Big brouhaha in the press over the Wisconsin company that sent a
nasty anti-war note via e-mail to an Army sergeant who had inquired
about ordering some sleeping mats to protect himself and his
squaddies from the buggy ground of Iraq. Most stories blame the
mat company.
The company -- which turns out to be owned by a Pakistan
immigrant -- fired the employee responsible for writing the note
and temporarily shut down its website. I'd give the business a
break here. I actually saw the same thing happen in the Vietnam
era. A fellow employee of mine in a mail-order book company put a
nasty antiwar note in a book of hawkish sentiment ordered by one of
our customers.
The boss called in all four of us clerk-typists -- we were the
only ones who could have done it -- and told us that such conduct
was not allowed, and anything like it further would result in the
perp's being fired. One of my confreres stayed behind, confessed,
and apologized.
He didn't do it again, either.
topics:
Business, Iraq, Pakistan
