VP's and Directors surely have better ways to fill their day than practicing
their interior design or political correctness skills. Issues like
this....is why there are so many successful stand-up comedians in the world,
because you just can't make this crap up! I say, issue a call to the
PC_Police (politically correct) and let those deep thinkers sort this one
out....offensive??...And some look at increased financial sector bonus
payouts in this economy as downright obscene....perspective..
Al 'with Art all the way on this' Karman
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Bahrs, Art <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Hi Jim :)
> Um... Amok!
> Did you happen to ask why it was found to be offensive? I have several
> signs (military in nature) in my cube that a few people don't agree with...
> but they don't object to them... but then they did say I couldn't bring in
> my desktop Complaint Form Holder .... something about it being an actual
> TRAINING gren*de minus the charge hehehehe
>
> Art "you gotta be kiddin'" Bahrs
>
> Art Bahrs, CISSP
> Security Engineer (Oregon Region)
> (503) 216-2722
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Jim Phillips
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 9:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Offensive Adager Sign (?)
>
> And yes, this is HP3K-related.....
>
> Years ago I got a bumper sticker-like sign from Adager that said "Up Your
> Database". It got packed away with my other momentos and I found it just
> recently. I brought it in and put in on my cubicle wall. Earlier this
> week, we had a lot of VP's and Directors here (I can never tell them apart:
> Is it the VP's who walk around doing nothing and saying stuff and the
> Directors who walk around doing things and saying nothing, or is it the
> other way around?) and apparently they found the sign offensive. I was
> asked to take it down today.
>
> Political correctness run amok?
>
> I report, you decide.....
>
> Jim
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