Why Facebook is sooo gonna get you fired

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August 10th, 2009 · 163 comments

Even more dangerous than friending your parents on Facebook? Friending a) your boss and b) the cubicle-mate you kinda can’t stand.

Exhibit a)

Exhibit b)

Exhibit c)

And Exhibit d) (via “the Internet”)

related: Busted by facebook

extra credit: Study says Facebook is like, totally ruining your life …and gonna get you fired [mashable]

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#1 Kass

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn!

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:12 pm rating: 90

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- #1.1 Car RamRod
  
  The first three are kind of lighthearted and taken in good fun, but that last one is just rough. I can only imagine how fucking stupid that broad felt when she saw that response.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:52 am rating: 90
- #1.2 aaa
  
  Broad, eh? Time for a Venture Brothers quote!
  
  Brock: No, Dean, this is Guild business, your father isn’t in any harm. Guild work is clean, professional. It’s surgical with them. In a way they’re the only organization I still respect.
  Hank: And they kill clean, don’t let dames get in the way.
  Brock: Honestly, Hank, where do you pick that stuff up? I never see you read.
  Dean: It’s weird, right?
  Brock: It’s like he channels dead crazy people.
  Hank: You think it’s a cry for help?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 1:48 am rating: 90
- #1.3 marx
  
  re: b)
  
  Go Team Android! *touches Buddha phone to Sara’s*
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:16 am rating: 90
- #1.4 Car RamRod
  
  I’m from NYC and worked construction in Jersey for a while, it’s hard not to pick up certain euphemisms along the way.
  
  Your quote sounds awfully familiar but I can’t place it…
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:58 am rating: 90
- #1.5 Madcap
  
  Um, Venture Brothers? Right there at the top? Before the word “quote”?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 11:24 am rating: 90
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#2 aaa

Any coolness or badassery these bosses/coworkers would have otherwise exuded has been completely obliterated by the fact that they’re telling people what for on the internet.

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:17 pm rating: 90

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- #2.1 bean
  
  I’d say it’s still badass because these idiots are posting this crap while at work.
  
  How you spend your time is one thing, how you spend time people pay you for is gonna bite you in the ass if you carelessly fuck it off on the internet.
  
  Aug 10, 2009 at 11:30 pm rating: 90
- #2.2 bean
  
  unless that’s what you get paid to do.
  
  lucky bastard
  
  Aug 10, 2009 at 11:31 pm rating: 90
- #2.3 aaa
  
  I’m not saying these people shouldn’t get chewed out, because they absolutely should. Just not on the internet. Trying to be a badass on the internet automatically adds an element of douchebaggery to whatever you’re saying or doing.
  
  Aug 10, 2009 at 11:40 pm rating: 90
- #2.4 harmonicpies
  
  Maybe so, aaa. But being responsible for employees like these is the bane of any middle manager’s existence. Being able to shitcan them in front of their friends and families is a cherished fantasy equivalent to taking a dump on your boss’s desk as a resignation.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 7:57 am rating: 90
- #2.5 T.OC
  
  I don’t even know how many times I’ve daydreamed about doing just that very thing.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:15 am rating: 90
- #2.6 C.S. Harmonikah
  
  Yeah, fuck them. They should be working (or at least pretending to work). I think it shows a little humor to burn them on facebook.
  
  And really, if you’re bothered by someone offering a PA response, why the fuck are you on this site?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:45 am rating: 90
- #2.7 aaa
  
  a) Calm down, man! It’s just the internet!
  
  b) I never said that I was bothered (Where the hell did I even say anything close to that? Why would I care if strangers on the internet are being dumbasses?), just that their douchebaggery has overwhelmed whatever awesome they may have because
  
  c) Everybody knows that arguing on the internet makes you a douchebag, even more so with your real name attached and
  
  d) Even though everybody wants people to be professional/nice/not an ass/whatever (because people don’t want to be the target of bad behavior), everybody knows that’s not going to happen, so people have created places to mock the inevitable stupidity. A person doesn’t have to accept a behavior to be amused by it. Plus,
  
  e) I just like the letter e.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 9:28 am rating: 90
- #2.8 Car RamRod
  
  I agree. Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you’re still a retard.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 11:01 am rating: 90
- #2.9 Shadow Lurker
  
  “c) Everybody knows that arguing on the internet makes you a douchebag, even more so with your real name attached and”
  
  So, we’re all douchebags?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 1:22 pm rating: 90
- #2.10 KatieMB
  
  Just the ones who use that saying.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:16 pm rating: 90
- #2.11 Scribbles the Monkey
  
  A while back, I tried inventing the word “douchecrack” and spreading it but it never caught on. I just googled it, though, and it looks like someone else also invented it.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 3:58 pm rating: 90
- #2.12 Canthz_B
  
  So, if one makes the argument on the internet, that arguing on the internet makes one a douchebag, what does that make one?
  
