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Post by wtfjjk on May 21, 2021 9:17:04 GMT -5
There's a lot of assuming and lame jokes in this thread. Name-calling and victim blaming are reasons why people stay silent when they are being abused. I have no idea what happened here and I am not going to pretend like I do. I just hope that the Giants don't have a toxic work environment like this guy is accusing them of having. The reason I feel like this is I have a female friend who used to be in the air force that was sexually assaulted. She reported it to her chain of command and was basically called a liar. She was laughed at and ignored by her superiors. 10 years later, she still suffers from PTSD from what happened to her. My point is that we should take this kind of shit seriously instead making jokes about it. No one should experience workplace harassment or abuse. Again, I really hope that the Giants don't have a toxic workplace.
I cannot think of any place I worked other than where I work now that wasn't toxic.
This is the sad thing that I feel you are lucky in your current position. i work in a male dominated field and some of the joking around can go overboard. I left one place because of that, though I stayed around in far more toxic places before. Things are changing with more awareness initiatives (I think every workplace now at least does the bare minimum of making you take those harrassment classes) but yeah, it sucks that I expect this to be the norm.
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Post by jb456 on May 21, 2021 9:19:22 GMT -5
Good old RF. He had over 1,000,000 posts and provided almost every Giants article on the net in the morning. To bad he didn't come here.... He signed up but I don’t think he’s ever posted. I remembered when I first joined the old board and couldn't believe RF was posting up all the articles of the day. I would just brew a new pot of coffee and read the articles. He was one of the reasons why I kept coming back, I didn't post for a while, just read the articles he posted and some threads. Hope he is doing alright. I just can't see how he would do that for years and just turn it off like a light switch. Only a real fan could invest time like that....
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Post by bluejayc on May 21, 2021 9:36:30 GMT -5
There's a lot of assuming and lame jokes in this thread. Name-calling and victim blaming are reasons why people stay silent when they are being abused. I have no idea what happened here and I am not going to pretend like I do. I just hope that the Giants don't have a toxic work environment like this guy is accusing them of having. The reason I feel like this is I have a female friend who used to be in the air force that was sexually assaulted. She reported it to her chain of command and was basically called a liar. She was laughed at and ignored by her superiors. 10 years later, she still suffers from PTSD from what happened to her. My point is that we should take this kind of shit seriously instead making jokes about it. No one should experience workplace harassment or abuse. Again, I really hope that the Giants don't have a toxic workplace.
I cannot think of any place I worked other than where I work now that wasn't toxic.
Yep....very commonplace....doesn't make it right....but it's also tough to take these allegations seriously having worked in the "typical" office environment my whole adult life. If the incidents were as serious as the plaintiff is suggesting and he didn't call the cops at the time then my guess is he's just a disgruntled ex-employee seeking a payout. And jokes are jokes.....you can LITERALLY joke about anything......I've heard some very dark ones I probably shouldn't have chuckled out but did.....lighten up Francis.
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Post by Jomo on May 21, 2021 10:20:14 GMT -5
It is really hard to generalize without being there and observing and not for a moment but over a stretch of time.
On the one end of the spectrum, stuff goes on that is wrong and needs to be stomped out hard.
On the other end of the spectrum if you are looking to be offended, you can find a way to be offended anywhere.
In my experience (and I've seen and dealt with both) there is more of the latter floating around.
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Post by Roosevelt on May 21, 2021 10:39:37 GMT -5
He signed up but I don’t think he’s ever posted. I remembered when I first joined the old board and couldn't believe RF was posting up all the articles of the day. I would just brew a new pot of coffee and read the articles. He was one of the reasons why I kept coming back, I didn't post for a while, just read the articles he posted and some threads. Hope he is doing alright. I just can't see how he would do that for years and just turn it off like a light switch. Only a real fan could invest time like that....
That was very nice of him.
I enjoyed it most when he set up a daily post which contained all that days news. But later it on, with so many bloggers and such the posting of every article in it's own thread seemed to dominate the main page at the expense of the other posts. Not that there was a lot worth reading in the end though.
I reached out to him early on hoping he might want to do something similar here, but I wanted him to add his opinion on each story.
I'm a firm believer that this board is about us just as much as it is about the Giants.
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Post by BigBlueDog42 on May 21, 2021 15:15:24 GMT -5
I cannot think of any place I worked other than where I work now that wasn't toxic.
