August 8th, 2006 by diane
U r sckd: worker fired by text message
A company has defended its decision to sack one of its staff by text message, claiming it was keeping in touch with youth culture.
Katy Tanner, a 21-year-old sales assistant, received the message while she was off work with a migraine, the South Wales Echo newspaper said Friday.
The text message said: “We will not require your services anymore…Thank you for your time with us.”
“I don’t think it’s right to just text someone. At least they should have talked to me face to face,” Tanner said.
“You’re not allowed to text in sick, you have to phone. The fact that they texted me is a bit of double standards.”
Several senior staff members at Blue Banana, a body-piercing and jewellery shop based in Cardiff, defended the decision.
But company director Jon Taylor added that an internal investigation was underway to see if “the ultimate action was ideal”.
The retailer claims it tried to reach Tanner directly “five or six times” and passed on a message through her boyfriend before the text was sent.
And store director Ian Besbie added that the dismissal method was fair because texting was a part of “youth culture”.
“We are a youth business and our staff are all part of the youth culture that uses SMS (text) messaging as a major means of communication,” he said.
The company employs about 120 people in Britain, many of them aged under 21.
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August 8th, 2006 by diane
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August 5th, 2006 by diane
going to Michigan for your (fill in blank here)-th year high school reunion is surreal by definition….first, because of the years that pass…and second, of course, because it is MICHIGAN! Driving by signs that talk about the Henry Ford Museum and hearing every radio station play ’80s rock and people talk about wanting some “pop”….
After a few decades, people tend to fall into two categories: they either look EXACTLY THE SAME or COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! And when enough years go by, it’s totally acceptable to squint at their nametag - they aren’t offended.
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June 12th, 2006 by diane
If you get a chance, check out An Inconvenient Truth. After going through a study on Revelation earlier this year, this movie provides more evidence, imho, that history’s climax is unfurling before our very eyes. The question it asks, which is a good one, is: given we now have the information, what is our moral imperative?
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June 9th, 2006 by diane
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June 9th, 2006 by diane
If I can migrate my typepad stuff over here, I will be very much making my home at Voxtropolis -how very superhero-ish this sounds! Thanks for welcoming me in Tobee & Bill!
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June 9th, 2006 by diane
Welcome to Voxtropolis.com. This is your first post. In the panel on the right, click on “login” under “Manage My Site.” Then you will be able to write a new post or edit and delete this post under the “Manage” section. If you have any questions or support issues, please visit support.voxtropolis.com. Enjoy.
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