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This method seems to work. Have a go. Your Freedom of Expression certainly won’t save you.
Better still, this won't even involve Pixelated Chimpanzees appearing in subsequent BBC ‘News’ coverage of your dismissal.
Here goes :
1. Dare to express your enjoyment of the work of a comedian that some Peace-Loving persons might not like quite so much, because he mocks Religion and Suicide Bombers.
2. Sit back and watch as the “Offended” complain about something that you didn’t even do in the workplace.
3. Watch in awe as your employer cravenly gives in to Pretendy Offence, sacks you, whilst reportedly simultaneously selling products by the comedian in question.
4. Justifiably live in fear of being stabbed, since getting sacked might be the least of your problems. To help counteract this threat, issue a completely unnecessary apology.
Well, it certainly worked in the case below.
Poor Britain. How far we have fallen. Now the laughing-stock of the world.
Remember however, YOU CAN take Economic Sanctions against businesses like this, plus other brands where in recent months anything resembling good judgement has left the building. You don't have to shop with them, or give them your money.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7174761/Grandfather-sacked-Asda-sharing-anti-Islamic-Billy-Connolly-sketch-Facebook.html
Better still, this won't even involve Pixelated Chimpanzees appearing in subsequent BBC ‘News’ coverage of your dismissal.
Here goes :
1. Dare to express your enjoyment of the work of a comedian that some Peace-Loving persons might not like quite so much, because he mocks Religion and Suicide Bombers.
2. Sit back and watch as the “Offended” complain about something that you didn’t even do in the workplace.
3. Watch in awe as your employer cravenly gives in to Pretendy Offence, sacks you, whilst reportedly simultaneously selling products by the comedian in question.
4. Justifiably live in fear of being stabbed, since getting sacked might be the least of your problems. To help counteract this threat, issue a completely unnecessary apology.
Well, it certainly worked in the case below.
Poor Britain. How far we have fallen. Now the laughing-stock of the world.
Remember however, YOU CAN take Economic Sanctions against businesses like this, plus other brands where in recent months anything resembling good judgement has left the building. You don't have to shop with them, or give them your money.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7174761/Grandfather-sacked-Asda-sharing-anti-Islamic-Billy-Connolly-sketch-Facebook.html
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Ken sayed you was a good writer.
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Does he know any other genres iyo?
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Yes, he can also compose a "vibrant" novel.
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The article quotes him stating the common denominator in most sackings for breach of social media policy:
"When I posted it I did not think much about it" If you are also stupid enough to post pictures of yourself wearing your employers uniform/logo on social media - then it is not just their social media policy that you will have breached - dismissal pretty much par for the course in such cases. It's Darwin's Law - survival of the fittest - I feel about as sorry for this bloke as I do for the people that fall off mountains while taking selfies. |
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What a dishonest society we live in one rule for one and one for another the validators are the real criminals.
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It's Darwin's Law - survival of the fittest
WALOS |
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You can spout your hateful nonsense on here Denzil but once you put your employers uniform on (and I know you have one!), you would have to be pretty thick to carry on spouting it.
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So nobody in employment should post anything from comedians in case they offend someone and get dismissed? Hopefully he is in the process of making a claim for unfair dismissal.
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He's wearing an Asda uniform!
Maybe you think they spend millions on a Social Media Team, Advertising, Branding, Corporate Social Responsibility, etc and then also employ "Brian from Dewsbury" as their spokesman on religious affairs? |
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Planted by Tesco?
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There are some plants on here today mm!
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Do you know, I used to trust the Daily Mail implicitly until Injera recently pointed out it's disingenuity on these very pages?
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He's wearing an Asda uniform!
What point are you making? Yes he's wearing an Asda uniform in the posts after his sacking from my reading of the article. What relevance is that? |
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Shrewd - pop into your HR department at work tomorrow and ask them for a copy of their social media policy. Maybe also ask for a copy of their Standards of Behaviour, Code of Conduct, Employee Handbook, etc.
