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I am completely flabershammed by this story about a 58-year old Vietnam vet, who while working for IBM, ventured into some adult-only chatrooms during his breaks using a company-owned computer and then was fired.
His excuse? He suffered from PTSD and surfing the internet's naughty websites constituted "therapy". So now he's suing IBM for wrongful dismissal and age discrimination, even though the company policy clearly states that surfing sexually oriented websites at work was verboten, and he had already been warned for a similar offense previously!
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His excuse? He suffered from PTSD and surfing the internet's naughty websites constituted "therapy". So now he's suing IBM for wrongful dismissal and age discrimination, even though the company policy clearly states that surfing sexually oriented websites at work was verboten, and he had already been warned for a similar offense previously!
If it goes to trial, the case could affect how employers regulate Internet use that is not work-related, or how Internet overuse is categorized medically. Stanford University issued a nationwide study last year that found that up to 14 percent of computer users reported neglecting work, school, families, food and sleep to use the Internet.
The study's director, Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, said then that he was most concerned about the numbers of people who hid their nonessential Internet use or used the Internet to escape a negative mood, the same way that alcoholics might.
...He [the plaintiff] argues that other workers with worse offenses were disciplined less severely -- including a couple who had sex on a desk and were transferred.
The study's director, Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, said then that he was most concerned about the numbers of people who hid their nonessential Internet use or used the Internet to escape a negative mood, the same way that alcoholics might.
...He [the plaintiff] argues that other workers with worse offenses were disciplined less severely -- including a couple who had sex on a desk and were transferred.