her personal rights.

I don't agree. Nobody has the "right" to work for a particular employer. She can always try to find an employer willing to let her keep her blog.

That would be like one of us getting fired because a coworker happened to see what some of us post on Free Republic.

The analogy is flawed. She posed for a cheesecake photo in what her employer considered to be an inappropriate way while wearing her employer's uniform. That's a call they get to make, and they made it. If my employer suddenly made the call that posting on FreeRepublic was cause for termination, I would be out the door the next day and would go to work for somebody else.

I'll shed no tears for her today. Let her find another job.

21 posted on 10/28/2004 5:01:38 AM PDT by asgardshill (Got a lump of coal? Tell Mary Mapes to 'shove it' - in 2 weeks you'll have a diamond.)
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To: sweetliberty

I haven't been to her site, nor do I intend to go. So I will continue the fine FR tradition of posting bloviations when I have no idea what I am talking about. If her site is like most employment related sites I have seen it is a mix of salacious "true stories" about sexual exploits with a healthy dose of "my boss is an idiot". Add it general criticism of airline procedures and safety, and you have a website people will visit and run up the counter.

But I could see why that would give Delta an itchy finger on the firing hand. Posting her picture in a Delta aircraft in a Delta uniform gave them the cause.


24 posted on 10/28/2004 5:16:20 AM PDT by gridlock (BARKEEP: Why the long face? HORSE: Ha ha, old joke. BARKEEP: Not you, I was talking to JF'n Kerry!)
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To: sweetliberty
That would be like one of us getting fired because a coworker happened to see what some of us post on Free Republic.

No it wouldn't.

25 posted on 10/28/2004 5:17:48 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: sweetliberty
I suspect that this was a matter if her having embarassed someone by something she wrote, even if she didn't use real names. Posting her picture was a dumb move, but she shouldn't be fired for it.

Take a look at your employee handbook. 99.9% of all companies have a clause for detrimental behavior. Positive Delta has one. No Excuses! Bye Bye!

31 posted on 10/28/2004 5:53:33 AM PDT by Allosaurs_r_us (Carnivores for Conservatives!)
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