  Slippery slopes…
  
  I argue on the internet sometimes…but then, I freely admit to being a douchebag!
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 10:44 pm rating: 90
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#3 Julia

The first rule of the internet: “Anything you say can and will be used against you at your place of employment.”

You’d think people would have figured this out by now.

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:19 pm rating: 90

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- #3.1 aaa
  
  I kinda hope people never figure it out because a) it’s funny as hell when their dumbassery gets spread all over the internet and b) it leaves room at jobs for people (like me ) who don’t do stupid shit like that.
  
  Aug 10, 2009 at 11:30 pm rating: 90
- #3.2 Julia
  
  Can’t exactly argue with that logic.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:32 am rating: 90
- #3.3 T.OC
  
  I once did a search for my name and I found things from waaaaay back. It never goes away. So, ya, gotta be careful how you post things, and about using your real name.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:17 am rating: 90
- #3.4 GhostWriter
  
  The second rule of the internet: “Anything you say can and will be used against you at your place of employment!”
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:12 am rating: 90
- #3.5 Wordtinker doesnt smith
  
  At 3.3 – I got talked in to googling myself and the only reference found was on some geneology site saying I died in 1875.
  
  Apparently I need to get a life more than most.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:24 pm rating: 91
- #3.6 lilmegz
  
  well that’s’ better than when i googled myself and found this over fucking achiever who is only about 14 with the same name as me. what an eye opener though.
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 9:53 pm rating: 90
- #3.7 MAMARILLA2
  
  I can’t find myself on Google, does this mean I don’t exsist?
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 11:17 am rating: 90
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#4 paula

the last one is the very very very best! whoops! I hope she found another gay wanker to hire her! Hopefully one that doesn’t make her do shit jobs

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:20 pm rating: 90

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- #4.1 bean
  
  That last one is sheer classic! a work of art
  
  Aug 10, 2009 at 11:24 pm rating: 90
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#5 bean

This is why my rules for friending begin with, Have I drunk to extremes with this person? Were they also drinking to extreme?

If the answer for either is no, you don’t make the grade.

But it only works if you make sure you don’t go partying with your co-workers!

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:26 pm rating: 90

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#6 C.S. Harmonikah

That’s great. People should never have there bosses on facebook. Even if you dont, never rant about work. You publicly shit on the people who pay your bills.

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:28 pm rating: 90

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#7 aaa

What kind of dumbass actually friends their boss on Facebook? Is it the same kind of person friends people indiscriminately and ends up with hundreds of “friends” they don’t actually know? Or is it the same kind of person that puts drunk/naked/otherwise embarrassing photos on their profile and don’t bother to make it private?

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:28 pm rating: 90

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- #7.1 bean
  
  yes
  
  Aug 10, 2009 at 11:32 pm rating: 90
- #7.2 ak
  
  hey aaa… I actually have my boss on Facebook, he added me and I thought it would be really awkward to reject him… even though I do try to separate my work and personal lives… I still wouldn’t know how to go about de-friending him without it being weird.
  I do have all of my coworkers grouped together and they’re not allowed to see my photos, wall or status messages… but still, I fell like I never know what might sneak through…
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:50 am rating: 90
- #7.3 agatha christie
  
  I have my boss friended on FB, but I’m also not the type of moron to bitch about work (like the girl in #4) in my status updates.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:59 am rating: 90
- #7.4 thursday
  
  I also have my boss friended, for the same reason as ak. I’m also very careful about what I say under my real name on the internet, especially when it’s work-related.
  
  Unrelatedly, I am wondering if Exhibit D has “Great attention to detail” on her resume.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 5:31 pm rating: 90
- #7.5 aaaaaaaaaaaaa
  
  in my case, my coworkers, boss and i get along pretty well.
  
  granted, friend filters for non-work stuff, but a great way to find someone to cover that extra shift…
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 1:45 am rating: 90
- #7.6 RP
  
  @The people who were friended by bosses: You can change your settings in Facebook so that only people who you’re already friends with can find you in a Search.
  
