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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Markie on 04 June 2008, 17:32:03

Title: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: Markie on 04 June 2008, 17:32:03
Cracking text meassage just received by one of my staff...a girly by the way.

It goes along the lines of " I remembered i had your telephone number, and wondered if you could ask your flatmate if she fancied going for a drink with me sometime?"

Now theres nothing wrong there....is there.... :-/ someone that has the girls telephone number.....and fancies her flatmate.

Problem is the sender of the message is the ASDA delivery driver that dropped of the groceries and only had the mobile number as ASDA put them in the order sheet in case the buyer is out...

She thinks its funnny.....others well they think its a bit underhand...

Thoughts?
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: HolyCount on 04 June 2008, 17:34:02
Probably against ASDA rules for a start ---- got to give the bloke points for initiative though!
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: Gaffers on 04 June 2008, 17:37:59
you could agrue a breach of the Data Protection Act, using the phone number for something other than authorised....
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: mantahatch on 04 June 2008, 18:34:29
Be fair, if the poor bloke fancies the girl good luck to him and her.
He could, knowing where she lived have gone back and knocked on the door out of work hours but that could be seen in a bad light.

All it is a quick text message. If she is not interested she can ignore it, and as long as he forgets it as well, there is no harm done.

Mike
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: Markie on 04 June 2008, 18:53:54
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Be fair, if the poor bloke fancies the girl good luck to him and her.
He could, knowing where she lived have gone back and knocked on the door out of work hours but that could be seen in a bad light.

All it is a quick text message. If she is not interested she can ignore it, and as long as he forgets it as well, there is no harm done.

Mike

Agreed but it got comical laughter, stunned silence and shouts of data protection breach from different people.....

Shows how PC the world has gone  :(
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: Markie on 04 June 2008, 18:55:01
i guess the time to get worried is when the texts start to say " i know what de- odorant you wear"  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: mantahatch on 04 June 2008, 19:01:35
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Be fair, if the poor bloke fancies the girl good luck to him and her.
He could, knowing where she lived have gone back and knocked on the door out of work hours but that could be seen in a bad light.

All it is a quick text message. If she is not interested she can ignore it, and as long as he forgets it as well, there is no harm done.

Mike

Agreed but it got comical laughter, stunned silence and shouts of data protection breach from different people.....

Shows how PC the world has gone  :(

Agreed  :(
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 04 June 2008, 19:04:46
Personally speaking, I do think it's an inappropriate use of his employers' customer's personal details, but that's just me...

If I was the guys manager, and I received a complaint from the lady who recieved the Text, I would feel duty bound to warn him about misuse of customer sensitive data.

Sorry if that makes me sound an old fart - you can never blame a guy for trying, but I don't think that's the way to go about it.
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: HolyCount on 04 June 2008, 19:06:43
If t'were me I might have left a note with the shopping -- or, more probably, chickened out !!!
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: Gaffers on 04 June 2008, 19:40:53
Ask any of my soldiers how anti PC I am, they all know where I stand on the issue.  ::)

Using compnay data for ones personal goals is wrong, ethically and I think legally.    :-/

I agree he should have had the balls to knock on the door witha bouquet and invite her to dinner   ;)
Title: Re: Stalker or Improvisor or Thoughtless
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 04 June 2008, 19:40:56
I think the only way you'd stand a change is by having some front and sparking up conversation.....