Let me just throw this out there.  Does having a personal conversation no matter the subject matter warrant someone getting fired from their job?

Maybe. I think a personal conversation of the sort the cops were having is one that strips them of the right to enforce the law. You can't really make this a "no matter what" kind of issue, that conversation constitutes a moral hazard.

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Let me just throw this out there. Myles Jack wasn’t down.

Common ground!

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Let me just throw this out there. Myles Jack wasn’t down.

I think you've just found the only thing everyone here will agree on.

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Let me just throw this out there.  Does having a personal conversation no matter the subject matter warrant someone getting fired from their job?

If the conversation reveals information that materially affects their ability to do their job, or represents extremely poor judgment in choice of topic and venue, it's possible. If I were to approach a coworker and tell him that the new girl in accounting has a sweet, sweet [BLEEP] and I want to tap it and someone else hears it, would HR be wrong to recommend my termination?

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Let me just throw this out there.  Does having a personal conversation no matter the subject matter warrant someone getting fired from their job?

sure, depending on the content.

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