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March 7, 2005

Fired for Blogging

There's an AP article in today's Statesman about people getting fired for talking about work on their blogs. One was a Delta flight attendant who posted a picture of herself in her uniform with her bra showing. I guess that's not necessarily "talking" about work, but she got fired for it anyway.

I don't have much to say about work today except that I did it all weekend. Just like getting used to running twice a day in Austin summer heat, after a while working 'round the clock doesn't seem so bad anymore. In a way, it's an efficient use of my time. Andy goes out of town and in the course of a week I earn enough comp time for another week off when he's not travelling. I spend less time commuting per work hour. I spend less time getting into the groove in the mornings; I mean, I just left 10 hours ago and didn't do anything in between except sleep and maybe throw the ball for the dog. I almost said I spend less time "unwinding" from work per work hour, but if I'm running I generally don't do that anyway! I go run instead. I've been spending less time watching crappy tv ...

I thought of another thing I'd do in my ideal world. I've been thinking I'd like to learn to play guitar (doesn't *everybody* think that at some point in their lives?) My friend Maria's husband is a musician; maybe I could con him into some lessons ...

Back to work.

Posted by jenandmats at March 7, 2005 7:36 AM

Comments

I've seen quite a few articles about people "fired for blogging." The consensus seems to be that what they were really fired for was, "Talking about something they shouldn't have been talking about in public."

Posted by: pjm at March 7, 2005 8:45 AM

You're right, working around the clock does has its advantages, but so does taking time off. I hope you get a bit of a break soon (so you can work on that guitar playing, of course)!

Posted by: Alison at March 7, 2005 10:30 AM