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nothemama8 said:
IMHO, seems like the HR is trying to protect the ppl from others who may be trying to research data , yes this is public info, but why are you so interested ( makes one apprehensive) also how would you feel if someone did this to you.
as for Joan, if she wants to tell that is her place to tell, ( this is considered " Office Gossip" ) this could lead to job lose
might be best to keep from gossiping at office, glad things worked out for the best, but be careful they will be watching to see if it's a habit

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It wouldn't bother me one bit if a co-worker looked up my house using a public database.

I would think of them as nosey but I wouldn't be apprehensive. Quite honestly it would be no different than looking up someone's address in a phone book, making a note of it and one day when one happens to be in the neighborhood, driving by their place to see what it looked like.

Computers just make easier now, the house photos are online, so one doesn't have to waste the gas, lol. It's alot of safer too... especially if you find that one of your co-workers lives in a ghetto, lol.

But anyway... getting back to this matter with my former friend... In this case my friend "Gail" and I would talk about other people's houses outside of work... as in "SO and SO has a really big house, etc", or "Laticia's house is located in a very bad neighborhood and looks like a shack."

Our conversations over other's houses were no different than the conversations people have in regards to the cars other people drive.

The way I see it... Gail is now dishing the dirt on this matter just because we are no longer friends, she hates my guts, and she wants to get me fired.

But her accusations IMHO amount to a pot calling the kettle black. She loved to talk about other people too and it wasn't like we were telling this to other people. It was just shared among the two of us.

So why HR is spending time on this crock of crap is beyond me. Obviously they don't have enough things to do with their time.

However if I lose my job over this, I guess maybe I should consider it to be a blessing. My job was going to be ending there in about a year's time anyway. And it was very weird place filled with people like "Joan" etc.

Peppermint Patty