http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/26/facebook_comment/
Gee, and I put my presidential platform up on mine. Good thing McDonalds doesn't check blogs how many teens rant on em about their jobs?
Teen sacked for 'boring' job Facebook comment
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Gee, and I put my presidential platform up on mine. Good thing McDonalds doesn't check blogs how many teens rant on em about their jobs?
Hollywood1340
2nd Black Belt
Just goes to show the Internet is public. You'd think people would learn, but so far, they just haven't.
LordOfWu
Orange Belt
I guess it's lucky for them that she didn't have a second job that she was potentially referring to. But I agree, internet information is public, think before you type.
Essex girls you see!
Thats why there's hundreds of jokes about them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_girl
Thats why there's hundreds of jokes about them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_girl
CoryKS
Senior Master
You'd think a marketing firm would have known better than to get themselves into this position.
On the other hand, if they can come out of this looking good it will be a excellent demonstration of their skills.
On the other hand, if they can come out of this looking good it will be a excellent demonstration of their skills.
They aren't a marketing firm. At least not a marketing firm by American perceptions (PR, MarComm, Ad Agency, etc). They are a financial/trade firm and a big one at that.
CoryKS
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I see. The name's kinda misleading, at least from an American perception.
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Hagakure
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A mate of mine at work was telling me about a similar thing happening to a mate of his. Let's say she works for a very, very large IT firm that deals primarily with business machines... She'd had a bad day at this company, and posted as such on her FB profile page. A "friend" of hers at this company printed off said page, and showed it to this girls manager. So, yes, be careful, but Jeez-Louise, watch yer back also!
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How many people here find their jobs boring, raise your hands....
(hears water drop)
c'mon now.... aww c'mon some of you MUST find your job boring ...
(drip)
no-one? Hmm... interesting.
(hears water drop)
c'mon now.... aww c'mon some of you MUST find your job boring ...
(drip)
no-one? Hmm... interesting.
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Somedays, it's so boring I put on old Scooby Doo videos just to break up the day.
Good point. Need to remove 2 co workers I have as friends on my page
Gordon Nore
Senior Master
I hate my job.
I hate my job.
I hate my job.
(Still here.)
I love my union.
Seriously, as a teacher I've seen very unfortunate outcomes in my school board from young people using social networking sites like facebook to publicly malign individuals. There have been a couple of widely publicized cases in this region where students received disciplinary action consistent with school board policy and the province's Education Act. Those are direct attacks on people, mind you. I would expect far more serious repercussions if adults in my workplace were caught doing this.
"My job is boring" is merely an opinion which doesn't do any actual harm to anyone. The kid's, what, seventeen? Teenagers are bored by all kinds of things. If I had a fit every time a teenage student told me s/he was bored, I'd be in padded room. I'd be tickled if the graffiti I saw at school read, "I'm bored."
If this actually bothered the young lady's supervisor, they could sit down and talk about it for cryin' out loud. My old Grandpa was a foreman for the CNR. He told me once, "Any fool can fire a man. It's the smart fella who gets a day's work out of him."
Based on what's been reported here, sacking her looks like a ploy to keep people in line.
I hate my job.
I hate my job.
(Still here.)
I love my union.
Seriously, as a teacher I've seen very unfortunate outcomes in my school board from young people using social networking sites like facebook to publicly malign individuals. There have been a couple of widely publicized cases in this region where students received disciplinary action consistent with school board policy and the province's Education Act. Those are direct attacks on people, mind you. I would expect far more serious repercussions if adults in my workplace were caught doing this.
"My job is boring" is merely an opinion which doesn't do any actual harm to anyone. The kid's, what, seventeen? Teenagers are bored by all kinds of things. If I had a fit every time a teenage student told me s/he was bored, I'd be in padded room. I'd be tickled if the graffiti I saw at school read, "I'm bored."
If this actually bothered the young lady's supervisor, they could sit down and talk about it for cryin' out loud. My old Grandpa was a foreman for the CNR. He told me once, "Any fool can fire a man. It's the smart fella who gets a day's work out of him."
Based on what's been reported here, sacking her looks like a ploy to keep people in line.
Hm. I have to wonder who's the bigger baby ... the girl for posting that she was bored at her job (likely just a status comment ... I could type "shesulsa is going pee") or the company for stooping to fire someone who had a boring moment or who wanted to spice up their page for a bit.
Take a look at my avatar and user title. I haven't had my cho dan revoked yet. :idunno:
Take a look at my avatar and user title. I haven't had my cho dan revoked yet. :idunno:
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Well of course not. That's an MRE spork. Anyone who can keep down an MRE and make it exit( For we all know MRE stands for Meals Refusing to Exit) is one not to be trifled with.
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