If you are going to “chuck a sickie” after a big night out, it’s probably not a good idea to announce it in your status update on Facebook. But that is exactly what a Sydney call centre worker did…and of course, he was sprung by his boss. Oh well, at least he seems to have had the good humour to take it on the chin (what else could you do?).
Update
Was the whole thing a set-up designed to embarrass this poor fellow? AAPT is suggesting that it was a hoax. (Hat tip to Capri in comments below).
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Nothing new. Many years ago a Ginger Meggs (you’re too young) cartoon showed that GM wagged school to go to the cricket but he was sprung after being photographed for the newspapers catching a ball that went over the fence.
My Mum was sprung not wearing her parka at the football when she was a kid after the camera scanned over the crowd. When she got home, she was most surprised when my grandma said, “You weren’t wearing your parka like you promised me.”
You’d think people would know better, but apparently not.
It should go without saying that if you want to stay out of trouble and keep a good reputation, don’t get sloshed and then boast about it online.
But heads up, an article at the following url puts a new twist on this story, claiming it was a hoax and Kyle was set up. As unlikely as that is, it could be possible if he shared his Facebook account with someone else or forgot to log out at the office and some trouble-maker decided to use it.
http://www.news.com.au:80/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24545539-5007132,00.html
I’ve been told (the reliability of the source is unknown) that HR departments are checking for myspace & facebook profiles of potential employees.
Why people would be so stupid to create one in their own name I don’t know!
Or, at least, why you’d put anything on a profile which you don’t want prospective employers to know!