If the story is accurate, then what's the point of exposing the poor sod's name?
What purpose does that serve? The guy's obviously had a rough week; why pile on and make it worse?
It's likely that he's going to be terminated (from his employment, not physically), if he hasn't been already. I'm sure there's some "handling company materials" guideline or somesuch on the books at Apple that will be enforced.
that being said, if he liked his job, why would he ever use a top-secret prototype as his day to day phone? these things do happen. did apple have a rule against taking the proto off property? out in public?
unless there was a rule to never bring the phone out in public, then i can't see how they could fire him. simple state the phone was stolen. could he be help accountable for that? there are many ways a phone could be stolen that doesn't involve negligence by the user. i.e., you get jumped outside the bar.
yes okay they *can* fire him for anything they want, but it doesn't do wonders for moral when management goes around firing people because they were attacked outside of a bar.
Indeed. It's amazing how many people are acting like this was the loss of the battle plans for the military, or the loss of a top-secret military prototype weapon system. IT WAS A PHONE PEOPLE! Yes, it was a prototype, but it was a prototype PHONE! A consumer electronics phone, at that, not some top-secret military communications device. For crying out loud...
If the guy gets more than a talking to from the boss and endless, merciless jokes at his expensive from his coworkers, someone doesn't have a sen
Actually, it sounds like the phone may have been stolen.
If I leave my briefcase under the table at a restaurant and someone swipes it while I'm not looking, that is clearly theft. If I leave the restaurant and come back 10 minutes later to get my bag and it's gone, then it is still considered to be stolen. Not 'lost'. I don't need to be mugged at gun-point for it to be considered theft.
Likewise, if someone finds a diamond ring that is identifiable as the property of a particular person, but they try to sell
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What's the point? (Score:5, Insightful)
You know, I find that completely over-the-top.
If the story is accurate, then what's the point of exposing the poor sod's name?
What purpose does that serve? The guy's obviously had a rough week; why pile on and make it worse?
It's likely that he's going to be terminated (from his employment, not physically), if he hasn't been already. I'm sure there's some "handling company materials" guideline or somesuch on the books at Apple that will be enforced.
So why expose him publicly?
I don't get it. This just seem
Re:What's the point? (Score:3, Insightful)
that being said, if he liked his job, why would he ever use a top-secret prototype as his day to day phone? these things do happen. did apple have a rule against taking the proto off property? out in public?
unless there was a rule to never bring the phone out in public, then i can't see how they could fire him. simple state the phone was stolen. could he be help accountable for that? there are many ways a phone could be stolen that doesn't involve negligence by the user. i.e., you get jumped outside the bar.
yes okay they *can* fire him for anything they want, but it doesn't do wonders for moral when management goes around firing people because they were attacked outside of a bar.
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Finally, someone in this thread with some common sense.
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Indeed. It's amazing how many people are acting like this was the loss of the battle plans for the military, or the loss of a top-secret military prototype weapon system. IT WAS A PHONE PEOPLE! Yes, it was a prototype, but it was a prototype PHONE! A consumer electronics phone, at that, not some top-secret military communications device. For crying out loud...
If the guy gets more than a talking to from the boss and endless, merciless jokes at his expensive from his coworkers, someone doesn't have a sen
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Actually, it sounds like the phone may have been stolen.
If I leave my briefcase under the table at a restaurant and someone swipes it while I'm not looking, that is clearly theft. If I leave the restaurant and come back 10 minutes later to get my bag and it's gone, then it is still considered to be stolen. Not 'lost'. I don't need to be mugged at gun-point for it to be considered theft.
Likewise, if someone finds a diamond ring that is identifiable as the property of a particular person, but they try to sell