Just Been Fired for NO REASON!

mrk · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:21

And no mention of eggface?

Fail!

Tunney · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:22

Was the swear he used 'eggface'?

EDIT: beaten to it

Jono8 · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:23

To be honest, whilst suspending him has made this thread initially quite amusing, it has ultimately ruined it

godinman · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:26

I don't think swearing should be starred out, people know it's not allowed, and it's a good sign for the forum community in general that people are usually able to refrain.

Bad bit of moderation imo banning him without a warning, I guess the moderator was trying to be shocking or something? Like "LOL LOOOK I JUST BANNNED HIM AFTER HE POSTED ALL ABOUT HIS BAD DAY >_<!!!!!! LMFAO!!! OMG!!!!!!" etc.

Gilly · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:26

buchtis said:
With the popularity of this Forum, would it be too much to ask to implement a simple device that blocks swear words? Jesus Christ, even the crappy JBit forums have them.

He didn't actually write the full swear word, so it won't be a lengthy ban (48 hours IIRC) and would have circumvented any filter.

Mr^B · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:30

Castiel said:
Just do not swear, it's not necessary and only shows a lack of vocabulary.

Sometimes it is necessary, for example if you never swear you can use a swear word to emphasise just how angry/upset you are.

It's got very little to do with a lack of vocabulary - in fact if you can commit the entire Viz Profanisaurus to memory you'd be a quite formidable Scrabble opponent.

Matt-Page · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:31

Gilly said:
Swearing.

Was it you who suspended him Gilly?

shifty_uk · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:33

Gilly isn't a moderator.

robgmun · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:47

shoot1st said:
Sometimes you just get the impression this forum is run by wannabe gay Hitlers I have to say.

Fixed, For how they treat babe threads, that's the impression i get anyway.

Makunouchi · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:51

Gilly said:
He didn't actually write the full swear word, so it won't be a lengthy ban (48 hours IIRC) and would have circumvented any filter.

Usually when I see that a mod just comes along, edits the post and writes something along the lines of "swear words must be fully starred out" in yellow text.

Poor guy, fired and zealously suspended in the same day

No idea how you can walk away with attitude though, unless you pimp swaggered out of the office

drunkenmaster · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:01

Waiting for the next part of the story, when he's called up and his boss is wondering why he's not at work, he tells the story and it turns out the office prankster who he'd not met yet just pretended to fire him, then the real boss fires him for missing work.

In reality, some boss's are just scum, and maybe they were just looking for two weeks cheap work, get rid of someone and do it over and over again, save paying anyone a full salary.

Pudney · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:03

Castiel said:
Just do not swear, it's not necessary and only shows a lack of vocabulary.

Let's be fair, he seems to have been paraphrasing for story telling usage and it's quite likely the boss told him to "insert sweary" off out of his garage.

In the grand scheme of things not the worst case of rule infringement.

Pudney · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:05

drunkenmaster said:
In reality, some boss's are just scum, and maybe they were just looking for two weeks cheap work, get rid of someone and do it over and over again, save paying anyone a full salary.

He was doing agency work. All that needs to be said is "go home", they don't need to fabricate an excuse.

Martini1991 · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:05

Makunouchi said:
Usually when I see that a mod just comes along, edits the post and writes something along the lines of "swear words must be fully starred out" in yellow text.

Poor guy, fired and overzealously suspended in the same day

No idea how you can walk away with attitude though, unless you pimp swaggered out of the office

Fixed.

shifty_uk · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:05

robgmun said:
Fixed, For how they treat babe threads, that's the impression i get anyway.

This is a family forum, there's 9, 12, 15 year olds sitting with their parents who have never seen a women before and clearly have no access to Google or the abundance of free porn sites out there.

WingZero30 · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:08

I am very saddened by some of the replies of fellow overclockers aimed at OP as he is also part of this forums community

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Should have just given him a warning.Now he is likely to have a grudge against OCUK. Looking at some of the replies you do wonder what the world is coming to.
1) Gets fired from his job after searching for a long time

2) Gets suspended from the forums for venting his anger and making an unintentional mistake

3) Gets some really unhelpful replies thrown at him

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vincent1989 · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:08

drunkenmaster said:
In reality, some boss's are just scum, and maybe they were just looking for two weeks cheap work, get rid of someone and do it over and over again, save paying anyone a full salary.

this, also if it were a job trial it would have been no salery at all (until employed)

Pudney · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:10

vincent1989 said:
this, also if it were a job trial it would have been no salery at all (until employed)

Sounds more like a temp job which actually is more expensive to a business than just hiring someone.

Eddie · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:16

WingZero30 said:
I am very saddened by some of the replies of fellow overclockers aimed at OP as he is also part of this forums community.

Welcome to the OcUK forums and in particular, General Discussion.

Makunouchi · 12 Oct 2010 at 18:18

shifty_uk said:
This is a family forum, there's 9, 12, 15 year olds sitting with their parents who have never seen a women before and clearly have no access to Google or the abundance of free porn sites out there.

Treat everyone the same way then. It's hardly fair to warn some but suspend others. I've seen a fair bit of favouritism going on in my time here, either that or the mods simply don't communicate with each other about the proper way to handle different situations.

Anyway, I didn't put the 'over' on zealously, someone else did. I happen to think the moderation on this forum is pretty damn good and the only reason it's become an issue in this thread is because the OP can't post to answer the questions his OP has raised.