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Shag pile PC earned techies a carpeting from HR

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Well, there was that one time where I got a '90 day write up' (i.e., it rolled off my record after 90 days) because I sent someone in our support team a congratulatory email for their recent promotion, and I used an GIF of Grig from The Last Starfighter (a rather obscure movie from the mid 80's) saying "Interstellar!" (The character's catchphrase). My mistake was sending it to the entire support team, and someone else* not only took it out of context, but reported me directly to HR (bypassing his management chain and mine) claiming that I was something I'm very much not.

So, whenever it's announced that X has been promoted, won an award, etc. I don't respond at all. (Well, I respond privately to the person in question if I know them well enough...)

And that's why we can't have anything nice at [RedactedCo], and why I'm posting anon.

*the person I was congratulating? got the reference and was amused by it.

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