”An Auckland accountant was sacked for sending ‘confrontational’ emails with words in red, in bold and in capital letters. . . .

    ProCare told the authority [Vicki] Walker – who was fired in December 2007 after two years of employment – had caused disharmony in the workplace by using block capitals, bold typeface and red text in her emails. . . .

    Authority member Alastair Dumbleton said Ms Walker received no warnings, and while she had contributed to disharmony in the workplace it was not to the extent that dismissal was fair or reasonable.”

—Rebecca Lewis, “Emails spark woman’s sacking”, The New Zealand Herald, Aug 30, 2009.