Work is work and your personal live is just that personal. Yes I know work is part of who you are but some things are best not talked about publicly. Should I blog about the fact that Ed our IT guy is banging the red head in accounting? No… Should I mention my boss keeps a bottle of scotch in his lower left hand desk drawer? No… Its ok to share these with you other half or even whisper to another coworker but publishing them in an open forum is too much and anyone that does so is asking to be fired. (Or worse)

Michael is a friend of mine, and the second I saw “those pictures” I knew, I KNEW the shit would hit the fan. I have on several occasions sent him a personal, email and said stop and think about what you’re doing, you’re going too far.

We bloggers, all of us, need to stop and think about the power we have in our hands. How quickly our words can travel around the world and back again. And with that power come responsibility. Any well read blog (like this one) has as much, if not more power than most daily papers. The WORLD is watching. How many people in Europe read the Seattle times every day? How many people in Europe read this blog everyday? I venture to guess whatever the number it’s greater than the Seattle times.

I once told an assistant manager of mine that liked to write ranting emails to employees. Never write anything you wouldn’t be prepared to read out loud in a court of law in front of a jury. And I stand by those words for bloggers. Its not the fear of being sued it’s the law of common sense. If twelve average people are offended by what you wrote than you’ve overstepped the line. And I can assure you. Regardless of how funny you thought it was. Large companies and Corporations do NOT have a sense of humor.

Keep work at work. It’s not the right topic for an open public forum. Or if you must write about work speak in general terms. I work in Insurance is fine. I work for a slave driving motherfucker at State Farm in is not.

For me the line isn’t blurry at all.
When your at work, your employer is paying you to work, and expects a standard of behavior. You agreed to it when you were hired. So turn off the net surfing and stop the commenting because you have work to do.

You can play when you get home. And play nice.
Everybody is watching.