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Facebook Yoga Teacher Fired For Asking Employee To Turn Off Phone

Facebook Yoga Teacher Fired For Asking Employee To Turn Off Phone:

A yoga instructor hired by Facebook to run classes for its employees was fired in March for banning students from checking their mobile devices while in a class.

Alice Van Ness, 35, had a long-standing ‘no phone in class’ policy, but one student in particular seemed to ignore it, and when the yoga teacher gave the student a disapproving look, they left the class to carry on using their device. The student in question went on to complain to Van Ness’ managers, and she was subsequently fired two weeks later.

Van Ness’ direct employer – Plus One Health Management – had allegedly told her not to say “no” to any of the Facebook employees, with her termination letter explaining stating:

“[Plus One Health Management] are in the business of providing great customer service… Unless a client requires us to specifically say no to something, we prefer to say yes whenever possible.”

As you may well imagine, Van Ness was somewhat perturbed by the whole experience: “We’re not talking about the U.S. government here. We’re not talking about ‘Russia is about to bomb us’. We’re talking about Facebook. Something can’t wait half an hour?”

An article from the website for the San Francisco Chronicle also says that being fired from Facebook has cost her a position teaching yoga at Cisco Systems.

Do you think that this incident was enough to warrant Facebook firing Alice Van Ness? In my own opinion, given that yoga is something intended to calm and focus both mind and body, phones should be turned off or left at the door. If a company wants to bring in an outside expert to teach a yoga class, perhaps they should trust the judgement of the trained professional, rather than the employee who clearly didn’t care to be there.

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Chad Ochocinco Surprises Grieving Widow With Twitter Invitation To His Wedding

English: Photograph of Chad Ocho Cinco during warm-ups before the opening game versus the Ravens on 9/10/07. Taken by myself from the stands. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Chad Ochocinco Surprises Grieving Widow With Twitter Invitation To His Wedding:

NFL star and Twitter celebrity Chad Ochocinco has been up to his old tricks on the micro-blogging site. And by ‘his old tricks’, I mean reaching out to complete strangers and trying to help them in some way.

The Miami Dolphins wide receiver (previously of the New England Patriots) has over 3.5 million followers, and has a history of being very good with his fans and helping where he can. For example in January this year he flew a fan out to watch one of his games after he discovered that this follower had been tweeting him for two years without received any form of response.

But this most recent story has a much sadder point of origin. Cheryl Minton from Franklin, Ohio, tweeted @Ochocinco about losing her husband of 30 years. This is what followed on Twitter:

So there you have it. A grieving woman reached out to a sports star with probably no expectations of even a response, let alone an all expenses covered invitation to his wedding. This is not to say by any stretch that his actions will magically cure Cheryl Minton’s grief, but it will surely have helped lift her spirits at a time when she must be feeling unimaginably low.

As I said in my January blog about Ochocinco flying Victor Gonzalez out to watch his game, it is so refreshing to see those in privileged positions using their wares to help others – even if it is a temporary or token gesture. Prior to inviting Cheryl Minton to his wedding on July 4th, Chad Ochocinco treated 200 of his Twitter followers to dinner at a New York City restaurant.

With acts of kindness such as these, it’s easy to see why he has millions of people following him.

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Well, for me reading this article was like a breath of fresh air.  Wow, there really are caring people out there providing an unexpected gift at an unexpected time, just out of the goodness of their hearts.

Chad, had just #ReafirmedMyFaithInManKind !!  Maybe I'll even watch a game or two ...just for kicks.. probably not though, just not a sports watching fan. put a ball and bat in my hands though and I'm really to go!! Happy Sunday All!!
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