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Woman fired for using angry fonts

Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 12:37 PM EDT
Read ArticleArticle Source: Smart Company
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A woman in New Zealand has been fired from her position as a financial controller for using "angry" fonts.

Vicki Walker was fired from ProCare Health because she "caused disharmony in the workplace by using block capitals, bold typeface and red text in her emails", according to the company.

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Vanessa Wilson

I wonder what the company policy is for using comic sans?

  • 2 votes
Reply#1 - Thu Sep 3, 2009 12:39 PM EDT
Media Junkie

death by 1000 paper cuts

  • 3 votes
#1.1 - Thu Sep 3, 2009 1:17 PM EDT
Sgt. IronHorse

100 lashes with a handful of Twizzlers!

  • 3 votes
#1.2 - Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:19 PM EDT
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SnoringDogs

Confinement to a cubicle, tethered by a headset. ( I looked for a hostile font, but all mine seem to be pacifist )

  • 3 votes
Reply#2 - Fri Sep 4, 2009 10:20 AM EDT
Miss Linguistics

Email is very serious business - they are legal documents and as this article showed, have serious consequences!

  • 2 votes
Reply#3 - Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:27 AM EDT
Red Wolf

Clipped to New Zealand.

  • 2 votes
Reply#4 - Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:03 AM EDT
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