Posted on 12/19/2007 8:05:53 AM PST by SmithL
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) -- A judge has sided with a man who was fired for posting a "Dilbert" comic strip that made fun of managers on an office bulletin board.
David Steward was fired from the Catfish Bend Casino because management found the cartoon "very offensive," human resources director Steve Morley testified at a recent unemployment benefits hearing. The casino had challenged his claim for unemployment benefits.
"Basically, he was accusing the decision-makers of being drunken lemurs," Morley testified. "We consider that misconduct when you insult your employer."
According to state records, Steward posted the comic in late October, shortly after officials announced the casino in Burlington would be closed.
In the strip, Dilbert and another character are shown having the following exchange:
"Why does it seem as if most of the decisions in my workplace are made by drunken lemurs?"
"Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent."
"Why are talented people so busy?"
"They're fixing the problems made by people who have time."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
My lemur is not as think as you drunk I am.
If my boss was that thin-skinned I’d be glad to be out.
“We won’t hire any “innocent” employees.” - Dogbert
Bash your boss in the work place and a judge will let you keep your job. Mind Boggling.
He didn’t keep his job.
He won the right to unemployment benefits that the company was trying to deny him after he was fired.
>>Bash your boss in the work place and a judge will let you keep your job. Mind Boggling.
He didn’t get to keep his job. The casino was trying to take away his unemployment benefits.
This boss was notorious for no sense of humor, which I thought indicated a lack of a sense of humor. He asked me who the manager was supposed to be in the cartoons. I swallowed and said me. Lost a little pride that day.
Not necessisarily. I have a liberal friend (yes I know), who was a constant Bush-basher at her job. Her boss, a woman, Republican, did not take kindly to that. She just bided her time and when my friend made several errors at work, she was let go. I guess the boss won’t be getting a countdown to the end of the Bush Administration calender for Christmas this year.
Bashing you boss would be “[boss’s name] is a drunken lemur” or “[boss’s name]’s management style could be duplicated by a roomful of drunken lemurs”. The cartoon was a general cri de coeur on behalf of everyone, who like the fictional Dilbert, has great technical competence and works under virtually any corporate or institutional management. No ‘boss bashing’ here, the judge was right.
Unless the boss happens to be a lemur, this was just a generic poke at management.
bttt
“he was accusing the decision-makers of being drunken lemurs,”
I’m a decision maker and I’m no lemur!
It sounds like Catbert is the director of HR at Catfish Bend Casinos!
Mark
It’s a casino. He’s lucky to be walking
Holy smokes! That's the Toyota Way!!
Well, that's the way two of the managers act there.
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