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Dear SomeoneWhoActuallyEARNSHerPay,

Yesterday at work my boss called me into a meeting with the Manager of HR and apparently I was being called onto the floor because an 'employee' was concerned about my blogging on company time. Here's the deal. I work crazy-long hours because not only do I have a regular 40 hours per week job but I also coach volleyball. Last week alone with my regular hours plus the hours I spent at practice, games and tournaments, and on a bus traveling to those events, I worked a ridiculous 79.5 hours. Because of that, I figure I'm entitled to a lunch break. It's generally not at the same time every day depending on what my job entails, but when I take a break, I blog. Yes, I blog on my breaks and you busted me.

I had the opportunity to read your email, and I'd like to make a few points, perhaps throw out my own rebuttals to your 'anonymous' email.

You are never truly 'anonymous'.
I know who you are. Technology is funny that way and there is always a 'fingerprint' left behind when you send someone something. But that isn't the only thing. I have seen and been the receiver of the same kind ridiculous emails that my employer received. I'd recognize that writing anywhere and it's a sad attempt to in a most cowardly way to try and get me in trouble. It. Didn't. Work.

You are NOT an employee.
You are not an employee because a) if you were you wouldn't have sent that email to the people you did and b) I have NEVER made known by writing on my blog where I actually work, c) I have NEVER made known where I work that I have a blog so you have no way of knowing that, d) you said you noticed I was on my blog which means you're not really 'earning your pay' since you're screwing around on the internet at work. Ok, that last point I just threw in there because blogging is not like MySpace where the little 'online guy' flashes if you're logged in, so you just made that one up.

You do not work with me.
You wrote that I was a different person at work than on my blog and had to throw in a little line pretending to show concern about me coaching based on this. Please don't spend time worrying and creating unnecessary wrinkle lines on your forehead because the cool thing is that I AM the same person at work, at home, on the court, in church and when I stand in line at the grocery store. I am ridiculous, sarcastic, intense, strong-willed, funny (ok, maybe I'm a legend in my own mind), excitable, goofy, not pretentious, determined, and caring to name a few. If you actually worked with me you would know this. But you don't. In fact, you don't even live in the same town as me.

Who my 'daddy' is does not create privilege for me.
In fact, only a few people that I work with actually know who my dad is. You're comment was nothing more than some proverbial fluff thrown in there that didn't help your case. So leave my dad out of it.

You claimed anonymity because you fear repercussions by me.
The reason you sent it anonymously is because you are not really a concerned employee, but a bitter and spiteful person that peruses my blog daily (yes, I can see who access my blog - tracking is cool that way) because you can not let go of the past. Sending a venomous and most ridiculous email to try and get me in trouble is wrong. Wrong. What you did was wrong. I am not the one that you should fear repercussion from. One day when you're time on this earth is done you won't answer to me for your actions, but a much higher authority. And HE is who you should fear.

As I was thinking about this on the way back to my desk yesterday, I wondered, how different would your life be if you spent as much time throwing yourself into something positive as you do wallowing in the negative? What if you decided to deal with whatever it is that has caused such insecurity and hurt and has kept the bitterness, anger and unforgivesness deeply entrenched in your heart? What if you let yourself and others around you be free from that and instead took on a new mission of helping others instead of hurting others? You could do some great things if you took the passion you have for the negative and turned it into a passion for good. Join a church and volunteer there. Find a charity that interests you and donate your time and help any way you can. Surround yourself with people who will care about you and hold you accountable when you need it.

I am not angry at you, although I am extremely disappointed in you. Your cowardly attempt at getting back at me for your unresolved feelings did nothing more than drag several people away from their work to deal with what essentially was a non-issue. And, you made yourself look ridiculous doing so. When motives are for the wrong reasons things tend to backfire on us, and your motive was solely to seek revenge and hurt me. It's time to let it go. Seriously, let it go.

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