Dallas, TX +Suspicious Package on Plane+
Dallas, TX +Suspicious Package on Plane+ United Airlines flight from Atlanta was diverted to Dallas, TX due to a suspicious package on board.
U/D 11:03
The suspicious device was an unclaimed Blackberry on the plane so they decided to land it out of precaution.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 9/11/2006 10:00:00 AM
1 Comments:
At 3:54 PM,
Anonymous said…
look what article i found, it was just someone that wanted to get rid of his BlackBerry addiction
A management expert is warning corporations to gird themselves for a potentially costly wave of lawsuits from employees claiming they are addicted to "crackberries."
A professor at Rutgers's School of Business, Gayle Porter, predicts in a soon-to-be-published study that disgruntled workers who feel they are unable to turn off their personal digital assistants and mobile telephones will begin suing their employers for their technology addictions — and that such lawsuits could potentially cost corporate America hundreds of millions of dollars.
"If companies develop a culture in which people are expected to be available 24 hours a day, then they should be prepared for the physical and psychological consequences," Mrs. Porter said. "Addicts exhibit extreme behavior and have no control over themselves. So a corporation handing someone a BlackBerry on his first day of work could be seen as enabling, even accelerating, a serious addiction to technology."
Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the end of summer vacation for millions of Americans. These days, though, many executives on vacation carry small arsenals of mobile telephones and computers, even on the beach. From their sandy towels they keep close tabs on both the workplace and the capital markets. Friends and relatives, Mrs.Porter said, are now complaining that no one in these jobs is getting any rest or relaxation.
Those like Mrs. Porter who study business management issues say "workaholism" can be a potent and seductive psychological addiction. The condition manifests itself in an employee who can't delegate work, share responsibilities, or function as part of a team, preferring to take on every task himself. He becomes unable to separate himself from the workplace at the end of the business day — to the point where thinking about his job takes precedence over his personal relationships and hobbies.
When the worker's life unravels around him, he looks for someone else to blame. "He can't sue his BlackBerry, so he sues the company that he thinks caused his dependency on it," Mrs. Porter said.
What the BlackBerry and other devices have done is to feed the workaholic's need to be in touch with his colleagues on a constant basis, no matter where he might be, according to Mrs. Porter. Companies that foster corporate cultures in which it's acceptable to send messages at any time of day or night are in danger of getting sued by workaholics who snap under the pressure of being available all the time, she said.
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