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If you're at a conference, you should behave professionally; you're not down the pub, or out with your friends. It's as simple as that. Hearing stories like t
by mootothemax 14y ago
If you're at a conference, you should behave professionally; you're not down the pub, or out with your friends. It's as simple as that.
Hearing stories like this is both tiresome (what do you mean this is still happening?!) and embarrassing; it makes male IT workers look like a bunch of poorly-socialized teenagers.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThat's true, but OTOH I used to work for a very conservative bank with all kinds of policies on diversity, sexual harassment etc but people would still make remarks like "tee hee, he said dongle" without worrying about being fired or posted all over the internet.
- mootothemax 14y agopeople would still make remarks like "tee hee, he said dongle" without worrying about being fired or posted all over the internet. I'd like to emphasize I'm not a fan of public naming-and-shaming. That said, just because something was accepted elsewhere - or barely tolerated - does not mean that it is acceptable behaviour.