"You need to be nice to one another"

[T’Variuness King]

This is almost comical, but here you go. So apparently the HR Director at Vine and 10 Snooze recently sent out an email to the entire company asking everyone "to be nice to one another". This comes after the head of Lake Effect Digital got into a heated argument with another employee, so loud clients heard it, leading to a three-week suspension.

[Plate Cap]

It shows a naivete or disconnect of sorts with how people today really are, but, unfortunately, it's sad that such innocent, good advice seems so obtuse. The intention is honorable, and seems to sum up all the elements, including The Golden Rule, in one line.

The issue of people treating one another poorly gets worse every day.

• A person dines at a restaurant, has a minor issue, but writes it up on Google or TripAdvisor as if they just managed to stagger out alive from the dining hall at Auschwitz. They want to leverage the minor ruffle they've experienced to seriously damage "the man"

• We seem to have the need to 'teach the other driver a lesson' no matter where we drive, to the point that giving the other guy a break is quite the exception and not the norm.

• Anywhere we are 'hidden' behind a keyboard or telephone, we do and say things we would never think of doing in a face to face situation

This message board is a good example of the latter. It's a rarity for someone to say something nice about or compliment another user, and responses are very often....certainly visible each and every day..... vicious, overreaching, and over-the-top nasty. I'm guilty of it from time to time and wonder later just how that nastiness came out of my fingers. It's not Mark's job to do so, but that HR director's advice would be appropriate here.

[moldyoldie]

Was it a creative conflict or simply a personality clash? If the former, while not justifiable, an argument is understandable. A three-week suspension is quite severe.

[Colonel Flagg]

What in the hell is "Lake Effect Digital"?

Nevermind, I looked it up. Another "up north" PR company that doesn't produce anything of substance.

[Ben Zonia]

This thread needs context and further explanation, like a link.

Maybe WOOD-TV 8 News will do a story about it. Seems to be in their wheelhouse, judging by their bylines frequently appearing in other media.

[moldyoldie]

What in the hell is "Lake Effect Digital"?

Nevermind, I looked it up. Another "up north" PR company that doesn't produce anything of substance.

They produce commercials -- y'know, the lifeblood of commercial television.