  I know this doesn’t help you with the boss who’s already been friended but it can help you avoid something similar happening again.
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 2:11 pm rating: 90
- #7.7 it was me
  
  I have several coworkers on Facebook, but they now have privacy settings that allow you to create a special list for those people (in my case “Professional”) and set extremely limited visibility. Still gotta show some discretion in those status updates, but at least those drunken pics from the party last night are hidden.
  
  Aug 14, 2009 at 1:21 pm rating: 90
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#8 C.S. Harmonikah

Travis is the most awesome boss ever.
He called him out in front of all of his friends.
That is so PA

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:30 pm rating: 90

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- #8.1 Madcap
  
  I assumed Travis was a bitchy co-worker, like someone who shares his computer, rather than his boss.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 11:29 am rating: 90
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#9 Canthz_B

Exhibit D has made me the happiest man in the world tonight!!
She aired her beefs on Facebook, and he aired her pink-slip in return!
Brilliant…just the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in months!

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:50 pm rating: 90

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- #9.1 GK
  
  I wish there was a little “Like” link next to her boss’ comment. I like to think it would see a lot of use.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:41 am rating: 90
- #9.2 KatieMB
  
  ITA – I’m even a little jealous of him! Oh how I wish I’d been able to do the same to more than one of my employees!
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:40 am rating: 90
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#10 Canthz_B

Little known fact…on Facebook it’s possible to send private messages to individuals instead of posting publicly.

What?

That’s a widely known fact?

Then these people are assholes!

Aug 10, 2009 at 11:59 pm rating: 90

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#11 Canthz_B

LOL!! This guy thinks he’s not a perv because he’s Gay?

God, I’m getting old…
I remember when that made one a major perv!

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:03 am rating: 90

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- #11.1 marx
  
  And the grandkids nod and smile at the fantastically improbable words of the demented old coot, surreptitiously inventorying the mantlepiece and china cabinet with their eyes every time they glance away.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:11 am rating: 90
- #11.2 C.S. Harmonikah
  
  I couldn’t follow her logic either. It looked like she was implying that the boss was harassing her or treating her inappropriately, but could only offer the reason because he was “making her do shit”.
  
  That would be an interesting sexual harassment lawsuit.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:51 am rating: 90
- #11.3 Canthz_B
  
  News flash for marx: We were not always such a progressive and tolerant society. All jokes are rooted in truth.
  If you think the 1970′s and the Anita Bryant mentality are so very far in the past, you must be 9 years old.
  Drink your milk.
  
  Though I’m loathe to compare attitudes about sexuality and race, I remember when people actually thought the color of a man’s skin meant he was inferior to those of a different color.
  Improbable? Probably.
  True? 100%
  Them’s the breaks, my man!
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 9:05 am rating: 90
- #11.4 Scribbles the Monkey
  
  I don’t think she has a vulva and two breasts to stand on with her harassment case.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 4:06 pm rating: 90
- #11.5 RP
  
  Yeah, the boss thought she was saying he was being pervy toward her when, as you’ve pointed out, she could have been calling him a pervert just because he’s gay.
  
  Makes the fact that he publicly fired her even more amusing even if his argument regarding the perv comment addressed the wrong issue.
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 2:18 pm rating: 90
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#12 Joh Pan

whatever, that last boss is a fucking asshole.

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:12 am rating: 90

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- #12.1 aaa
  
  Well, I’m sure he has a fucking asshole.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:19 am rating: 90
- #12.2 Canthz_B
  
  I don’t know…he may be a very giving person.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:36 am rating: 90
- #12.3 aaa
  
  Very true. But in that case, he may very well have a fucking asshole available for his use.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:47 am rating: 90
- #12.4 Canthz_B
  
  Well, any good relationship requires some give and take…
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:59 am rating: 90
- #12.5 T.OC
  
  Hell. I think Travis kicks ass. I’d love to fire someone that way.
  
