英教授愛打問號被處分

Lecturer sacked for question marks

英教授愛打問號被處分

A university lecturer who was sacked from his job for "aggressively" using excessive amounts of question marks in texts has won a pay-out.

一位大學講師因在發信息時“具有攻擊性地”使用過多問號被校方免去部分職務，近日法院判定校方應對他予以賠償。

Binoy Sobnack was removed from his role as warden of a hall of residence at a University following complaints that his use of "multiple punctuation marks" created an "intimidating" tone.

英國一大學的物理學系講師兼宿舍管理員比諾伊·索布那克被校方免去了宿管員的職務，原因是他在交流中使用了“過多的問號”，造成“令人生畏的”氛圍。

The physics lecturer was accused of uNPRofessional behavior toward sub-wardens who helped him take care of the students.

有人投訴索布那克對他的幾位協管員有不符合職業規範的行爲。

Messages sent by Dr Sobnack included one that featured six question marks: "Why don't you listen?????? Stick to what has been decided!"

索布那克發送的有一則短信中連用了六個問號：“你爲什麼不聽話？？？？？？已經決定了的事情就照做！”

But an employment tribunal has ruled Dr Sobnack was unfairly dismissed and awarded him almost 15,000 pounds in compensation.

就業仲裁法庭裁定，校方對索布那克免職的做法有失公平，應賠償他1.5萬英鎊。

However, a judge ruled that the messages were "brusque, blunt and unnecessarily aggressive in tone" and reduced the compensation amount.

然而有法官認爲，索布那克的多條信息“粗暴無禮、且毫無必要地咄咄逼人”，因此降低了校方的賠償金額。