Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
I'm sorry I'm not more sympathetic to your cause. While I can understand the frustration at an unexpected inconvenience...it seems equally childish to me to whine about it not being fair. So...if you want to be treated like an adult, then act like an adult and deal wit the situation without whining and without expecting everything in life to be "fair."

It sounds like you have an AWEsome job that many people here would give their left arm to have. You get plenty of "goof off" time on your boss's dime?!? And yet you stay productive and fulfilled, apparently. (Getting all your work done) And you "have fun" doing it....AND you get paid well! Geez, dude...count your blessings and stop worrying about the little faults your boss may have. No job is perfect...no boss is perfect.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to sit down with your boss and make a few suggestions about how to handle the cell phone issues and see if he his willing to take you up on any of them. But don't expect him to. And if he doesn't...then just deal with it. It's really not that big of a deal, especially when balanced out against everything else you've said about your job.
I consider myself lucky to have the job that i have. Believe me I have been thinking about this all day. Deep down i don't think i can come to terms with a no phones policy. i disagree, but i wouldn't lose my job over it. i'd probably end up sneaking my phone in anyway. my problem is that we are all forced to make a consession because one person did something stupid. i dont think it should matter how old you are, that's never fair. we cant take shampoo on an airplane, that is stupid. fire the person who cant conduct himself properly. leave the rest of us who don't abuse policies, alone. arrest the person who is sneaking anthrax on a plane, but leave my Herbal Essence alone.