  This is inspiration for me. I hope to be able to fire someone this way in the future.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:19 am rating: 90
- #12.6 Canthz_B
  
  Who did Travis fire again?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 9:08 am rating: 90
- #12.7 Holiday Djinn
  
  I maybe fired and temporarily out of work, but you will still be a fucking wanker.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 3:40 pm rating: 90
- #12.8 Seanette
  
  I wouldn’t count on that “out of work” being temporary, Princess. Employers do Google people, you know.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 5:34 pm rating: 90
- #12.9 KatieMB
  
  Oh there’s more than Google to find out about a prospective employee’s past work experience.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 5:44 pm rating: 90
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#13 comment

This is why I keep a strict friends only policy on facebook. If a family member/co-worker asks why I hadn’t friended them I pull the “Oh, I started the account but don’t ever really use it. I haven’t checked it in months” excuse. I’m thinking of starting a friendlier decoy account.

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:13 am rating: 90

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- #13.1 GK
  
  Wait, you only friend friends on those sites? Maybe I’ve completely misunderstood what they’re for all this time…
  
  The things you learn on P.A.N.!
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:43 am rating: 90
- #13.2 Canthz_B
  
  Agreed, GK…can you really call it “networking” if you are not willing to branch out?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 3:52 am rating: 90
- #13.3 C.S. Harmonikah
  
  I’ve thought about the “professional” decoy account. But i’m just too lazy to put that much time into online social networking sites.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:39 am rating: 90
- #13.4 Meesh
  
  Yeah, it’s called LinkedIn.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:47 am rating: 90
- #13.5 C.S. Harmonikah
  
  I actually was in meeting with my last boss and he started talking about “discovering” facebook and asked if I was on it.
  I had to just play really dumb like i had never heard of it.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 4:46 pm rating: 90
- #13.6 RP
  
  Change your privacy settings so people you haven’t friended can’t find you on there. Then you can lie and say you aren’t on it.
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 2:20 pm rating: 90
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#14 aaa

So why does What’s Her Head in Exhibit D have a Myspace-style photo as her profile pic? Classy-ass adults leave that Myspace shit behind and have other people take their blurry, drunken profile pics for them.

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:22 am rating: 90

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- #14.1 Oh Really
  
  I’m pretty sure she’s proven to not be very adept at the internets.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:43 am rating: 90
- #14.2 aaa
  
  True true. It seems like she doesn’t even have any friends (or strangers she’s friended) who’ll tell her what sort of internet douchebaggery is acceptable at this stage in her life.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:49 am rating: 90
- #14.3 GK
  
  Oh, wow, this is like Christmas. Social networking sites have their own social pecking order now? And Facebook is ranked “more classy” than MySpace? Has Bebo been leaving snarky comments on MySpace’s profile? I heard Friendster and LiveJournal have set their statuses to “In A Relationship” again, maybe I should friend LiveJournal after all.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:49 am rating: 90
- #14.4 Myriad
  
  You mean you haven’t seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQMTLKmwrA
  
  Of COURSE there’s a pecking order! Facebook is MUCH cooler than MySpace. Except for all that damn poking.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 5:36 am rating: 90
- #14.5 mollymouse
  
  Thank you for bringing that video into my life.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 5:47 am rating: 90
- #14.6 aaa
  
  The way it usually works is that you have a Myspace in high school (or if you’re a child molester) and get a Facebook once you get into college. Bebo and Friendster are for weird old people. Livejournal is like Myspace; it’s generally for high schoolers and the classy-ass adults use Blogger or (if you’re really bitchin) TypePad. Tumblr is for hipsters and Twitter makes you annoying.
  
  Although, nobody mentions that actually caring about the internet is for losers. ;D
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 9:36 am rating: 90
- #14.7 GK
  
  It all just seems like so much effort to me.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 11:18 am rating: 90
- #14.8 KatieMB
  
  It is.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:24 pm rating: 90
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#15 AuntyBron

Shit-canned on Facebook. Her mother must be so proud.

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:49 am rating: 90

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- #15.1 MAMARILLA2
  
  Because she has her parents friended as well.
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 11:24 am rating: 90
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#16 Canthz_B

So, Rachel, does that mean you won’t be attending the Mongolian BBQ we’re putting together for your surprise promotion announcement?

Aug 11, 2009 at 1:04 am rating: 90

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- #16.1 marx
  
  Apparently Casey in HR had some honest-to-Chthulhu HR work to do.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:13 am rating: 90
- #16.2 Mecha Kali©
  
  Damn! I was going to bring the hats.
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 9:23 pm rating: 90
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#17 Canthz_B

Don’t worry about the bindings, we’ve decided to eat in, and everything is cumming along fine!

