The union-oriented Twitter account Day by day Union Elections requested the world in a current tweet, “Union people, what’s the greatest grievance/[Unfair Labor Practice] that you just’ve ever gained?” And the world responded in sort. As a proud union lady myself, I believed a number of tales stood out, however one got here up above the remainder—a employee accused of gaming on the job, saved as a result of his work pc’s graphics card was too weak.
“A member was accused of taking part in video video games on his work pc,” union organizing director Erik Strobl stated. “I bought him cleared by proving conclusively that the employer-provided graphics card couldn’t deal with the resource-hungry recreation his supervisor claimed to have seen.”
“In the event you’re being accused of being a gamer, resolve the issue like a gamer,” one commenter stated. Different individuals tried guessing the sport.
“Dwarf Fortress??” stated one reply. “It was The Sims,” stated one other, “no computer systems are constructed for that recreation.”
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“‘He was taking part in that new Name of Responsibility shit!’” a commenter imagined. “‘Gerald, the brand new Name of Responsibility requires at minimal a GTX 960. This authorities PC has the efficiency of an overworked artist on his seventh cup of espresso.’”
However, no, imaginary Gerald was much more off base than you possibly can have guessed. The employee wasn’t even taking part in a recreation, however watching “a recreation evaluation on his break (which is ok),” Strobl clarified, “however he was accused of putting in unauthorized third-party software program on a authorities pc (which he 100% didn’t do and, as I confirmed, couldn’t have performed). Zero abuse of time or state property.”
Apparently, this wasn’t the one time somebody’s supervisor was uncertain of what precisely a online game was—“I as soon as had a supervisor ding me for enjoying a recreation,” one other Twitter consumer stated. “It was a YouTube video working whereas information was crunching on the opposite display screen.”
Sure, that’s my favourite recreation. YouTube.
Do you may have any nice union tales?
