Woman Fired For Writing About Avoiding Work
(AP) DES MOINES, Iowa An administrative judge has denied unemployment benefits to a woman who was fired from her job for keeping a journal detailing her efforts to avoid work.
Emmalee Bauer, 25, of Elkhart, was employed by the Sheraton hotel company as a sales coordinator in Des Moines. While on the job, she kept a handwritten journal. A supervisor told her to stop writing on company time, but instead, Bauer wrote her journal, all 300 single-spaced pages, on her work computer.
In the journal, portions of which were introduced during a recent hearing regarding Bauer's request for unemployment, Bauer describes her efforts to avoid work.
"This typing thing seems to be doing the trick," she wrote. "It just looks like I am hard at work on something very important."
Bauer also wrote: "I am only here for the money and, lately, for the printer access. I haven't really accomplished anything in a long while ... and I am still getting paid more than I ever have at a job before, with less to do than I have ever had before. It's actually quite nice when I think of it that way. I can shop online, play games and read message boards and still get paid for it."
In her journal she speculated it could someday be published.
Bauer was fired for misuse of company time after a supervisor discovered the journal late last year.
Administrative Law Judge Susan Ackerman denied Bauer's request for unemployment last week, saying she the journal demonstrated a refusal to work, as well as Bauer's "amusement at getting away with it."
In her journal she speculated it could someday be published.
Wait 'til her ex-employer claims the journal is their intellectual property.
Wait 'til her ex-employer claims the journal is their intellectual property.
Oooh, especially if she got a book offer out of it.
Dana, I missed the call for Raleigh-Durham info, sorry. I'm currently living in southern Durham, and had a 15 minute commute to the middle of RTP. It's a nice neighborhood, but there's not much useful that's walkable. I'm getting ready to move to Carrboro, a smallish town next door to Chapel Hill (a larger college town). I've also lived in Raleigh, near Five Points. I'm not a huge fan of Raleigh, to be honest, but I do get the appeal of living near work. I believe there's an older neighborhood called Oakwood (http://www.historicoakwood.org/).
Flea's neighborhood is lovely, and very convenient to a major university and highways leading to RTP. If I could afford it I'd buy a house there tomorrow.
A day late, but for Dana, -t, and anyone else who bleeds black and gold, with apologies to Sweet William.
Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more
Or close up the wall with our defensive line.
In spring there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility
But in the blast of winter and football season begins
Then imitate the action of the tiger
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood
Disguise fair nature with hard favour'd rage
Lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let it pry through the facemask.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide
Holld hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height.
On, on you noblest Saints
whose blood runs black and gold.
Saints that, like so many McAlisters,
Have in the Dome from morn till even fought
And broke hard to the end zone for lack of defense.
Dishonor not your fans, now attest
That the Dome which is your home did beget you.
And you, good Colston,
Whose limbs were made at Hofstra, show us here
the mettle of your hands; let us swear
that you are worth any first round draft pick, which I doubt not.
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot.
Follow your spirit and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Huey, New Orleans and the Saints!'
I have St. Crispin's reworked for the bowl. I'd post it, but I don't want to jinx.
And now I go back to look at pictures of pretty, pretty Matilda.
Aww. Matilda's so cute! I especially love the pink one. And now I have XTC's "Pink Thing" stuck in my head!
'God for Huey, New Orleans and the Saints!'
t cheers
I actually dreamed about the game this morning. The Saints were doing very well, unsurprisingly.
Good stuff, Daisy. May I share it with fellow fans?
I'm all jittery for the these last few hours, I wish the game would get afoot already.
Of course you can.
I'm alternating between watching the countdown on ESPN and hopping up and down for no reason. Also have gameday tourett's. I should take a shower and get ready to go.
Timelies all!
Depending on what forecast I look at, we may get some snow this afternoon/evening. Oh. Joy. There probably won't be enough to shovel, but it will increase the idiot driver contingent(which is plenty high, thank you) by a factor of two...
Also have gameday tourett's
Heh, that's an excellent description.
Oh, hey, I have a topical craft project I can keep myself busy with! Sweet.