Yep....very commonplace....doesn't make it right....but it's also tough to take these allegations seriously having worked in the "typical" office environment my whole adult life. If the incidents were as serious as the plaintiff is suggesting and he didn't call the cops at the time then my guess is he's just a disgruntled ex-employee seeking a payout. And jokes are jokes.....you can LITERALLY joke about anything......I've heard some very dark ones I probably shouldn't have chuckled out but did.....lighten up Francis. All joking aside I don't want my team to be known in that light. I have to agree tho it's strange that this would have gone on so long with no police or at least something. A few months back I'm Pretty sure they had this guys story on one of their shows Giants access blue or one of those about him leaving and he was interviewed and told how he interned and got a full time gig but they never said why he was leaving, maybe now we know why hopefully not.
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Post by SG88 on May 21, 2021 20:30:01 GMT -5
I remembered when I first joined the old board and couldn't believe RF was posting up all the articles of the day. I would just brew a new pot of coffee and read the articles. He was one of the reasons why I kept coming back, I didn't post for a while, just read the articles he posted and some threads. Hope he is doing alright. I just can't see how he would do that for years and just turn it off like a light switch. Only a real fan could invest time like that....
That was very nice of him.
I enjoyed it most when he set up a daily post which contained all that days news. But later it on, with so many bloggers and such the posting of every article in it's own thread seemed to dominate the main page at the expense of the other posts. Not that there was a lot worth reading in the end though.
I reached out to him early on hoping he might want to do something similar here, but I wanted him to add his opinion on each story.
I'm a firm believer that this board is about us just as much as it is about the Giants.
It is funny that some of us have been talking about the Giants on here or there for at least 15 years. RF was outstanding. Wish that he would have come here.
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Post by Roosevelt on May 21, 2021 21:29:08 GMT -5
That was very nice of him.
I enjoyed it most when he set up a daily post which contained all that days news. But later it on, with so many bloggers and such the posting of every article in it's own thread seemed to dominate the main page at the expense of the other posts. Not that there was a lot worth reading in the end though.
I reached out to him early on hoping he might want to do something similar here, but I wanted him to add his opinion on each story.
I'm a firm believer that this board is about us just as much as it is about the Giants.
It is funny that some of us have been talking about the Giants on here or there for at least 15 years. RF was outstanding. Wish that he would have come here.
Yeah, hope he's doing well.
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Post by Sarcasman on May 21, 2021 22:32:29 GMT -5
He signed up but I don’t think he’s ever posted. I remembered when I first joined the old board and couldn't believe RF was posting up all the articles of the day. I would just brew a new pot of coffee and read the articles. He was one of the reasons why I kept coming back, I didn't post for a while, just read the articles he posted and some threads. Hope he is doing alright. I just can't see how he would do that for years and just turn it off like a light switch. Only a real fan could invest time like that.... I enjoyed RF. We hit it off; he's a good man. I'm sure my charm and savoir faire had a lot to do with it.
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Post by GameTime on May 22, 2021 7:31:43 GMT -5
The bottom line is if you work in a place with more than a handful of people there will be bad situations sooner or later. They may not all get physical but its not uncommon at all really. Doesnt make it right of course.
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Post by GameTime on May 22, 2021 7:34:06 GMT -5
If a woman made the same claim the atmosphere in this thread would be a whole lot different. the alleged altercation was between two men. If you want do a proper analogy then both defendant and plaintiff would have to be women. With that said why bother even changing the situation form what it is? What's your agenda?
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2021 8:18:27 GMT -5
I remembered when I first joined the old board and couldn't believe RF was posting up all the articles of the day. I would just brew a new pot of coffee and read the articles. He was one of the reasons why I kept coming back, I didn't post for a while, just read the articles he posted and some threads. Hope he is doing alright. I just can't see how he would do that for years and just turn it off like a light switch. Only a real fan could invest time like that.... I enjoyed RF. We hit it off; he's a good man. I'm sure my charm and savoir faire had a lot to do with it. As a wedding gift, he gave me his tickets and parking pass to a Steelers/Giants preseason game. He was a great dude.
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Post by Roosevelt on May 23, 2021 21:26:50 GMT -5
I enjoyed RF. We hit it off; he's a good man. I'm sure my charm and savoir faire had a lot to do with it. As a wedding gift, he gave me his tickets and parking pass to a Steelers/Giants preseason game. He was a great dude.
Preseason?
He gave me and my wife post-season.
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Post by Jomo on May 23, 2021 21:32:47 GMT -5
As a wedding gift, he gave me his tickets and parking pass to a Steelers/Giants preseason game. He was a great dude.
Preseason?
