Gosh, I know it's early, but where did I say his e-mail went to 15,000 employees? :waitasec: I did say, that's how many Intel in Oregon employs.
Well, that was an interesting tidbit of information but sort of irrelevant in the discussion of the e-mail if all the 15.000 didn't get the email and if it wasn't intended for all of them.
One of my points is that dad, with the help of Intel, wanted to be safe, careful, cautious regarding what is said to the media. We all know how gossip gets out of hand and we all know there are those who thrive on gossip - so maybe he wanted to ward such possibilities off ahead of time.
Do you really think dad could speculate regarding the media and Intel employees? After all, his son went missing and why wouldn't he want to solicit the help of fellow employees, in the form of eyes, but ward off any and all gossip?
Well, sure.... that was the whole point... or so I thought. I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with me about.
And if the media published even 2 statements by employees while a child is missing, that could be a jeopardy to the investigation - my guess is that dad didn't want ANYTHING to jeopardize finding his son.
Of course not, but still, I suspect that the ones who are most likely to really jeopardize the investigation are the ones who could possibly know something about it, like the parents and the staff at Kyron's school, the other children, the searchers, the people who have been interrogated near the search areas, the people close to talkative LE officers and so on. It is hard for me to see what random Intel employees could possibly say to jeopardize the investgation if their only connection to any of it is that they get their wages from the same employer as the victim's dad who they've never seen. Did he send an message to all of them trying to keep them quiet? Some of them have been talking although warned not to.
You mention selling magazine: What???? Doesn't take much to sell a magazine nowadays - gossip often prevails. And you say 'who would care' - just read all the comments on that FB everyone was pouring over earlier. moo
I'm sorry if my commercial opinion offended you but while I agree that gossip sells, I have to say that I think it's interesting gossip that sells. Not the kind of gossip that close to 15.000 completely unconnected Intel Oregon employees would have. "I don't really know anything and I've never seen Kyron but I saw that he was missing in the news and isn't it dreadful, and I think it may have been a SO or a family abduction or just about anybody really and I read it on FB that...
Now if there are colleagues who know the family or think they know them and have something to share about their private life, true or false, it could affect the investigation and upset the family, but it's not just the colleagues at Intel who can share gossip like that, it's the neighbors, the gym pals, the disgruntled exes (if any), the people they see at Walmart or just about anybody who's heard something from somebody.
Seems that attempting to control rumors and gossip in the workplace is foreign to many, so I won't go on. Some will get it and some won't. The bottom line: When a parent's worst nightmare occurs, you do what's best to bring your child home. Justice for Kyron is what I say. moo
That was unnecessary condescension IMO. Everybody wants justice for Kyron, except the one(s) with something to hide.
It may be worth a try but I just don't think that an email "please don't gossip" to a large group of people is going to keep them all from gossiping if they've got an interest in the subject matter and heard something from somebody.