Aug 11, 2009 at 1:08 am rating: 90

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#18 Jessica

Wow, I’ve see it all, married on facebook, dumped on facebook, now FIRED on facebook? I don’t even feel sorry for her… just goes to show you should never add your work colleagues.

Aug 11, 2009 at 2:44 am rating: 90

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#19 TP

That last one is fucking priceless.

I feel somehow satisfied after reading that.

Sigh.

Aug 11, 2009 at 3:23 am rating: 90

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#20 mollymouse

She’s probably so internet-illiterate that she didn’t even delete her status after her boss commented.

I really hope she’s facebook friends with her parents.

Aug 11, 2009 at 5:33 am rating: 90

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#21 park rose

He doesn’t prance around the office like a queen, but she got flamed so badly that all that’s left is a pile of ash. Oh, and her marching orders.

Exhibit D is perfection.

Aug 11, 2009 at 6:04 am rating: 90

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#22 Natasha

Why you shouldn’t say something you wouldn’t say to someone’s face on the internet. Jesus Mother Fucking Christ. (And, yes, I have it on good authority those ARE his middle names.)

Aug 11, 2009 at 7:31 am rating: 90

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- #22.1 aaa
  
  I though his real full name was Jesus Fucking Delicious H Christ. :O
  
  But people like to think that they’re completely anonymous on the internet and that nobody can find what they put up their. Even if it has their real name or a well known pseudonym/username attached to it. Who knows why. Especially with all those stories in the news about people getting canned because of they stuff they post online. Oh well.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 9:41 am rating: 90
- #22.2 Mecha Kali©
  
  @aaa: they like to think that … nobody can find what they put up their what?
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 9:31 pm rating: 90
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#23 tinkerbell2

exhibit D made the daily papers over here in the UK, yesterday. Team Boss, 100% – he’s fired her on there to make his point and it definitely worked.. what a stupid cow.

Aug 11, 2009 at 7:36 am rating: 90

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- #23.1 secretrebel
  
  which paper, tinkerbell?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:11 am rating: 90
- #23.2 tinkerbell2
  
  I think it must have been one of the free ones in London as I didn’t read a ‘real’ one yesterday. So either Metro or London Lite.. Or perhaps the Guardian online. Definitely the same story as it said her boss had fired her on her Facebook page after reminding her she was still in her trial period.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:51 am rating: 90
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#24 T.OC

I wonder if those bird chirps are the notification sound from Twitterific?

Aug 11, 2009 at 8:10 am rating: 90

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- #24.1 Seanette
  
  Or TweetDeck.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:43 am rating: 90
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#25 Dizzy

I frequently insult my boss on facebook, especially when tagged in embarrassing photos, but i am self-employed so its fine Buts seriously that made my day! Stupidity knows no bounds.

Aug 11, 2009 at 8:51 am rating: 90

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#26 Rachet

You know…I really like my boss. He’s an awesome guy.

But I would NEVER think of friending him on FB! Why would anyone friend their boss?!

Aug 11, 2009 at 9:11 am rating: 90

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- #26.1 aaa
  
  The same reason why people would friend their parents/grandparents/complete strangers.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 9:43 am rating: 90
- #26.2 anglophile
  
  Severe lack of foresight?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:46 am rating: 90
- #26.3 KatieMB
  
  No life?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:26 pm rating: 90
- #26.4 Holiday Djinn
  
  Trying to get into mishee’s stained panties?
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 3:45 pm rating: 90
- #26.5 RP
  
  Peer pressure.
  
  (Please note the use of a period instead of a question mark.)
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 2:53 pm rating: 90
- #26.6 Guy Smiley
  
  And she friended him after only a few months of working there AND she thinks he’s a perv. My guess is she’s one of those people who’s into quantity of friends on FB, not quality.
  
  Maybe right now she’s friending the lady at the unemployment office.
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 5:51 pm rating: 90
- #26.7 v
  
  You friend your boss on FB because your company develops FB apps and you have to
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 9:38 pm rating: 90
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#27 Ann

Ouch… fired via facebook wall is the new break up by text message.

Aug 11, 2009 at 9:14 am rating: 90

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#28 bibberly

I actually have all three of my immediate supervisors as FB friends. Of course, we usually see ourselves as “in the same boat” when something annoying comes down from the top, and I don’t usually blame them for stuff I don’t like at work (since they don’t really have much control over stupid crap to begin with). On the other hand, I do like my job… but even if I didn’t, I wouldn’t post about it in public where anyone could see it.
FB is blocked at my workplace (and my boyfriend’s). This cuts down on distractions, and also ensures that if you’re angry about something/someone, you have time to cool off before you have a chance to post it as your status.

