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Counterpoint: your business survives because of its customers. It's juvenile, disrespectful, and a sign of a poor work culture when you allow employees to mock

by smt88 6y ago

Counterpoint: your business survives because of its customers. It's juvenile, disrespectful, and a sign of a poor work culture when you allow employees to mock customers behind their backs for any reason. The Basecamp leadership were cowards to let this go on for years.

coldtea 6y ago
>Counterpoint: your business survives because of its customers. It's juvenile, disrespectful, and a sign of a poor work culture when you allow employees to mock customers behind their backs for any reason. Sure, but still big deal. Humanity is not just business-like, serious, prudent, all about marketing. It's also humorous and likes to have juvenile fun from time to time.
- smt88 6y ago
  You can be humorous and juvenile at work without doing it at anyone else's expense, especially the people who put food on your table.
digitaltrees 6y ago
Why do you assume the customers are offended? Why is it necessarily the case that people are insecure and sensitive and can’t tolerate jokes about themselves. One of the most beautiful things in the world is a roast where people bring on the onslaught of attacks. It’s the same reason most animal play and often wrestle; the simulation of fighting in a safe ways cultivates skills, strength and confidence for the eventual and inevitable real fight. It’s not possible to go through life without being mocked or criticized. We could chose to see this as a valuable catalyst of resilience a d fortitude. - sincerely Seymour Butts
- smt88 6y ago
  I didn't assume anyone was offended. Nothing about the list was offensive to me. I said that it shows a lack of respect and gratitude for customers. Also, customers certainly might have a sense of humor about their names, but they weren't given a chance to laugh about it. If the people who made the list thought jt were genuinely funny, they'd have made the joke with the customer and not kept it private.

by smt88 6y ago

coldtea 6y ago

>Counterpoint: your business survives because of its customers. It's juvenile, disrespectful, and a sign of a poor work culture when you allow employees to mock customers behind their backs for any reason. Sure, but still big deal. Humanity is not just business-like, serious, prudent, all about marketing. It's also humorous and likes to have juvenile fun from time to time.

smt88 6y ago
You can be humorous and juvenile at work without doing it at anyone else's expense, especially the people who put food on your table.

digitaltrees 6y ago

Why do you assume the customers are offended? Why is it necessarily the case that people are insecure and sensitive and can’t tolerate jokes about themselves. One of the most beautiful things in the world is a roast where people bring on the onslaught of attacks. It’s the same reason most animal play and often wrestle; the simulation of fighting in a safe ways cultivates skills, strength and confidence for the eventual and inevitable real fight. It’s not possible to go through life without being mocked or criticized. We could chose to see this as a valuable catalyst of resilience a d fortitude. - sincerely Seymour Butts

smt88 6y ago
I didn't assume anyone was offended. Nothing about the list was offensive to me. I said that it shows a lack of respect and gratitude for customers. Also, customers certainly might have a sense of humor about their names, but they weren't given a chance to laugh about it. If the people who made the list thought jt were genuinely funny, they'd have made the joke with the customer and not kept it private.