# I don't know what you're TRYING to do, but you're GOING to get yourself fired. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231 "2013-05-01T18:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/81 "2013-05-02T20:41:58Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > For the dress code lady, I’d say just give her a different dress code than everyone else. It’s pretty much always a bad idea to make a set of rules that apply to only one person. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/82 "2013-05-02T20:58:40Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks those jeans are ridiculously tight for the office? Really? I thought it was a joke. > > Oh well, thanks for the laugh. . . Not to mention the 2" of cleavage behind the necklace. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/83 "2013-05-02T21:05:42Z")
I find it slightly humorous that I was asked not to post requesting pictures of a hot girl, but actual pictures of hot girls are totally copacetic. You live, you learn, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/84 "2013-05-02T21:10:58Z")
There’s a slight difference between asking **Skald** to take photos of his employee and post them on the internet at the fap request of a man vs a woman who posted her photos on a fashion blog or is a professional model (both ladies in the last two cases know their photos are being taken and distributed). But you know that. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/85 "2013-05-02T21:11:14Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I find it slightly humorous that I was asked not to post requesting pictures of a hot girl, but actual pictures of hot girls are totally copacetic. > > You live, you learn, I suppose. Yeah, just reading this thread got me questioning the same **Jack** …and from TWO mods, not just _one_ having a bad day. Is this a new ruling, that (yeah, admittedly lame, but whatever…) drive-byes are now outlawed, even in MPSIMS? Curious. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/86 "2013-05-02T21:14:00Z")
They’re cracking down on drive-byes in a broad sense and “misogynistic” comments in a specific sense. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/87 "2013-05-02T21:14:33Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > There’s a slight difference between asking **Skald** to take photos of his employee and post them on the internet at the fap request of a man vs a woman who posted her photos on a fashion blog or is a professional model (both ladies in the last two cases know their photos are being taken and distributed). > But you know that. I’m absolutely one-hundred per cent certain that Jack Batty was fully expecting Skald to acquiesce to his request and provide an actual photo of the employee in question. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/88 "2013-05-02T21:17:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > They’re cracking down on drive-byes in a broad sense and “misogynistic” comments in a specific sense. When did this start happening…and what was the catalyst? Dammit…drive-byes are what keeps this board alive. I mean, what are we going to do with **Vinyl Turnip** now? ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/89 "2013-05-02T21:17:03Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks those jeans are ridiculously tight for the office? Really? I thought it was a joke. > > Oh well, thanks for the laugh. . . I suppose for people in less urban areas, but she is well put together and covered up. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/90 "2013-05-02T21:20:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s pretty much always a bad idea to make a set of rules that apply to only one person. I disagree with this statement, and in any case what I’m proposing isn’t a clear case of having different rules for different people. I guess that could be made more clear by saying that there is a rule that people who run afoul of the dress code are thence required to abide by a different, more strict dress code. But I don’t think that’s necessary–she’s shown she doesn’t know how to work with one dress code. But she seems to have understood the old one well enough. So tell her a great idea to keep out of trouble would be just to default to the old code. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/91 "2013-05-02T21:25:33Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > When did this start happening…and what was the catalyst? > > Dammit…drive-byes are what keeps this board alive. I mean, what are we going to do with **Vinyl Turnip** now? OK…ignore my previous posts. Just read the kreplach in ATMB. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/92 "2013-05-02T21:29:57Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > what I’m proposing isn’t a clear case of having different rules for different people. Well “give her a different dress code than everyone else” does seem to imply that. The better solution would be to look around at what the other people are wearing (which is okay) and what she’s wearing (which isn’t okay). Then write a dress code that allows all of the things in the first group and prohibits all the things in the second group. Then apply that dress code to everyone. Of course, everyone except one person is already complying with this new dress code so you really only have one person who’s breaking the company-wide rule. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/93 "2013-05-02T21:30:17Z")
**TWEEEEET.** Okay, lets get this back on track and end the hijack about the rules. After this post, drop it in here. If you have problems with what anyone else says on here, the Pit is below this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/94 "2013-05-02T22:53:01Z")
Wait - doesn’t **Skald** have access to bees? Because I’m sure “release the bees” must be an appropriate response to one of those situations. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/95 "2013-05-02T23:11:21Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Well, this being **Skald** it’s more like waiting for a visit from Santa Claus’s evil twin. 😃 > > I really, really want to know what happened! Me three! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/96 "2013-05-02T23:46:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Wait - doesn’t **Skald** have access to bees? Because I’m sure “release the bees” must be an appropriate response to one of those situations. I believe he had to knock it off with the bees after someone (_looks innocent_) reported him to the Department of Agriculture. There’s a bit of a crisis involving bees, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/97 "2013-05-02T23:54:16Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > **TWEEEEET.** > > Okay, lets get this back on track and end the hijack about the rules. > After this post, drop it in here. > If you have problems with what anyone else says on here, the Pit is below this forum. We are not allowed to discuss rules and moderator actions in the Pit. **Marley23** has forbidden discussion of this rule and moderator action regarding it in ATMB. What forum do you suggest for such a discussion? ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/98 "2013-05-03T00:05:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s like waiting for a visit from Santa Claus. I brought cookies! Has Santa Skald come back yet? I really want to hear the rest of the story! **sits down before the fireplace and waits sorta-patiently** ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/99 "2013-05-03T00:11:11Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Me three! Me too! Can’t wait for the follow up. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231/100 "2013-05-03T00:18:10Z")
**Skald** , I think your brain must have gone soft with that promotion. What on earth were you thinking with that speech at the beginning: “I want you all to be comfortable”??? Sheesh, I saw this one coming a mile away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-youre-trying-to-do-but-youre-going-to-get-yourself-fired/657231.md?page=6)