Some of my coworkers have the duplicate “work-related” accounts – mostly because our job involves teenagers, and they want to be your FB/Myspace friend, but you don’t want them seeing some of the things people might post to your page. I can’t be bothered with this, so I just don’t let the teens be my online friends. I explain why honestly if they ask.

Aug 11, 2009 at 9:26 am rating: 90

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- #28.1 Beanster
  
  i do the same with my students. but i still didn’t need the lengthy explanation. at least not that much.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:13 am rating: 90
- #28.2 park rose
  
  But beans. . . there are those of us who teach visuals and those of us who teach how to be verbose. . . I fall into the latter category and you into the former. Cut us some slack, gal! A thousand words tells a picture every now and then.
  
  (Don’t actually know what bibberly does, but I just gave her my thumb).
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 10:20 am rating: 90
- #28.3 bees
  
  I also ignore friend requests from my students. I like them all very much but I think it’s important to keep some boundaries in place. Which I’d be happy to explain to any student who asks why I won’t friend them.
  
  My boss is one of my FB friends, but since I’m not a total moron, I don’t talk shit about work on my account.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:51 pm rating: 90
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#29 Eccentric_Lady

Laughing my butt off on Exhibit D…

Reading the comments are priceless here.

Aug 11, 2009 at 9:27 am rating: 90

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#30 GhostWriter

Hey, no fair- I just got a pink slip for posting on PAN! Which one of you WANKERS is really my boss in disguise?

Aug 11, 2009 at 10:20 am rating: 90

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#31 Tony Bullard

We had an intern leave a facebook account open once. (He wasn’t even supposed to be on any of the computers.) We made him a fan of a bunch of breast-feeding groups, and invited all his friends to them.

Aug 11, 2009 at 10:25 am rating: 90

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- #31.1 KatieMB
  
  And then….?????
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm rating: 90
- #31.2 jaywalke
  
  Sounds like the perfect time to “out” him as straight to one and all, and then change his password.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:54 pm rating: 90
- #31.3 GK
  
  “out him as straight”? Do… do you even understand how that works?
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 5:31 am rating: 90
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#32 Brat

Yeah, who’s the wanker now, beeyotch?

This is THE BEST thing I’ve ever seen on here!

BRAVO!

Aug 11, 2009 at 11:12 am rating: 90

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#33 GhostWriter

I actually have Cloris Leachman as a FB friend. We met attending a wildlife fundraiser and one thing led to another.

I only friended her to keep track of her relationship status (i.e., when to pounce in for the big feed).

Aug 11, 2009 at 11:17 am rating: 90

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- #33.1 Watchtower
  
  Young Dr. Frankenstein and Facts of Life!
  
  …Would she have any money left?
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 12:18 am rating: 90
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#34 Sara

I think Exhibit D is a personality test. Do you identify more with the whiner or the boss?

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:01 pm rating: 90

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- #34.1 Wordtinker doesnt smith
  
  Team Boss 100% – why wait until tomorrow to fire you when I can slam a few then edit to perfection the ultimate wall post sending you to the Internet Hall of Shame in front of your nearest and dearest along with millions of strangers?
  
  Being a wanker definitely beats being a whiner . Wankers get laughs, whiners get ostracized.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 12:32 pm rating: 90
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#35 bees

Team Boss all the way! She called him a pervy wanker in public, he’s entitled to defend himself publicly.

It might have been a little classier to do something like post a reply saying, “Did you forget that you added me to your FB friends? I’ve sent you a private message, please read it today,” and then say everything he wanted to say in the private message, but still.

Aug 11, 2009 at 12:57 pm rating: 90

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#36 Sarah

Is it just me or is the blacking out of picture 4 rather… phallic?

Aug 11, 2009 at 1:25 pm rating: 90

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#37 Tina Notaro

That last one was awesome!

Aug 11, 2009 at 1:34 pm rating: 90

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#38 Twitch

the last post is precisely why I wont friend my boss. no offence boss, its just not proper. and that is also why I have my FB filtered. I’m sure some bosses would look for employees’ pages just to see what was being said.

