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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 6:43 PM |
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40yearoldvirgin
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Has anyone else heard this story? A guy got fired from his job for going on an adult chatroom at work. I wonder if it was this one. I really don't see anything wrong with it, as long as he was doing it on his break.
But there is more. He is saying that he has post traumatic stress from being in a war and now he is an internet addict, because he went on the site looking for support with his problems. This actually sounds a lot like my situation and I sympathize with the guy. He is saying that he has a disability and is using the Americans with Disabilities Act as a basis of his $5 million lawsuit.
What does everyone else think about this story?
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 6:54 PM |
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Sunshinegal35
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I didn't hear about this particular story, but I know that every company I've ever worked for has had strict internet usage policies, and anything of an adult nature (websites, email, etc) has never been allowed. Could constitute creating a "hostile work environment" for someone else if they viewed it and were offended by the material. Company can get sued and be out millions, blah blah blah.
My personal opinion is it's probably better to leave this kind of stuff to your own personal time at home.
I'm not sure why he needed to be in an adult chatroom to look for answers to his problems, unless he's a sex addict because of his PTSD, if that's the case I understand his going to the chatroom.
But I also understand why the company fired him, too.
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 7:24 PM |
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40yearoldvirgin
Posts: 455
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Yes -that is his argument - he is a sex addict with PTSD and it is a disability. You can't fire someone becasue of a disability.
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 7:40 PM |
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CrazyCraveman
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No, I've not heard nor have I read about this...however, I will say this...
Too many people file a lawsuit over anything and everything these days...and the sad part is...the more stupid the lawsuit...the better chance they have at winning it, and the more money they are awarded... 
Another thing...it seems in today's society...everyone and thier mother has some sort of disability, and of course they have big long fancy names that are shortened by letters...
Now I'm not saying this is true with this guy, and his disability might be very ligit...but it makes me wonder at times...
At my place of work...you are NOT allowed to be on the computers while you're working...as they pay you to do a job...your job! And they're NOT paying you to sit at the computer...fact is...where I work...every site is locked out...because too many people abused it...
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 8:09 PM |
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40yearoldvirgin
Posts: 455
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I don't see what is wrong with going online and chatting with people on your break. If they can stop you from doing that then they can stop you from talking with your friends at work too.
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 8:21 PM |
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CrazyCraveman
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OK, during your break time...yes, I agree there isn't anything wrong with going onto the computer at work...however, if you're on break and going onto sites that are not allowed or frowned upon by your employer...then yes, there is a lot wrong with going to sites that are not permitted at your place of work...be you on break or not...if it is a policy of your workplace...hell, even if it isn't...people need to use a little common sense...but as we all know...common sense isn't very common...
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 8:22 PM |
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zaralyon
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He was chatting at an adult chat site, where i work they list it under the sexual harrassment laws, and they are way to strict. I can't believe i just typed that but you can't even look up and down a person, even if its accidental because it is considered sexual harrassment. Hey a co-worker almost got in trouble for the way she told the housekeeper his garbage bag was cought on the door handle.
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| Feb 19, 2007 @ 8:52 PM |
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CrazyCraveman
Posts: 4,019
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Sexual harrassment...now there is something you have to be extremely careful about...you're almost afraid to say a simple hello to anyone at work...or anywhere these days...
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| Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:23 AM |
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JJN4Fun
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You can't fire someone because of a disability.
This isn't true. A person can be let go if the disability prevents a person from adequately performing the functions of a job. With or without reasonable accommodations (which not all employers are required to make.)
Also, an employer has the right to fire someone for using the internet - computer, or any other piece of office equipment - if it's not being used for work purposes, even during "off-work" times. Period. You can't use the fax machine to fax 12 pages to Japan just because you're on your break; why they hell should you be allowed to surf adult websites on a break and not be fired for it? Come on...let's get real. Work is work - surfing for personal reasons will always be grounds for discharge if the employer so desires...
Finally, anyone can be accused of sexual harassment - not everyone will be found guilty of it. It's takes more than an accusation to win a sexual harassment case.
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| Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:45 AM |
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Looking4ever
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Thank you, Sxze. I was going to make the same point about using office equipment. But you said it so much better than I could.
