{"id":15905,"date":"2010-12-06T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=15905"},"modified":"2010-12-04T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T19:14:06","slug":"you-better-be-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=15905","title":{"rendered":"You Better Be Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It might amaze you that even in this flaccid employment market, some workers choose to gamble their job.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/10_50\/b4207093635068.htm\">Rick Raymond parked his black Kia SUV<\/a> behind a row of trees and peered  out at his target. It was 4 a.m. on a recent morning, and Raymond\u2014a  seasoned private detective who has worked roughly 300 cases, from  thieves to philandering spouses\u2014was closing in on a different sort of  prey.<\/p>\n<p>Playing hooky without getting caught\u2014as immortalized in the  cat-and-mouse skirmish between Ferris Bueller and Principal Rooney in Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off\u2014used to be an adolescent rite of passage. Now  it has given rise to a thriving industry, with stern legal precedent to  back it up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;and that industry, the surveillance they conduct and the terminations that are a result are backed by legal precedent &#8211; you sue you lose.<\/p>\n<p>But what do you think?<\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/poll.pollcode.com\/M9mk\" method=\"post\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"450\" bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\"><strong>Should employers be able to surveil employees suspected of playing hookey?<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Yes. If you&#8217;re stupid enough to play hookey in this job market you deserve to be fired<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"2\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">Yes but you shouldn&#8217;t be fired if it was for something legit like a Vikings Packers game<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"3\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">I support it completely as I&#8217;m waiting for someone to get fired so I can get a job<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"4\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">No, employers have no right to surveil my behavior when I&#8217;m not at work<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"5\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">No and if your guy comes to my door I&#8217;m going to blow his head off<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\"><input name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\" value=\"6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #000000;\">I want the job of the guy sitting in the blacked out SUV. Sounds like fun <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Vote\" \/> <input name=\"view\" type=\"submit\" value=\"View\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"white\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: black;\">pollcode.com <a href=\"http:\/\/pollcode.com\"><\/a><span style=\"color: navy;\">free polls<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It might amaze you that even in this flaccid employment market, some workers choose to gamble their job. Rick Raymond parked his black Kia SUV behind a row of trees and peered out at his target. 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