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This feels like a made-up story designed to attract clicks. Even more with the happy ending update. There are more unlikely stories on the same site, like this

This feels like a made-up story designed to attract clicks. Even more with the happy ending update. There are more unlikely stories on the same site, like this one: http://www.askamanager.org/2017/05/im-in-a-dominantsubmissive-relationship-can-i-wear-a-collar-to-work.html http://www.askamanager.org/2017/05/im-in-a-dominantsubmissiv...

cfadvan 9y ago
It’s the equivalent of a Penthouse “you’ll never believe what happened next” letter for office drones. I can’t believe so many people are taking it at face value!
- abentham 9y ago
  I suspect ColinWright posted this exactly to find out how many people would believe it. The good old days of social experiments on HN.
- icebraining 9y ago
  How do you know people are taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not.
  - cfadvan 9y ago
    How do you know people are taking it at face value? ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?
    - icebraining 9y ago
      ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? Just because you're discussing it seriously doesn't mean you take it at face value. Just look at discussions about fictional works, particularly SF. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything? It's just food for thought and discussion. Is it relevant whether Schrödinger actually put a cat in a box?
      - cfadvan 9y ago
        Science fiction is presented as fiction, people discuss it as fiction. The comments here are very much a different story, so please take the time to read them.
        reifnir 9y ago
        There is value in discussing fiction as though it was true. A thought experiment never hurt anybody.
        cfadvan 9y ago
        Sure, but that clearly isn’t what’s actually happening here. Let’s not compare a circle jerk with a thought experiment.
      - ebbv 9y ago
        This is the lamest argument I've seen in a while. It's clearly being presented as a true story by the original source. If it's not true it's not food for any kind of thought it's just a really badly written and stupid short story. Stop trying to justify lying.
        icebraining 9y ago
        I sincerely don't get that position. We've been presented with a story; whether that story actually happened in unknowable. So how can it possibly affect the story's quality as food for thought? I'm feeling like Brian: https://youtu.be/9czBBKof7Yo?t=1m30s https://youtu.be/9czBBKof7Yo?t=1m30s
        ebbv 9y ago
        How can it possibly have any value whatsoever if it's not real? If it's real you can wonder ok what motivated actual people to behave in this way, what actually happened? If it is made up (which it almost certainly is because it's so far fetched and ridiculous) then it has zero value. There's nothing worth thinking about here or discussing if it didn't actually happen. Like I said it's just a really poorly written short story. You don't discuss literature the same way you discuss journalism. I can't believe you don't already know that?
sverige 9y ago
Unfortunately, my past experiences as a senior operations manager and site director with 500 to 1000 employees, reading these stories only makes me remember similar situations. They are all too believable and real to me.
CodeTheInternet 9y ago
The solution still stands. In a non-threatening way you make it known you know an activity or accusation is unfounded and, if pressed, you may take further action. And you do this in writing, clearly stating it is for documentation purposes. Nothing will make HR/legal stop in their tracks faster (unless you really are in the wrong)

cfadvan 9y ago

It’s the equivalent of a Penthouse “you’ll never believe what happened next” letter for office drones. I can’t believe so many people are taking it at face value!

abentham 9y ago
I suspect ColinWright posted this exactly to find out how many people would believe it. The good old days of social experiments on HN.
icebraining 9y ago
How do you know people are taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not.
- cfadvan 9y ago
  How do you know people are taking it at face value? ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? I don't even see why it's relevant whether it's true or not. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything?
  - icebraining 9y ago
    ...The dozens of comments taking it at face value? Just because you're discussing it seriously doesn't mean you take it at face value. Just look at discussions about fictional works, particularly SF. If it isn’t true how is it relevant to anything? It's just food for thought and discussion. Is it relevant whether Schrödinger actually put a cat in a box?
    - cfadvan 9y ago
      Science fiction is presented as fiction, people discuss it as fiction. The comments here are very much a different story, so please take the time to read them.
      - reifnir 9y ago
        There is value in discussing fiction as though it was true. A thought experiment never hurt anybody.
        cfadvan 9y ago
        Sure, but that clearly isn’t what’s actually happening here. Let’s not compare a circle jerk with a thought experiment.
    - ebbv 9y ago
      This is the lamest argument I've seen in a while. It's clearly being presented as a true story by the original source. If it's not true it's not food for any kind of thought it's just a really badly written and stupid short story. Stop trying to justify lying.
      - icebraining 9y ago
        I sincerely don't get that position. We've been presented with a story; whether that story actually happened in unknowable. So how can it possibly affect the story's quality as food for thought? I'm feeling like Brian: https://youtu.be/9czBBKof7Yo?t=1m30s https://youtu.be/9czBBKof7Yo?t=1m30s
        ebbv 9y ago
        How can it possibly have any value whatsoever if it's not real? If it's real you can wonder ok what motivated actual people to behave in this way, what actually happened? If it is made up (which it almost certainly is because it's so far fetched and ridiculous) then it has zero value. There's nothing worth thinking about here or discussing if it didn't actually happen. Like I said it's just a really poorly written short story. You don't discuss literature the same way you discuss journalism. I can't believe you don't already know that?

sverige 9y ago

Unfortunately, my past experiences as a senior operations manager and site director with 500 to 1000 employees, reading these stories only makes me remember similar situations. They are all too believable and real to me.

CodeTheInternet 9y ago

The solution still stands. In a non-threatening way you make it known you know an activity or accusation is unfounded and, if pressed, you may take further action. And you do this in writing, clearly stating it is for documentation purposes. Nothing will make HR/legal stop in their tracks faster (unless you really are in the wrong)