Aug 11, 2009 at 1:53 pm rating: 90

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#39 Rob

Twitch you missed the point. Bottom line: This female is a whiny pampered moron who will continue to go thru life, LOL’ing. I’m sure that she (and her friends -with-free-Mazda-that-parents bought them-that’s-slammed) is still going on about, “…her stupid boss!:>*”

Aug 11, 2009 at 2:06 pm rating: 90

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- #39.1 Mecha Kali©
  
  huh?
  
  I guess i missed the point too. And you missed the link to nest your comments as a reply.
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 9:42 pm rating: 90
- #39.2 Canthz_B
  
  ’round here we call it “gigglebraxing”, but I suppose you missed that as well.
  
  Fail by association.©
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 10:06 pm rating: 90
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#40 Bob Loblaw

i like this part……

I’ll pop your p45 in the post.

keep the iliteration going using the word pussy, poop and pickel

Aug 11, 2009 at 2:55 pm rating: 90

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- #40.1 park rose
  
  alliteration, pickel-wickel-poopsie
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:42 pm rating: 90
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#41 Silhouette

Remember, daily FBing of “I love my job, my boss, and my coworkers” will help create goodwill at the water cooler and foster job security. But do it before 8 or after 5.

Aug 11, 2009 at 3:21 pm rating: 90

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#42 Bob Loblaw

seriously, it’s fucking raining again ………

Aug 11, 2009 at 5:24 pm rating: 90

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- #42.1 park rose
  
  …falling on my head like a memory.
  
  Aug 11, 2009 at 8:43 pm rating: 90
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#43 Tim

Reminds me of http://phonejacked.tumblr.com

Aug 11, 2009 at 5:50 pm rating: 90

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#44 Dar

I love the boss in #4!!!! I have a coworker that’s a lot like this chick. She complains if she’s given something to do – even if it’s just something that falls utterly and totally in the realm of her job duties. She seems to feel that she should be able to come in and do whatever tasks she feels like doing that day – and nothing else!!

Aug 11, 2009 at 9:20 pm rating: 90

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- #44.1 Dee Motivated
  
  During the many, many years of being a retail slave (before graduating college) I had the (dis)pleasure of having many a teenager like this as a co-worker. If you asked them to do anything they rolled their eyes, sighed, refused to move their asses, or did a half-assed incompetent job just to be passive-aggressive. Then when they got canned they’d whine, “But that’s not faaaaair!” and they’d stomp off to mummy and daddy and complain about how mean everyone was…..and what’s worse is mummy and daddy would come bursting in and roar about how cruel it was their lazy, overindulged spawn got fired for laziness, dishonesty, rudeness, etc.
  
  Aug 15, 2009 at 11:46 am rating: 90
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#45 Hmm

I think the last one is probably fake, but I like it.

Aug 11, 2009 at 9:38 pm rating: 90

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- #45.1 Guy Smiley
  
  Nah, too straightforeward and serious to be fake. He didn’t use any profanity or personal insults which could come back to haunt him, he was careful to list her previous shortcomings in the job so that he could prove a pattern of ineptitude on the job. A fake FB on this would have tried to make it jokey, maybe had a back and forth FB post war going on…yup, that was a real live firing. GREAT!
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 5:58 pm rating: 90
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#46 Miss Silver

Getting fired over facebook is HARSH. Now everyone knows what a dumbass you are. I kinda feel sorry for that chick but then again, not really.

Aug 11, 2009 at 10:47 pm rating: 90

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#47 Caribou

I wonder if she defriended her boss after he fired her over Facebook?

Aug 11, 2009 at 11:39 pm rating: 90

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- #47.1 Neeners
  
  I wonder if he was on facebook AT work too and saw it? Does that make him a hypocrite gay wanker, facebooking at work? Still Team Boss 100% too funny! What is a wanker?
  
  Aug 16, 2009 at 1:32 am rating: 90
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#48 aaaaaaaaaaaaa

Team Boss!

Aug 12, 2009 at 1:51 am rating: 90

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#49 piedlourde

Exhibit d) is GLORIOUS!

Aug 12, 2009 at 6:59 am rating: 90

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#50 zorpo

Team Employee!

That boss doesn’t sound like a total A-hole to you guys? What does that whole part about him being gay have to do with anything? Not to mention that while Employee’s post may well be grounds for dismissal, that’s NOT the way you fire someone. You don’t do it publicly and you don’t do it with insults. Being the boss means being the bigger man.