He gave me and my wife post-season. I miss RF. His passion for this team is missed. He gave me SB tickets.......just kidding.
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Post by Bigjeep on May 24, 2021 6:07:04 GMT -5
Just for added levity... Imagine if this story got posted to the old board? Our buddy RF would have moved it to the Entertainment Section.
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Post by Bigjeep on May 24, 2021 6:08:24 GMT -5
He banned me!
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Post by Bigjeep on May 24, 2021 6:12:44 GMT -5
That was very nice of him.
I enjoyed it most when he set up a daily post which contained all that days news. But later it on, with so many bloggers and such the posting of every article in it's own thread seemed to dominate the main page at the expense of the other posts. Not that there was a lot worth reading in the end though.
I reached out to him early on hoping he might want to do something similar here, but I wanted him to add his opinion on each story.
I'm a firm believer that this board is about us just as much as it is about the Giants.
It is funny that some of us have been talking about the Giants on here or there for at least 15 years. RF was outstanding. Wish that he would have come here. I joined in 2005, but the board turned into a prison before it folded! Glad we are here with more freedom! Need some fun once in awhile.
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Post by jimmieray on May 24, 2021 6:21:40 GMT -5
He banned me! He accused me of being " ", whoever that was.
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Post by jb456 on May 24, 2021 8:46:10 GMT -5
He banned me! Ha, did you deserve to be banned?
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Post by Roosevelt on May 24, 2021 8:54:34 GMT -5
He banned me!
I cannot imagine what you did to get yourself banned.
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Post by Roosevelt on May 24, 2021 8:58:46 GMT -5
It is funny that some of us have been talking about the Giants on here or there for at least 15 years. RF was outstanding. Wish that he would have come here. I joined in 2005, but the board turned into a prison before it folded! Glad we are here with more freedom! Need some fun once in awhile. It became unreadable towards the very end with every thread becoming a pissing contest.
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Post by Roosevelt on May 24, 2021 8:59:36 GMT -5
He banned me! He accused me of being " ", whoever that was.
Remember Mod G? Now that was funny.
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Post by jimmieray on May 24, 2021 11:50:20 GMT -5
He accused me of being " ", whoever that was.
Remember Mod G? Now that was funny.
I only recall RF and YA being mods, maybe jomo was also?
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Post by Roosevelt on May 24, 2021 12:21:12 GMT -5
Remember Mod G? Now that was funny.
I only recall RF and YA being mods, maybe jomo was also? Maybe for a short time. I remember a Mod C, Diehard, and wasn't MeyerBud a mod also?
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Post by jimmieray on May 24, 2021 13:59:32 GMT -5
I only recall RF and YA being mods, maybe jomo was also? Maybe for a short time. I remember a Mod C, Diehard, and wasn't MeyerBud a mod also? Oh yeah, Diehard. He used to tell everyone there's more to life than football, with that user name, LOL!
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Post by JoeBigBlue on May 24, 2021 14:07:41 GMT -5
There's a lot of assuming and lame jokes in this thread. Name-calling and victim blaming are reasons why people stay silent when they are being abused. I have no idea what happened here and I am not going to pretend like I do. I just hope that the Giants don't have a toxic work environment like this guy is accusing them of having. The reason I feel like this is I have a female friend who used to be in the air force that was sexually assaulted. She reported it to her chain of command and was basically called a liar. She was laughed at and ignored by her superiors. 10 years later, she still suffers from PTSD from what happened to her. My point is that we should take this kind of shit seriously instead making jokes about it. No one should experience workplace harassment or abuse. Again, I really hope that the Giants don't have a toxic workplace.
I cannot think of any place I worked other than where I work now that wasn't toxic.
The Jethro Tull fan club?
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Post by Roosevelt on May 24, 2021 14:10:01 GMT -5
I cannot think of any place I worked other than where I work now that wasn't toxic.
The Jethro Tull fan club?
Lmao.
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Post by Sarcasman on May 24, 2021 14:13:02 GMT -5
He banned me! And here I thought it wasn't possible to like him more.
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Post by Sarcasman on May 24, 2021 14:14:15 GMT -5
He banned me!
I cannot imagine what you did to get yourself banned.
*ahem*
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Post by Sarcasman on May 24, 2021 14:15:28 GMT -5
I only recall RF and YA being mods, maybe jomo was also? Maybe for a short time. I remember a Mod C, Diehard, and wasn't MeyerBud a mod also? Who knows? Ultimately who cares, we all know mods are the biggest assholes on any board.
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