Now this is just stupid… two secretaries get into a flame war over a ham sandwich and they get sacked?

Talk about extreme disciplinary action! If I were their boss I would have just bought them both ham sandwiches and let them cool off…

I don’t know how people expect to have employees not use email for personal purposes. The whole idea about employee retention is that you want them to be as personal to the company as they possibly can. If they feel like they belong to the company, they will get personal.