Aug 12, 2009 at 12:12 pm rating: 90

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- #50.1 Canthz_B
  
  Well, since he said “…I pay you…”, he’s more than the boss…he’s the owner.
  
  That means he can pretty much do anything he jolly well pleases.
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm rating: 90
- #50.2 KatieMB
  
  I think she deserves the same amount of professionalism from him that she gave him. Besides, all her co-workers were cheering him on as he did it.
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 10:04 pm rating: 90
- #50.3 harmonicpies
  
  Actually, I think that would be “Team Ex-employee.”
  
  And no, I don’t think he sounds like an a-hole. He sounds like a guy who has Had Enough. I bet he wasted hours every day dealing with that temperamental little snot and the parade of her co-workers through his office complaining about her.
  
  Aug 12, 2009 at 10:19 pm rating: 90
- #50.4 RP
  
  He said that he’s gay to point out that he literally can’t be interested in her in response to her calling him a pervert. He inferred that she meant that he had done or said something to her that was perverted.
  
  I might be able to feel bad for her that this is now all over the Internet but I can’t bring myself to think ill of the boss for replying to the comment that’s getting her fired.
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 2:32 pm rating: 90
- #50.5 MAMARILLA2
  
  Sounded to me as though perhaps the Princess has tried repeatedly to hit up the Boss and was all snarky about being turned down..
  
  Aug 13, 2009 at 4:21 pm rating: 90
- #50.6 Canthz_B
  
  I’m with you ‘rilla.
  
  How frustrating to not be able to sleep one’s way to the top, even after the breast implants.
  
  Bad investment? NO!! He must be a perv!!
  Yeah, that’s the ticket!!
  
  Aug 16, 2009 at 12:53 am rating: 90
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#51 mandy

this is HILARIOUS!

Aug 12, 2009 at 1:22 pm rating: 90

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#52 Ashley

oh my gosh that last one is amazing. I love it!!

Aug 12, 2009 at 6:01 pm rating: 90

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#53 Mrs. Me

OMG Exhibit B, I am TOTALLY in the same boat as you!!! My co worker PISSES ME THE HELL OFF and she’s my damn FB Friend, so I can’t complain!!!

Aug 13, 2009 at 11:05 am rating: 90

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#54 Guy Smiley

The best part of the last post is that everyone else she friended saw the firing in realtime. LOL. And you just KNOW they forwarded it to everyone they knew and posted it on their wall, etc.

Oops.

Aug 13, 2009 at 5:55 pm rating: 90

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#55 Lenny

I love Facebook. It has confirmed that most of the people I work with (not friends but acquaintances, you know, work mates) are total morons. I’m slowly sneakily saving photos as i go (I’m in FB under a fake name so I can evidence gather). Anyone wants to pull shit on me will become one of those humorous demotivational posters and be sent round the world by that antiquated (but still very effective) email thingy.

Aug 14, 2009 at 2:45 am rating: 90

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#56 Lara

Why would you add your boss as a friend on Facebook if you hated him?

Aug 16, 2009 at 6:27 am rating: 90

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#57 Kerry

Ooooh SNAP!! Fired on FB! What a dumbass!

Aug 17, 2009 at 4:53 am rating: 90

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#58 bobby

Team Pervy wanker!

Aug 21, 2009 at 4:03 pm rating: 90

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#59 CeaseToAmazeMe

too bad for that last girl, She should have gone to trueofficeconfessions.com to tell that, not facebook, DUHHHHH!

Aug 28, 2009 at 9:00 pm rating: 90

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#60 Karey

I don’t know, I think that last boss kinda showed himself to be the psycho boss she had been accusing him of being, with his response there. I guess I’m alone in this thought. Is freaking out over a coworker in an off-duty place like fb very proffessional? He seems not to have any sense of boundaries, like where he is a boss and where he isn’t.

Aug 31, 2009 at 2:47 am rating: 90

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- #60.1 KatieMB
  
  ….and his former employee seems to have no common sense about what she posts on FB nevermind WHEN she posts it.
  
  He definitely could have been more professional, but I think she got exactly what she deserved.
  
  Aug 31, 2009 at 6:37 am rating: 90
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#61 Karey

Who’s to say its even the right boss? Maybe she has more than one job. She doesn’t identify by name, if it was me I would have pretended I had more than one job, then gone straight to human resources to file a complaint about being inappropriately harassed outside of work. I’m pretty sure that whole post is fake though.

Aug 31, 2009 at 8:40 pm rating: 90

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