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Looking at porn at work?

Oct 29th

Does anyone really need to tell you that this is inappropriate and undoubtedly a fire-able act? DUH! Well, if other people are doing it…

Sure, that’s a valid excuse (may be for your mother). But even parents will have a quick comeback for such a lame excuse. Would you jump off the bridge if everyone’s doing it? I guess the police are excluded. An Illinois police officer was fired earlier this week for browsing pornography while at work. His excuse – even the Chief has pornographic imagery on his work computer, as well as pornographic magazines around the police headquarters. That’s great. Wait to you hear what the Chief said… “there is a difference between a Playboy magazine and the “hard core, obscene” images found on Hurst’s [the fired officer] computer,” Police Chief Michael Reidy stated after he decided that Hurst’s habit of looking at online porn violated department policy.

Wow. Don’t you feel much safer knowing that the Police department is out there, “serve and protecting,” and making sure that their Read the rest of this entry »