Sometimes the people in this world surprise me. Sometimes for the good, others not so good. I had the unfortunate experience this week of receiving the following email from a fellow coworker. Mind you this was sent to work email, all of my company's security team and to all the engineers in the company(subscribers of devel-random). This would total around 2,000 people that I work with on a professional level.
Thanks Brittany Erskine for jamming your huge SUV into 2 compact parking spots, so that I could barely use the adjacent spot and couldn't’t even exit through a door. If you get a chance, please relocate your vehicle at your convenience to a more fitting spot meant for SUV’s (or at least park between the lines next time)http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebackpackzacattack/4380043548/in/set-72157614353886046/
Best regards
Local ycantparker
Picture included
This fine young gentleman whom I now love to make up loving pet names for such as Limpdicks Alot, Douchie Mcdouchebag and Mr. Thinksweallcare (I attached a picture for your viewing pleasure), thought that it was okay to treat coworkers like they met them in a Walmart parking lot. After he leered into my car and stole my name from a piece of paper I had on my console, he posted a picture of my car, license plate on a public site and thought that this would be the right way of slapping my hand and that he single handedly would change my selfish behaviour. While he and 20 or so engineers responded to his email with their own demented views on this horrible outcry of poor parking that I am an asshole, own a gas gussling grocery getting SUV, and to top it all of that by me parking 6 inches over the white line in my parking space that I am actually 'stealing' from our company. They all seem to spend multiple work hours of time a week on company property complaining about fellow employees and their parking skills.
I did move my car, informed security as well as HR. After a day of "investigation" my company decided that his email was freedom of speech and that they weren't going to do anything about harassment. So I decided to take matters into my own hands. Myself and a few of my able bodied guy friends at work confronted him and asked him to send out a formal apology to all of whom he involved in my email slander. He did so with a round about email without ever actually saying the words "I apologize". But honestly, the damage was done. I had multiple people around campus ask me about this situation, they knew my name from reading this email and needless to say it was horribly embarrassing.
I guess importantly I'm not going to hold any ill feelings over it, but it is also a gentle reminder to all, don't take life to seriously and life is too short to waste time on hating others.......just park a few spots farther away. We could all use the exercise. (dumb ass, ok I had to have one last jab)
