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Wildweasel

Wildweasel

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I've had it, one of our resident libs is including political comments in his
offical email here at work (State university) I will not let it stand.

I am still undecieded to talk to the boss or the offender first.
This is clearly against university policy.

If I had some blurb in my email about anything he doesn't believe in he would be the first to bitch.
 
I don't blame you one bit.

You could try the offender first, but it will only give you credibility with your boss for having tried to work it out yourself, unless I'm wrong about your coworker.

Most Liberals that include political comments in their official corespondance think it's their duty to do so, not their right. It's neither. Fortunately, the Hatch Act applies where I work, and most folks that work here aren't Liberals.
 
I work in Higher ed too

I probably don't have to tell you this, but you probably don't want to be identified as a gun owner or a consverative at a university. It's not a good career move.

So, I would recommend that if you complain, don't do it in a way that identifies you
 
MY boss supports me 110% so I am not worried about that and he is a gun owner also. The person in question cannot be reasoned with as he will just try to debate things. as such he will be reminded of the policy and asked not to do it. He works in the same support org as me but I am not in his chain of command so to speak. (he is software and I am in charge of Hardware.)

Been here 20 years and I don't hide. I do have a policy that I will not discuss politics at work. (only way I can keep my sanity)

Just really chapped me the wrong way.
 
Where I work, my coworkers were pretty concerned after they found out I had 2 Battle Rifles, and was looking to acquire more.

They even went to our supervisor and DEMNADED that he do something about me owning what I did. (The joke was on them, the supervisor is on MY side, though he doesn't shoot much, but he recognizes my RIGHTS.) He told that even IF he could do something about it, he WOULDN'T do anything about it, they just need to get along with me. Seems that they were concerned for their safety, and figured it was their God given right to harass me, and have me unable to do anything back. WRONG!

By now, I've moved to a different job, and our old supervisor has as well, but he's still my boss. He's currently in Iraq, but the guy taking his place also sees it my way (even more than my regular supervisor).

Once you figure out where I'm employed, it gets really FUNNY for them to worry about a few semi auto rifles.
 
Re: I work in Higher ed too

News Shooter said:
I probably don't have to tell you this, but you probably don't want to be identified as a gun owner or a consverative at a university. It's not a good career move.

So, I would recommend that if you complain, don't do it in a way that identifies you
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You forget that Glenn lives in WESTERN MA? :) That is a totally different state than Eastern MA . . . they only call it MA so that they can confiscate their earnings to give to the welfare system in Boston! [That'll probably get Glenn's blood boiling! [twisted] ]

Back in 1978-9 I worked at Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Plant a lot (my office was in Westboro, but I spent the entire Summer at Yankee Rowe and 1-2 days/week the rest of the 18 months I worked this job), almost everyone at the power plant was a gun owner. They all hunted and shot. We were vastly in the majority. Even in Westboro, one of my fellow engineers came into work one day with a blood-stained shirt. He spotted a pheasant/turkey (I can't recall which it was now) on his way to work, pulled over and hunted the bird with bow/arrow (yes, he had a hunting license) that he kept in his car! :D Nobody in the office blinked, even though our boss was a Class A jerk!
 
Glenn,

Been there - try him first. If that doesn't work (or if you've already mentioned something to him before and it's been ignored), then go to the higher up.

It will at least show that you aren't one to run to your boss for "every little thing" (not that this is little).

Good luck hun.
 
Ukranian, ask Tank about his friends the Ukranians. He's a Russian weapons enthusiast, and actually got to shoot a REAL SVD (Dragunov), courtesy of the Ukranian Army, one of our allies in Iraq.
 
Oh, the Liberal is a Ukranian? I'll have to send down a Hungarian friend of mine to straighten him out.

After the idiot sees a few 30 caliber scars (not sure if they were from a Mosin Nagant or SKS/AK-47) on Lou, plus the education Lou gives him on citizenship and patriotism, we'll see if he still has his Liberal ways. Lou was a "fence jumper", and got shot several times in the act of jumping the border. He's also served many years in the National Guard, and is a true American Patriot, even though he wasn't born here.
 
I am still undecieded to talk to the boss or the offender first.
This is clearly against university policy.
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Neither. Go directly to the personnel department. I'm sure that they have some policy that says an employee can't create a hostile work environment. Your colleague is violating that policy. It is the personnel department's job to make it stop pronto and they've got to take action once a complaint has been made.

And since you've gone to the personnel department, that means the whole shebang will wind up in your colleague's personnel file.

I've been on the wrong end of this in past. There's no better way to piss someone off and get away with it. You can even do it anonymously.
 
That sounds like a devious yet within-the-rules way of doing things M1911. I like it.

Thankfully when I "came out" to my co-workers about owning firearms and coaching safety they were interested in it and thought it was cool. And I work in an office with only women, so men, just remember that!
 
SiameseRat said:
That sounds like a devious yet within-the-rules way of doing things M1911. I like it.

Thankfully when I "came out" to my co-workers about owning firearms and coaching safety they were interested in it and thought it was cool. And I work in an office with only women, so men, just remember that!
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Not to get off on another tangent (too late), but I have found that most women (not all, but most) when they hear that another female is into guns and teaching safety, they will be more open to listening to it than if it were a male coworker. Guys are expected to be in to guns, but not all women. Actually, I think most women, given the chance, will accept a "would you like to learn how to shoot?" if it comes from another woman.
 
Lynne said:
Not to get off on another tangent (too late), but I have found that most women (not all, but most) when they hear that another female is into guns and teaching safety, they will be more open to listening to it than if it were a male coworker. Guys are expected to be in to guns, but not all women. Actually, I think most women, given the chance, will accept a "would you like to learn how to shoot?" if it comes from another woman.
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That is the whole theory behind SAS (Second Amendment Sisters), and I agree.
 
You've got to be careful about that.

Wife: He was my husband.
Inspector: Yes. And, er, he never showed any inclination towards being a Scotsman before this happened?
Wife: (shocked) No, no, not at all. He was not that sort of person...
Inspector: He didn't wear a kilt or play the bagpipes?
Wife: No, no.
Inspector: He never got drunk at night or bought home black puddings?
Wife: No, no. Not at all.
Inspector: He didn't have an inadequate brain capacity?
Wife: No, no, not at all.
Inspector: I see. So by your account Harold Potter was a perfectly ordinary Englishman without any tendency towards being a Scotsman whatsoever?
Wife: Absolutely, yes. (suddenly remembering) Mind you he did always watch Dr Finlay on television.
Inspector: Ah-hah! ... Well that's it, you see. That's how it starts.
Wife: I beg your pardon?
Inspector: Well you see Scottishness starts with little things like that, and works up. You see, people don't just turn into a Scotsman for no reason at all ...

Ken (German, Scots, Russian, Irish, Dutch purebread) [roll]
 
dwarven1 said:
Lynne said:
Ed's a Bro too. He said he'd join, but he refused to wear a dress.
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He could wear a kilt... [twisted]

Ross
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He's got one - a great kilt. The old fashioned kind you actually have to fold up, lie down on, belt around you and then flip the extra material over to pin. :D

Trivia Question for all: Where did the term "weak knee'd" come from? I won't give the answer until everyone has a chance to guess.
 
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