Supermodel Signs Petition To Save Porn Browsing Man's Job 27
An anonymous reader writes "Following worldwide attention after being caught looking at pictures of Miranda Kerr at work while a colleague was being interviewed on TV, a petition to save David Kiely's job has started. Stated motives: He seems like a nice bloke, the pics weren't hardcore, he has suffered enough, and, maybe more important, there's just too much political correctness in this world anyway. Showing class and sense of humor, miss Kerr said she will sign the petition."
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I'm know I'm just feeding a troll, but getting fired for looking at those sorts of photos at work has nothing to do with neocons.
Why do most companies have policies under which you can get fired for doing that? Because of past sexual harassment type lawsuits. The phrase is along the lines of "created a hostile and/or intimidating working environment."
If you violate the rules in a way that could get your company sued, you're quite likely to lose your job.
Note that I'm not arguing in favor of his getting fire
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True, the employer is embarrassed, and therefore mad. But won't more people be watching that news show, in case another incident occurs, which means more eyeballs on commercials. Therefore more money to the employer.
It may be embarrassing but possibly beneficial to the broadcast in general.
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True, the employer is embarrassed, and therefore mad. But won't more people be watching that news show, in case another incident occurs, which means more eyeballs on commercials. Therefore more money to the employer.
It may be embarrassing but possibly beneficial to the broadcast in general.
Which is probably why they're making such a big deal about this.
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True, the employer is embarrassed, and therefore mad. But won't more people be watching that news show, in case another incident occurs, which means more eyeballs on commercials. Therefore more money to the employer.
It may be embarrassing but possibly beneficial to the broadcast in general.
Which is probably why they're making such a big deal about this.
Yeah, there's a reason "shock jocks" like Stern make more money than all of us put together. It would be a shame to watch the guy lose his job while the employer gets to reap the rewards of the "controversy".
And as far as what he was looking at, give me a break. If this news channel ever showed a single bikini in a news story, they've "shown" a hell of a lot more than we ever saw on this guys monitor. Talk about a molehills into mountains...
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OK I guess I'm weird but I find a working environment where you could get sacked or harmed just for looking at the "wrong pictures" more hostile and intimidating than one where you might happen to be exposed to the "wrong pictures"- assuming it's not intentionally[1].
[1] If someone keeps emailing "wrong pictures" to me, or leaving them on my table even though I tell them to stop then that's harassment.
Otherwise as long as they can do their job
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No, getting caught in such a spectacular and public way was dumb --- but come on, who amongst us has never, ever looked at one single porn-y image while at work?
Not browsing. That's a forwarded email. (Score:3, Informative)
If you've worked in a contemporary office environment, you KNOW this kind of email gets passed around just about everyone, even some pretty explicit stuff, and 90% of the time the managers look the other way (some of that the managers would ask not to be left out, especially if she's hot). If he gets fired then he has a hell of a comeback if he wants to use it; this will not be an isolated incident in this workplace, and there will be a precedent of management staff being in on the dirty office emails.
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I've worked in several contemporary office environments and I've never seen this (and I'm a straight dude, etc., etc.), except on TV. I wonder if it's regional?
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He can hardly be blamed for control over what has been sent to him
You're right, he can hardly be blamed for what has been sent to him. However, he can be faulted for continuing to view more images after seeing the first and realizing that it was inappropriate for work.
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I agree. We all have our oops moments where that email comes through or you click on a web link that's NSFW, but honestly, most people have lightning reflexes on closing that stuff as soon as humanly possible. Accidents happen, but stopping and staring weakens your argument that it was an accident at all.
Thing I noticed though about this (Score:2, Interesting)
Dave has been saved (Score:2, Insightful)
The petition is over. Dave Kiely has been saved [hereisthecity.com].
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