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| Feb 20, 2007 @ 3:09 AM |
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CrazyCraveman
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Seems a few of us here agree with the use of the computer and or other office equipment at the work place...even if we all worded it a bit differently.
Personally, I never did go on the computers at work, unless of course I was entering data...which is something I have to do on all incoming inventory.
However, I've never used it for anything other than work...not only because my work place doesn't permit/allow it...but because I was taught when you are paid to work, you're being paid to do your job...and to me playing on the computer is NOT doing my job.
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| Feb 20, 2007 @ 9:31 AM |
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Good_lil_feller
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I'd fire the dumb ass too If I cought him in a chat room while he was working for me.
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| Feb 20, 2007 @ 3:08 PM |
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sweetnasty1
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There's a time and place for everything. Work is not the place to be on adult web sites.
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| Feb 20, 2007 @ 6:12 PM |
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40yearoldvirgin
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But he has PTSD, a disability, that is causing his internet addiction. People with drug and alcohol problems at the company (IBM) are put into programs to help them. Why didn't he get the same treatment? He also pointed to an incident where a couple had sex on a desk at the plant and were only transfered, not fired. This guy got a raw deal.
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| Feb 21, 2007 @ 12:16 AM |
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JJN4Fun
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40 - An AODA problem is very different than a severe mental health disorder; putting someone into an AODA recovery program is very different then providing long-term mental health treatment. You are comparing apples to oranges and that argument won't fly as far as I'm concerned - or the ADA. Now, people getting caught having actual sex but not being fired, or other people being caught doing the same thing and not being fired, is a different thing.
IMO, the only thing the employer could have done differently that would have been fair is to change his job to one where he had no computer or internet access.
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| Feb 21, 2007 @ 5:03 PM |
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Pudge2you
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and that's exactly what they did. You know this guy got BUSTED... no one has time to check-up on people on breaks... my guess is he called it down on himself.
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| Feb 21, 2007 @ 6:51 PM |
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40yearoldvirgin
Posts: 455
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I guess if I really need some distraction I will not be able to go online at work to chat. I will just have sex on my desk with someone so I don't get fired. That makes sense.
I still say this guy is going to be a great American hero like Larry Flint or Howard Stern. PTSD is a serious problem and they should have had some compassion for him.
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| Feb 21, 2007 @ 7:30 PM |
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Sunshinegal35
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I think you're right about PTSD. But he didn't get fired BECAUSE he has PTSD, he got fired for being in an adult chatroom during working hours. Internet addiction is a symptom of his PTSD, I believe.
And ANY company I've ever worked for the rules were applied by.....who you know! The last company I worked for was the worst. Person A could totally break the rules and get away with it, while person B would break the same rule and only be reprimanded! WTF?
If his co-workers had sex on the desk and only got transferred, not fired, the PTSD guy should make his case against the company's uneven handling of sexually-related employee affairs.
Claiming he got fired because of a disability won't get him too far. At least in my opinion.
I'm not a lawyer, I just play one on TV! 
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| Feb 21, 2007 @ 7:55 PM |
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TigerSoul
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"Has anyone else heard this story? A guy got fired from his job for going on an adult chatroom at work. I wonder if it was this one. I really don't see anything wrong with it, as long as he was doing it on his break."
No offense, but are you fucking dense? If I'm paying someone to do a job, they shouldn't be in chatrooms period, much less adult-oriented ones of a sexual nature.
Another frivolous, bullshit lawsuit...It will be a travesty of justice if he wins.
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| Feb 22, 2007 @ 6:29 PM |
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40yearoldvirgin
Posts: 455
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He WILL win because he is on the side of truth, justice, and the American way. People at work should be allowed to have breaks, and the company shouldn't be able to restrict our free speach rights. You can talk about what you want on your break. And it's really cruel to disriminate against someone who has a serious illness like PTSD. If the guy had a herniated disk in his back and had to take extra time to strech his back I bet people wouldn't want him fired.
Maybe you would. How about this idea - Let's take all the sick people, the old and the infirm too, and put them on a remote island to either fend for themselves or die! How about that idea?
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