Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Stealing
Why do people think it is ok to steal other people's words? It is no different than if you walk up to me and take my purse! As everyone knows, Sukie and I work with a bunch of dullards. Since they are all dullards, they tend to "borrow" our work. What amazes me is that these same people talk about how awful it is when someone plagiarizes your work! I'm pissed as hell, and I don't know exactly what to do about it. If I confront this person, then I will be seen as a mouthy bitch because I am a woman standing up for myself. Maybe I just need a strap-on, and people will leave me the fuck alone. Apparently being a man means something around this place.
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Are we talking about the written word here? You actually have legal rights to it, so youre not a mouthy bitch, youre preventing copyright infringement. Do you have proof that you wrote it first?
Yep! Sukie and I have started putting our name on everything we do. It's really ashamed that people can't act like adults. I'm sure there will be a part two to this entry.
Some people have never had an original thought one day in their entire lives...but they like to pretend they have. It makes them feel smart. And they think it makes them look good. I like it best when said people then try to present your idea to somebody important, like a VP or someone from another company...and they can't quite articulate the entire thing without reading a document--that you wrote--or without turning to you for help out of nowhere--why don't I let Sukie explain it from here...turds. They're all turds. I'm thinking about becoming a garbage man. My garbage men seem very friendly...and I bet there's hardly any corporate backstabbing if you're a garbage man...
Alexandra, I would confront this person. Either 1. s/he doesn't really know what plagiarism is, and therefore you can "educate" this person about what it is, or 2. s/he does know what it is and just did it anyway. If 2. is the case, then this person is a LIAR as well, and as I said in a previous post (and Sukie alluded to this as well), LIARS are unintelligent and lead boring, uninteresting lives!
Alexandra, I don't think a strap-on is a good idea because you might get confused as a she-male unless you lose the boobs! :-D
I had this same issue yesterday. I boss of another dept, took my emailed directive, copied, pasted and sent it out to his dept. When one of his minions asked about said paragraph, I explained that I knew what was in the paragraph, as I had originally wrote it. Said boss changed his freaking tune and decided to admit it was mine.
You know, I think I had a sign this morning. I've been wanting to get the hell out of Eastwick, so I look at certain job sites. I found a job opening perfect for me. I'm thinking of applying. It's kind of scary to make big changes, but I don't want to be a wimp. Maybe someone stealing work was the push I needed.
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I would have a hard time leaving Sukie, though. :(
Grow a set! ;-) You'll live without me--it'll be tough, but I'm pretty sure you'll live. ;-)
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