Yeah, live this one down...Stupid Coworkers

[Icemaster]

Stupid co-worker just sent out a picture of his wife to a technology group distribution list. More accurately, certain parts of his wife. Not a bad thing necessarily, but could prove problematic when she finds out why he was canned.

I've met her, nice lady, but never wanted to get to know her that well.

[craigster59]

One of the decorators I work with (gay) came into the production office and plugged in his phone on the computer to charge it. Little did he know he downloaded all his pics from a wild weekend with his buddies in Palm springs to production's Dropbox. That was an awkward conversation when he was called into the Exec. Producer's office the next morning.

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

Stupid co-worker just sent out a picture of his wife to a technology group distribution list. More accurately, certain parts of his wife. Not a bad thing necessarily, but could prove problematic when she finds out why he was canned.

I've met her, nice lady, but never wanted to get to know her that well.

Well?.......let's see the pic!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Guaranteed that's a "boss was out to get me" story when he gets home.

[tadd]

...and that's why if you do that sort of thing, you have a separate camera/computer/tablet that stays in the bedroom (where ever)...

[Taz's Master]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

Stupid co-worker just sent out a picture of his wife to a technology group distribution list. More accurately, certain parts of his wife. Not a bad thing necessarily, but could prove problematic when she finds out why he was canned.

I've met her, nice lady, but never wanted to get to know her that well.

Nice or not, if she was allowing him to take photos of her anatomy with his cell phone, they're on the same intellectual plane. That either of them couldn't see this coming (him distributing the images, said distribution in the workplace costing him his job) is preposterous.

[pavulon]

https://youtu.be/ona-RhLfRfc?t=1m11s

[Icemaster]

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy

Well?.......let's see the pic!

I'd buy myself the ticket to Ban Island.

Don't know the backstory, don't care to. Whether it was him taking of her, her sending a pic she took herself, how he attached it, whatever. Highly doubt he did anything nefarious. I kind of feel bad for the guy, he'll have a hell of a time ever getting past that. I could see him quitting out of embarrassment before it even went to anything official.

It does pose an interesting question however - would you rather be the guy that blew up a data center's primary functionality or sent a nasty pic of your wife/girlfriend - both by accident.

Pretty sure what I'd prefer.

[lane912]

so are they swingers?

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

It does pose an interesting question however - would you rather be the guy that blew up a data center's primary functionality or sent a nasty pic of your wife/girlfriend - both by accident.

I'll take the datacenter fookup any day - at least I have the skillset to unfook that.

[red-beard]

I hate coworkers. Orking cows is bad! Only pigs or Swedish chefs should be orkerd.

Co-workers on the other hand...

[look 171]

Originally Posted by craigster59

One of the decorators I work with (gay) came into the production office and plugged in his phone on the computer to charge it. Little did he know he downloaded all his pics from a wild weekend with his buddies in Palm springs to production's Dropbox. That was an awkward conversation when he was called into the Exec. Producer's office the next morning.

His name is not robert is it? I just finish a house for a set designer, gay guy. Really nice guy, but don't want to know what they do on the weekends

[Laneco]

This is a bit of a convoluted story, but it shows quite nicely how mixing business with pleasure should probably NOT be done by certain people....

I had an employer who tended to hire every person in her social group which consisted mostly of square and line dancing. The employer would put people to work for the company who were woefully unqualified. Employer wanted to bring an individual, let's call her Jade, to work and knowing that my mother was aquainted with Jade, asked me my opinion. I told my employer point blank that his was a TERRIBLE idea because 1) Jade is not qualified to do any job here, and 2) Jade is having an affair with someone else's husband and that someone else happened to be the employer's accountant. What are the odds, right?

Well needless to say no-job-skills Jade gets hired. Turns out she can't even type but I spend ALOT of time with her and she actually starts to catch on pretty decently. Even worked hard. But there's still that "other thing" out there right? So one day, middle of the day, Jade gets a phone call. She stands up in the middle of the office and screams "OH MY Fxxxing GAWD HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?" and runs from the office. Took a couple of days to find out what happened. The accountant filled us in on the details.

It seems that Jade and the accountant's husband liked to film their adventures. This was in the day of VHS technology. Lacking a blank tape, they decided to tape over an old square dance practice session. The first few minutes were Jade and assorted kitchen utensils, later joined by the accountants husband.

Fast forward a month or two and the accountant has a couple of people from the dance group over. They decide to review a past practice session to teach a new member a few moves. Boy did they ever... The accountant found the tape, put in and walked out of the room into the kitchen to fix refreshments for the small group. The tape played and no one said a word. They just stood there and watched Jade (remember, she was a member of the dance group) and her lively activities with the kitchen utensils. At the point were the accountant's husband joined the action on the screen - the accountant walked into the real life room with a tray refreshments. The tray hit the ground and the you-know-what hit the fan!

Very interesting weeks at work with the accountant and Jade in the same office...

angela

[sc_rufctr]

Interesting to say the least Angela... lol

[Holger]

You cant fix stupid.
I dont feel sorry for those people.

But then again it shows that it is very important to de-accelerate life. Think over what you are doing ... what can happen ...
Read through the recepient list before you hit send, read through the message before you hit send!
THINK before you do something ...

[pcardude]

I feel sorry for him and his wife. How embarrassing! Accidents happen and in today's electronic world it's easy to f up in a hurry.

[pcardude]

I don't understand those of you saying they are stupid. I travel a lot for my job and a woman I used to date would occasionally send me sexy selfies of her in lingerie or whatever. It was fun for us at the time. I would die if her photos ever mistakenly got out.

Why is everyone out to get everyone anymore?

[aap1966]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

......Don't know the backstory...........,

Sounds like everyone at his work was exposed to the backstory...........

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by pcardude

Why is everyone out to get everyone anymore?

That's nothing new but a couple of things (at least) have encouraged routine public display of incivility.

[legion]

I have a work phone. I have a home phone.

I have a work e-mail. I have a home e-mail.

I have a work computer. I have a home computer.

The work phone takes work calls and work e-mail only. The work computer does work e-mail only.

The home phone takes personal calls and home e-mail only. The home computer does home e-mail only.

The only thing I could see from mixing home and work is forgetting which is which and making a mistake. Some mistakes could lead to an immediate loss of employment.