As a Superintedent where I work, cursing your employees, for any reason, is not
allowed by law. Of course , this is in Texas, other states may vary.
Sean Trevelyan wrote:
> Hi Marc
> I understand what you are saying and totally agree with you about our
> judgement of internet friends not being as accurate as sighted friends - but
> whatever happened in Laurie's situation, this guy should not have spoken as
> he did. He was the boss and she was the employee; if he didn't like her as
> a person or like her work it was up to him to do something about it, not to
> be abusive - and I don't think there was any discussion about Laurie's work
> ability, etc. it was just what he did, as as a boss he should be above that,
> and above provocation.
> Lynne
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marc Sayer <msayer1@concentric.net>
> To: <SPL311RDST@aol.com>
> Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: <OT>THanks everyone
>
> > SPL311RDST@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the letters of support re: my crappy Friday.
> > >
> > > I found out the technical term for the gadget he had is a "crating
> hammer" or
> > > "crating axe". ANyhooo....
> > > After a long weekend of fretting & deliberating, I have done a bunch of
> > > research on the web, and am armed with a ton of addresses & phone ##'s
> to the
> > > various authorities that you kind folks have suggested for me. A police
> > > report is TOP the list as well.
> >
> > Well, I want everyone on this list to know I thought long and hard
> > before posting this. And I want Laurie to know this is in NO WAY
> > directed at her. I don't know Laurie and couldn't begin to say whether
> > the following comments applied to her or not. And that is exactly what
> > my point is. While Laurie seems like a nice person, many of us know
> > almost nothing about her, or many of the people we "meet" on the net. In
> > person we can form opinions about folks based on all sorts of cues, but
> > on-line we are denied most of them. We can be and often are wrong in the
> > opinions we first form about folks we meet in real life, and this is
> > even more true about those we meet only on-line. My point here is we
> > have heard only Laurie's persepctive on what really happened. Maybe it's
> > accurate, or maybe its way off. Maybe Laurie is one of those people who
> > sees menace in any situation, or who has a personal issue with certain
> > types of men, or maybe with all men. I don't know. We don't know. And it
> > doesn't really matter because if we don't know for sure what went on in
> > a situation, or how specific people behaved, we need to be careful about
> > taking sides and encouraging this or that. That doesn't mean we
> > shouldn't be supportive in some fashion of a fellow Roadster lister, but
> > I question whether it is wise to leap blindly into the fray, as it were.
> > I think we all wanted to let Laurie know we were supportive of her and
> > we did that with good intentions, but to assume her version of events is
> > gospel and to advise she persue civil action etc., based solely on her
> > version of the events, may be counter productive. (All Lawyers please
> > skip this part) Lawyers will often gladly take on a suit they think is
> > unfounded if they see an oportunity for profit. If we were in any way
> > party to this, I think most of us would feel badly. Whether the outcome
> > was that Laurie was right but got taken by a shyster lawyer, or the boss
> > was not guilty of anything but was unfairly sued, or whatever, we would
> > still feel bad if we had contributed to the situation no matter how
> > inadvertantly.
> >
> > Enthusiasm and team spirit are great and we all benefit when they are
> > applied with inteligence. But when applied blindly, things can go very
> > wrong. Many may feel I overstate this, but my feeling is that it is a
> > thin line between Nazi fervor and team spirit. The difference is applied
> > objective inteligence. It is easy to get caught up in the fervor and end
> > up doing something you may regret later (remember Randy whatshis name
> > and his evil wife and the Roadster he was going to lose because of her
> > if we didn't all send him a few bucks?)
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Marc Sayer
> > Editor/Publisher
> > Z Car & Classic Datsun Magazine
> > http://zcarmag.com
> > Voice 541-726-6001
> > Fax 541-746-0863/726-6001
> >
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