The union-oriented Twitter account Each day Union Elections requested the world in a recent tweet, “Union of us, what’s the greatest grievance/[Unfair Labor Practice] that you simply’ve ever gained?” And the world responded in form. As a proud union lady myself, I assumed a few stories stood out, however one got here up above the remainder—a employee accused of gaming on the job, saved as a result of his work laptop’s graphics card was too weak.
“A member was accused of taking part in video video games on his work laptop,” union organizing director Erik Strobl said. “I received him cleared by proving conclusively that the employer-provided graphics card couldn’t deal with the resource-hungry recreation his supervisor claimed to have seen.”
“In case you’re being accused of being a gamer, clear up the issue like a gamer,” one commenter said. Different individuals tried guessing the sport.
“Dwarf Fortress??” stated one reply. “It was The Sims,” said another, “no computer systems are constructed for that recreation.”
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“‘He was taking part in that new Name of Obligation shit!’” a commenter imagined. “‘Gerald, the brand new Name of Obligation requires at minimal a GTX 960. This authorities PC has the efficiency of an overworked artist on his seventh cup of espresso.’”
However, no, imaginary Gerald was much more off base than you would have guessed. The employee wasn’t even taking part in a recreation, however watching “a recreation evaluate on his break (which is ok),” Strobl clarified, “however he was accused of putting in unauthorized third-party software program on a authorities laptop (which he 100% didn’t do and, as I confirmed, couldn’t have carried out). Zero abuse of time or state property.”
Apparently, this wasn’t the one time somebody’s supervisor was not sure of what precisely a online game was—“I as soon as had a supervisor ding me for taking part in a recreation,” another Twitter user said. “It was a YouTube video working whereas knowledge was crunching on the opposite display.”
Sure, that’s my favourite recreation. YouTube.
Do you might have any nice union tales?