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Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-type-angry dept.

tomachi writes "An accountant in NZ has been awarded $17,000 NZD for unfair dismissal after her boss fired her without warning for using uppercase letters in a single email to co-workers. The email, which advises her team how to fill out staff claim forms, specifies a time and date highlighted in bold red, and a sentence written in capitals and highlighted in bold blue. It reads: 'To ensure your staff claim is processed and paid, please do follow the below checklist.' Her boss deemed the capital letters too confrontational for her co-workers to read after they woke up from naptime."

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  1. Re:Wow. by Anonymous+Struct · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure, you think that now, but try reading it after naptime.

  2. The Text of the Message by night_flyer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    YOU ALL SUCK!!!

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  3. Re:Whew! by owlnation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Almost commented before I saw it was under Idle."

    I thought Idle had died. It's mercifully kept a low profile for a few months. (Although, sadly samzenpus has occasionally been polluting regular /. with Idle articles.)

    Again, for the love of all things sacred, please take IDLE our of the main /. RSS feed.

    That is only fair. Those that like Idle can read it, those of us who cannot stand it, need never waste our time with it.