# Your Permanent Record **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 10, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470 "2011-11-10T03:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/21 "2011-11-10T20:11:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > What if I want to know if I’ve ever received any official praise? Would there be a tab that says “Kudos”? Actually, that _is_ a feature here but, like the “Warnings” tab, it doesn’t show up until you actually get one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/22 "2011-11-10T20:21:55Z")
I tried nine different ways to get to the kudos tab and all I got was one that said Sudoku. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/23 "2011-11-10T20:37:03Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > I tried nine different ways to get to the kudos tab and all I got was one that said Sudoku. Well, it had to be renamed for legal reasons. In the beginning it was called the “Kudos tab”, until the “cease and desist” letter for the Mars candy company. It was renamed the “Attaboy tab”, until a certain dog food company had a hissy fit. It was then called the “Gold Star tab”, and it turned out that there was a chain of exercise centers with that name. Currently, I believe The Powers That Be are trying to decide between the “Plays Well With Others tab” and the “Ain’t Screwed Up…Yet tab”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/24 "2011-11-10T21:28:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Well, it had to be renamed for legal reasons. In the beginning it was called the “Kudos tab”, until the “cease and desist” letter for the Mars candy company. It was renamed the “Attaboy tab”, until a certain dog food company had a hissy fit. It was then called the “Gold Star tab”, and it turned out that there was a chain of exercise centers with that name. Currently, I believe The Powers That Be are trying to decide between the “Plays Well With Others tab” and the “Ain’t Screwed Up…Yet tab”. Incidentally, I’ve got an angry letter here from a diet soda manufacturer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/25 "2011-11-10T21:36:43Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Incidentally, I’ve got an angry letter here from a diet soda manufacturer. Crap. The word “button” is still in public domain, right? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/26 "2011-11-11T01:27:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Crap. > > The word “button” is still in public domain, right? If you make them Red you’re gonna hear from the estate. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/27 "2011-11-11T04:28:26Z")
I’ve offered \*\*Twicks \*\*chocolate several times, but I still don’t have a kudos tab. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470/28 "2011-11-11T04:51:19Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Yes, we call it “sabbatical” (as **waterj2** notes) and we’re happy to do that for you. Since it’s voluntary, we’ll lift it any time you ask. Alternately, you can just exercise self-control and refrain, n’est-ce pas? 🙂 I post on another board that has the subscribed user privilege of banning oneself for an allotted time. I’ve used it occasionally when I was uberbusy. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-permanent-record/602470.md?page=1)