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" Shortly before Christmas, in the spirit of that season, my manager at Waterstone�s asked me to come into the office. Within a few, short moments I was told that for comments I had posted on this web site I was now subject to an enquiry to determine if I should face a disciplinary hearing for �gross misconduct� because I had �brought the company into disrepute�. I was informed (more than once) that this could cause my dismissal. I was suspended on pay and escorted from the premises of the bookstore I had worked in for eleven years.
Because of the holidays the disciplinary hearing was not held until yesterday, Wednesday 5th. I could not really talk about it here while the process was ongoing � I am now free to discuss what happened for the brutally simple reason that Waterstone�s dismissed me from my job yesterday."