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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 45745" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Where I work, it's all pretty clear-cut. There's "<em>passing along information</em>" and then there's "<em>snitching</em>" and there's a huge difference! </p><p> :nonono:</p><p>Of course, I work in a Close Security prison, so we have rules and regulations out the ying-yang! Breaking the rules where I work can put people in serious danger, including injury or death! If we are aware of someone who is breaking a <em>serious</em> rule - bringing in contraband (drugs or weapons), being lax in security procedures, overlooking safety regulations, etc. - we are expected to "tell". These people are putting themselves and all of the rest of us at serious risk and you HAVE to pass that along to the proper people. You CANNOT let it go by and look the other way. If we are aware of something like this going on and DON'T tell, we would be in just as much or more trouble ourselves as the one who was doing it!</p><p></p><p>But "snitching", at least where I work, is a totally different thing! "Snitching" is when you run and tell something relatively minor, something that would never amount to a hill of beans anyway, something that endangers no one, to either gain favor for yourself or to "kiss up" to the powers-that-be! Suppose you knew of someone who called in "sick" when they weren't really sick - it's none of your business and you keep your mouth shut! You don't run and rat them out! The ones that do things like that are considered lower than dirt! That guy that you ratted out may be the same one who has to come in and rescue your b*typical teen if we ever have "problems" again. You just don't do it! We had one guy who "snitched" on another one TEN YEARS AGO over something trivial in hopes of getting his job and hours! It didn't work, and he is still known as a "snitch" among the oldtimers like us!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 45745, member: 1883"] Where I work, it's all pretty clear-cut. There's "[i]passing along information[/i]" and then there's "[i]snitching[/i]" and there's a huge difference! [img]:nonono:[/img] Of course, I work in a Close Security prison, so we have rules and regulations out the ying-yang! Breaking the rules where I work can put people in serious danger, including injury or death! If we are aware of someone who is breaking a [i]serious[/i] rule - bringing in contraband (drugs or weapons), being lax in security procedures, overlooking safety regulations, etc. - we are expected to "tell". These people are putting themselves and all of the rest of us at serious risk and you HAVE to pass that along to the proper people. You CANNOT let it go by and look the other way. If we are aware of something like this going on and DON'T tell, we would be in just as much or more trouble ourselves as the one who was doing it! But "snitching", at least where I work, is a totally different thing! "Snitching" is when you run and tell something relatively minor, something that would never amount to a hill of beans anyway, something that endangers no one, to either gain favor for yourself or to "kiss up" to the powers-that-be! Suppose you knew of someone who called in "sick" when they weren't really sick - it's none of your business and you keep your mouth shut! You don't run and rat them out! The ones that do things like that are considered lower than dirt! That guy that you ratted out may be the same one who has to come in and rescue your b*typical teen if we ever have "problems" again. You just don't do it! We had one guy who "snitched" on another one TEN YEARS AGO over something trivial in hopes of getting his job and hours! It didn't work, and he is still known as a "snitch" among the oldtimers like us! [/QUOTE]
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