Screeds

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How do you respond to a coworker who forwards a political rant full of hate and fear, intended to deter you from voting for a particular candidate? I told him "This is not appropriate for interoffice mail," and I don't want to get dragged into a protracted argument of refuting his points. He and I do not share an outlook at all. I don't want to rat him out to Human Resources, because I suspect he's already in danger of being let go, and other than disagreeing with him politically I have no problem with him as a coworker.

Comments

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

Ah, is this the "Obama is a radical Muslim in disguise" message? You can add to the "this is inappropriate" the following: "I don't want to send this off to human resources, so please stop it now. This is something that can get you, and the company, in serious legal trouble. If HR hears about this, they'll need to take action, and just because I haven't said anything this time doesn't mean that someone else won't."

[johno.livejournal.com]

I was the stuckee at my $employer for this job in general.

That was the tact I took.

1) Did you know you were sending to a large number of folks.
2) Did you realize this violates company policy?
3) I'm not reporting you, but in the future I may have to.