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I actually had similar thoughts reading the article as the OP. Not sure why it was flagged. This case seems totally different from consensual relationships per

I actually had similar thoughts reading the article as the OP. Not sure why it was flagged. This case seems totally different from consensual relationships per se (e.g., bonuses to employees for losing weight is clearly inappropriate, among many other things reported on in the article), but there was something about the coverage in this article that seemed off the mark to me. There were enough problems to report on that I didn't like the implication that it was all equally problematic. Equating serious problems with more minor ones obscures discussion of what matters.

ams6110 9y ago
My company gives incentives for losing weight, stopping smoking, and other "healthy living" criteria. What's inappropriate about it?
- Raz2 9y ago
  What if I'm already in a good shape and don't smoke? If a company gives incentives for being healthy it is fine. Otherwise, it is quite demotivating for others.
aaron695 9y ago
> Not sure why it was flagged. The conversation has become a lost cause for reason on HN. Follow the mob.... > Equating serious problems with more minor ones Whats the problem with employees having sex in a car or car park at all? One assumes it was not directly in public. On what planet outside of 'frat' movies do people have sex obviously in front of random co-worker going to drive home. Lets take what is said here in context. Firsty one must assume it was all hearsay and gossip, the statement itself is nonsensical unless the carpark was full of trees? It is obviously also a selective statement with the person not actually claiming to have seen it themselves. Like, it defies all logic, but people eat up these crazy narratives to mob follow, even if it goes against their base morals. Sex is ok. It's not an evil sin. So what if a story went around about two people having sex, possibly in the carpark. Dam those young people and their hormones, shaking fist. Should someone even suggest it's ok, flag them down into the ground, sex rhymes with sexual harassment, it must be bad.

ams6110 9y ago

My company gives incentives for losing weight, stopping smoking, and other "healthy living" criteria. What's inappropriate about it?

Raz2 9y ago
What if I'm already in a good shape and don't smoke? If a company gives incentives for being healthy it is fine. Otherwise, it is quite demotivating for others.

aaron695 9y ago

> Not sure why it was flagged. The conversation has become a lost cause for reason on HN. Follow the mob.... > Equating serious problems with more minor ones Whats the problem with employees having sex in a car or car park at all? One assumes it was not directly in public. On what planet outside of 'frat' movies do people have sex obviously in front of random co-worker going to drive home. Lets take what is said here in context. Firsty one must assume it was all hearsay and gossip, the statement itself is nonsensical unless the carpark was full of trees? It is obviously also a selective statement with the person not actually claiming to have seen it themselves. Like, it defies all logic, but people eat up these crazy narratives to mob follow, even if it goes against their base morals. Sex is ok. It's not an evil sin. So what if a story went around about two people having sex, possibly in the carpark. Dam those young people and their hormones, shaking fist. Should someone even suggest it's ok, flag them down into the ground, sex rhymes with sexual harassment, it must be bad.