Inappropriate?

[vrbryant]

I just got chewed out by our chicken shit office manager (and by chewed out, I mean she came to talk about something else entirely, then tacked the bitchfest on at the very end before running away and slamming her door) for having a certain picture on my desktop (seen below).

Now, I'm not going to be fatuous and suggest that it's not provocative. But it certainly isn't pornographic, and this is the first time it's been noticed/mentioned in the three (maybe four) months I've had it on there--probably because I'm the only one who ever looks at my computer. ...well, until now, obviously. My question is, am I in the wrong here? Other people have customized their desktops as well, albeit with tamer stuff, so where is the line drawn? If looking at it is arousing to someone, then it's wrong? What if I find clouds arousing? Does that make them inappropriate? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with people?

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[GoBucks89]

Getting a red X on the picture. Doesn't look too provocative to me!

 

[Thump]

Getting a red x also.

 

[BuckBackHome]

I wouldn't be too happy if I saw something like that on one of my employee's desktops.

Edit: B&W pic of Anna Nicole in lingerie on her back.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

I get the pic with no problem... I think people are too uptight these days.

 

[coastalbuck]

The red X has a nice rack though.

 

[Thump]

I wouldn't be too happy if I saw something like that on one of my employee's desktops.

Edit: B&W pic of Anna Nicole in lingerie on her back.

I would say it's inappropriate in a professional setting.

I know if I had that on my computer I'd get called on the carpet for it.

 

[ScarletInMyVeins]

I think that goes a little far. It's not only the arousing factor, but the suggestive factor also. I think I would be a little upset if I saw that on an employees PC as well.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

even if it is inappropriate... there a certain way to go about discussing it.... not bitching about it and then slamming the door.

 

[vrbryant]

Okay. What about this?

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[GoBucks89]

I wouldn't have complained about either picture. I think it's a woman thing.

 

[exhawg]

I'd hit it



Did you ask her if it was that time of the month or something?

 

[FKAGobucks877]

Two things - first, it was definitely handled wrong by the The Firm's Top Bitch (TFTB, for short). Having said that, it's TFTB's company, so basically they make the rules. Sounds like TFTB sucks ass, and has no people skills, or at the least, despises you personally.

Second, as to whether or not the picture itself is appropriate...I don't think there is a clear answer for that. In a professional setting, I'd have to say, no, it isn't. If you are in your own office, and the only person that ever sees your computer is you, then who the fuck cares...but if you are in an area where other employees or clients could possibly see it, then yeah, it's too much, and should be changed. Appearance is everything, and if this was my company, I definitely wouldn't risk even the remote possibility of losing a client because one of my employees had a questionable picture and a potential client saw it.

 

[ScarletInMyVeins]

Okay. What about this?

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Who in their right mind would want that as their background in the first place?

 

[BuckBackHome]

"I know it when I see it."