Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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According to these guys I imagine I exhibited all the symptoms of someone about to go postal, except for one.  The one missing was supplied by PNNL--by firing me.  How many other civil rights activists exhibit the same "symptoms"? 

Some type of obsession, e.g., weapons, other acts of violence, romantic/sexual, zealot (political, religious, racial), the job itself, neatness and order

Performance Problems, including problems with attendance or tardiness [I am a night person and I, and others, would arrive late and leave late]

Access to and familiarity with weapons

Being fired, laid off or suspended; passed over for promotion

As I read this web page I and others who advocate for the rights of gun owners, should never be hired in the first place.  There is a word for this--bigotry.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:34:47 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Looks to me like they need to ban customers and strangers from the work place, thats going to be a real profitable business strategy.

Alternatively a simple formula seems to be don't annoy people
Chris
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:58:54 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I too would fit that "profile" and I only read the blogs!
It is slightly funny and terribly upsetting to me that some of the people I work with have a real (to them I think) fear of me because of my open beliefs. (I actually had my immediate manager jump back one day as I was using a spring hand exerciser tool....she actually thought it was a firearm! I told her she was silly and even if she was correct, jumping back would probably not help much unless she was Flash.)
Except when provoked I'm just a regular nice Joe that wouldn't hurt anything.
Sorry to read of the violation of your civil rights.
Gary
Vancouver
Poppa Gary
Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:19:53 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I don't know, Joe. The profile included a lot more than tardiness and "obsession". As I look around me at work, I see more than a few obsessed slobs running around who arrive late, work late, like their jobs, and are high perfomers. I think you need most of the items on the profile present before you pose much of a threat.
Mike L
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