tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13530609.post5557112993895119914..comments2023-06-28T06:49:14.863-07:00Comments on A Boy Named Dug: Super FreakDughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08827175240352968894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13530609.post-28298282569296666382008-09-24T22:12:00.000-07:002008-09-24T22:12:00.000-07:00"this is not legal hiring"Then discriminate away. ..."this is not legal hiring"<BR/><BR/>Then discriminate away. Just like the gaming group. :)<BR/><BR/>"every one offered that information up to me"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, you know the game, never ask. How you follow up can still get you in trouble... if you were hiring. Seems like you could just as well blurt out "nice tits"... just like the gaming group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13530609.post-53813668139267603292008-09-24T21:45:00.000-07:002008-09-24T21:45:00.000-07:00I guess my response is that a) I never hired anyon...I guess my response is that a) I never hired anyone - I left the decision to the band I'd left, and b) this is not legal hiring. No offer of money is involved, it's strictly membership in a band with no promise of money to be paid. Even had I stayed with the group, there would still be no legal employment - no withholding, no W-2, no contract. <BR/><BR/>I'm at a loss as to how I could be legally culpable if I didn't actually hire someone. In fact, I didn't even tell any of the candidates that they were out, just that I'd left the group and the decision was being left to the folks still in the group.<BR/><BR/>As for the single-mother thing, the *only* thing I did was respond to the candidates telling me that they were single mothers (at no time did I ask the candidates their ages, their marital status, or if they had children, but every one offered that information up to me). <BR/><BR/>I find it incredibly disturbing that being involved in an artistic endeavor, even one with nominal recompense, could possibly result in legal action against the *one* person in the group trying to do the right thing. <BR/><BR/>I'll also note that the drummer, who I otherwise got along with fine, suggested several names for the band early on in the process, many of which involved identifying our female vocalist as a prostitute. I discouraged these names, of course, as I felt they were demeaning in this particular situation. If *I* was setting myself up for a lawsuit, there's something terribly wrong with the world and I may never play in a band again. That's just f*cked up, man.Dughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827175240352968894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13530609.post-10126386451013823562008-09-24T13:46:00.000-07:002008-09-24T13:46:00.000-07:00When I read the first part of your article, that w...When I read the first part of your article, that whole "single mother" thing rubbed me the wrong way, probably because I am brainwashed by the uber-corporate hiring guidelines under which I operate. I'm actually pretty non-PC in these areas (for example, I am strongly against two working parents, both for the kids and the co-workers), but legally I know it's a problem. If your "hiring" entails actual legal employment, that could be grounds for a discrimination case.<BR/><BR/>And all that went thru my head before I read about the "guitarist wife's" reply. If you think it will stop at that e-mail, don't sweat it. If you think there is any threat of follow-through (and I'd advise you remove your dev/null rule just to make sure), you might want to chat with a lawyer ASAP.<BR/><BR/>Hell is other people,<BR/><BR/>- dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com