Lecturer sacked for question marks

英教授爱打问号被处分

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

一位大学讲师因在发信息时“具有攻击性地”使用过多问号被校方免去部分职务，近日法院判定校方应对他予以赔偿。

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.

英国一大学的物理学系讲师兼宿舍管理员比诺伊·索布那克被校方免去了宿管员的职务，原因是他在交流中使用了“过多的问号”，造成“令人生畏的”氛围。

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

有人投诉索布那克对他的几位协管员有不符合职业规范的行为。

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

索布那克发送的有一则短信中连用了六个问号：“你为什么不听话？？？？？？已经决定了的事情就照做！”

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

就业仲裁法庭裁定，校方对索布那克免职的做法有失公平，应赔偿他1.5万英镑。

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

然而有法官认为，索布那克的多条信息“粗暴无礼、且毫无必要地咄咄逼人”，因此降低了校方的赔偿金额。