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-----Original Message----- From: Lassey, Jason Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2005 4:31 pm To: Saunders, Kym P Subject: Christmas Workshop Now I know that usually I'm not the first person to jump to conclusions, and normally I am considered amongst the most level-headed of your employees, but today I came across something which so aggravated my sense of moral virtue that I felt I was left with no choice but to point out several issues with the upcoming "Santa's Workshop". There are a number of faults with, not just the document, but the premise on which the document is based. In the first place, its announced as "Service Assurance", one assumes that the Activations staff are on some sort of Christmas moratorium due to an outbreak of the german measles. However, this is but the tip of the iceberg - an iceberg which dwarfs any I've come across in all my years as a Telstra Tester. I have an issue, when easter has barely left us in its wake, and the push is on for easter. This places undue pressure on those who dont wish to celebrate such religious holidays. Many of us now subscribe to the theory that these holidays are the most commercial of them all and are completely unjustified and irreligious in this day and age. Surely it is politically incorrect to promote Santa's Workshop? One wonders where the EEO went when the celebratory arrangements were being discussed? Surely this discriminates against the adherents of other religions? Is it thus permissible for me to have a "Hannakuh Worshop", or "Allahs Toolshed"? This kind of discrimination leads to religious wars, and terrorism. Soon the offended staff members will join the revolution and when the fighting hits the streets of your luxury team leader accomadation in Tusmore and Burnside, or when you walk down to the shops and there is open anarchy - dont be surprised, because you were warned. Another issue is that the docment promotes a belief in Santa. As we all learnt early on, Santa isnt real (a fact which got me in much trouble when I told a kid that at one of the jobs I held - I was a Santa photographer). This ongoing and misguided attempt to propagate the belief in a jolly fat figure who delivers presents is an extreme kind of misinformation, and is something which Paul Goebbels would be proud of. One of the promoted pluses of this event is the alcohol consumption, bearing in mind that this is a government owned corporation, this encouragement seems to be at odds with any number of government initiatives which seek to minimilise alcohol consumption. Since alcohol is a leading cause of disease and death in this great country of hours, I believe this concern needs to be addressed immediately. When you are lying in your hospital bed with all but 3 brain cells functioning fue to alcohol poisoning, or when you are being reassembled by a medical examiner after being involved in a car smash cased by a drunken incident, or when you wake up next to some hideously ugly guy called ron, who is actually a murderer on the losse from Yatala and smells incredibly bad, and he has rat faecal matter all over the kitchen - then you'll see that I was right. It is Telstra's duty to change this before someone gets hurt. They say prevention is better than the cure, and while it can be painful, it will be infinitely more beneficial for us in the future. Encouraging people to "dance the night away", merely encourages drunken behaviour, but more importantly it discriminates against those who cant dance. While I am not one of those, I am a champion of the downtrodden and handicapped, and I will not stand by idly and watch the tide of racism that sweeps over the affected and less fortunate at that time of the year. Jason M. Lassey Tester, Residential, Key & Corporate Testing Service Specialist, Commercial & Consumer Testing Telstra Service Advantage Adelaide | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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