Then come home and delete all your social media accounts I would imagine! |
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In other words avoid my question as you don't know what point you are making.
I don't use social media that would identify who I am but having read it I'm pretty confident sharing a quote by BIlly Connolly wouldn't breach it. |
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Shrewd - If your quote mentioned views on religion, race, sexuality, denigrated your employer, denigrated a competitor, expressed a political view (not an exhaustive list) AND your employer could be identified from your social media account - you would 100% have breached your employers social media policy.
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p.s. After they quite legally dismissed you, I wouldn't fancy your chances of winning an appeal, if you were to announce your intention to appeal via the daily mail whilst wearing their uniform!
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Can you put a disclaimer on your tweets to make clear they don't represent the views of Asda?
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George at Asda texted - he says no.
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#everylittlehelps
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Or is that Tesco?
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#everyLidlhelps
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Shrewd - If your quote mentioned views on religion, race, sexuality, denigrated your employer, denigrated a competitor, expressed a political view (not an exhaustive list) AND your employer could be identified from your social media account - you would 100% have breached your employers social media policy.
What a load of nonsense. You must be having a laugh if you think an employment tribunal find unfair dismissal if one day I posted I was enjoying my job at KFC then the next day posted "Corbyn for PM". p.s. After they quite legally dismissed you, I wouldn't fancy your chances of winning an appeal, if you were to announce your intention to appeal via the daily mail whilst wearing their uniform! It's not relevant if I'm already dismissed. |
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*don't find
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Prob not get dismissed for that but I expect you would have breached their policy.
If you tweeted your job was finger licking good and then tweeted that all region was a load of fecking shoite etc - you would get dismissed. Brian from Dewsbury that got sacked did the latter. |
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He didn't tweet religion was a load of fecking ****. He shared a post from someone else which quoted comedian Billy Connolly saying religion was a load of ****. Now we have only Brian's word that that was what happened but if that is what happened then it's not proportionate at all to sack someone for that.
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Diversity - where everyone looks different, but thinks the same
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I won't trust the story at all until they reproduce the original tweet.
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Fair play shrewd dude - The fella has done nothing wrong and is a fine advert for his employer, whilst wearing their uniform, he is projecting to the whole world exactly the kind of image and views that they want the public to associate with their business.
So you are probably right - they will reinstate "Brian from Dewsbury", promote him to Head of Community Liaison Services, also put him in charge of the e-Communications Unit and then take Billy Connolly to court for bringing their brand into disrepute. |
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Fair play The Management.
What Brian has done is terrible. He deserves to be sacked. He should never share comedic sketches on facebook and in fact should never tell any jokes to anyone (especialy ones from that Neo-nazi Billy Connolly) When he wears his uniform he should act like a robot who only goes straight to work and goes straight back again. He shouldn't pop in to the bookies or the pub in case people think Asda condones drinking and gambling because Asda selling alcohol and lottery ticket is ambigous and isn't a contradiction . If anyone knows he works in Asda he should never talk about politics, sex, religion or anything like that. Brian should never give any opinions unless he talks to people anonymously. |
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What about his opinions on Corrie & Eastenders?
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Brian looks like an Emmerdale sort of bloke to me MM.
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The mouse line fwiw:
Eastenders: too diverse Corrie: not diverse enough |
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So you're an Emmerdale man.
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What about his opinions on Corrie & Eastenders?
Brian got sacked for sharing a quote from Billy Connolly he's not going to cross the minefield of choosing between Corrie and Eastenders. |
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Is Priya still on she was one of the tidiest bits on TV a while back.
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Never watched Emerdale, don't like animals.
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Shrewd - stick your company's uniform on, or if you/they don't have a uniform, just hold up a picture of their logo.
You could make that your profile image or you could just scatter your account with references to them being your employer. Download that same hilarious BC sketch - send it to lots of people that you work with and attach a few  - remember to include all the colleagues that practice religions - sit back - wait for the promotion. |