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People saying or doing stupid things that get them fired. 

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People saying or doing stupid things that get them fired. 

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I agree with all of these except the one about the bus driver who shared his concerns about a student who was hungry

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From an art teacher poking fun at a student on Instagram, to a high school teacher posting pictures of herself smoking pot to Facebook. We look through 15 Times Social Media Got People Fired! Click Here To Subscribe!

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1) One person actually didn't have any type of social media and this prevented him from getting hired because employers are looking to see what type of person you really are besides what you tell the interviewer.

I don' t think the person should have been denied the job because some people actually don't have social media and it is unfair fro them not to hire him just because he isn't the "typical" type of person.

2) A new hire had just left the interview with the new information that he would be getting drug tested the next day. the new hire tweeted asking how he could pass a drug test within 24 hours.

I think this person should have been fired because it shows that he is obviously a negligent drug abuser since he used drugs pretty much right before his interview.

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These people should have thought a little harder before updating their statuses

Behold: 20 great reasons to A) use Pentagon-level security settings on your social media accounts and B) not post horrible things - courtesy of Reddit.

1. "A former colleague of mine posted about how he was going to use up all his sick leave then quit. He posted it at 9 a.m., and was told he didn't have a job at 11 a.m."

2. "I had to fire someone for this. He was a volunteer firefighter and left for a call which I allowed. Fifteen minutes later someone showed me his five minute-old post of him riding quads saying something along the lines of 'Sometimes you just need to F-off from work.' That put him on a final warning. He then left because he said HIS house was on fire then half-an-hour later his wife tagged him in a photo of him sitting in a kiddie pool in front of his house. The funny thing is, in both cases, if he had simply asked to leave early I probably would have said yes."

3. "I work in a hospital and there was a police shooting in my area a couple of years ago. Multiple officers were brought into our ER. One officer was DOA and a number of idiot hospital employees posted condolences on their Facebook pages with the name of the officer before the family was officially informed. Seven or eight employees were rightfully fired for that one."

4. "I once didnt get a job since I don't have Facebook/etc. Apparently they wanted to see the kind of person I was, and I told them I like my privacy."

5. "A prospective employee at the company I work for had just passed his interview, and was told that all he needs to do is pass a drug test and a physical and he would start on Monday. Someone found the new hire on Facebook and the guy had just posted 20 minutes after the interview, 'S-! Anyone know how to pass a drug test in 24 hours?!'"

6. "I had to fire an employee for a tweet he wrote about a customer. He tweeted '(customer's full name) would be a great name for a porn star.' I found out about it when the customer's lawyer called me the next day threatening action. Turns out the guy worked for the local newspaper and obsessively searched his name on all social media."

7. "I was younger and an idiot. I posted something on facebook about wanting to go home and play The Sims so I could create [telecommunications store I worked for] on it and then slowly kill off all the customers. I was working a late night shift in a mall and forgot our new coworker had added me on Facebook days before."

8. "I worked in tech assistance at an electronics store in college. A coworker was fired when a famous actor came in and she posted a lot of his private info on Facebook. Like '[Full name of actor] came into our store and bought this and this and has a black Amex card' and stuff he had on his computer ... not once but on 2 separate occasions."

9. "One of my Facebook friends worked for the postal service in my town. She posted about how she wanted to kill her boss and went into some gory details. Then, about 5 hours later, she posted another status about how the Feds showed up at her house and that one of her coworkers had showed her boss the status and she was now fired. She's obviously really dumb."

10. "Guy at my company got sacked for putting a Facebook status along the lines of 'f-ng immigrants, I hate them' not realizing both his bosses (also owners of the company) were second generation immigrants from India. They started the company from scratch and now employ 30 people. They pay for full gym membership, healthcare, and generous pension for all the staff, which he had to say goodbye to when he was fired."

11. "I worked for a place that has a giftshop. Inside of this gift shop were the most ugly, unwearable scarves on the face of the planet. I was younger and didn't really care about the company or any possible consequences.I started a movement called 'Scarf Tuesday.' Basically, a few of us (on the clock) would meet up at 9 every Tuesday and wear a scarf for a photo on Facebook. These photos started getting likes and people loved them, so we kept going.

A few months later, I get pulled into my bosses office. On the wall are at least twenty of the scarf Tuesday pictures WITH THE FACES BLURRED OUT. My boss asks me, to this day, the funniest question I've ever been asked: 'What do you see here?' I smiled and told him it looked like employees wearing scarves.

He said he found it 'hilarious' but it was unacceptable and he was disappointed. Apparently somebody watching the cameras wasn't happy and watched us for weeks piling evidence. Everybody had similar meetings in the next few days. I didn't get canned right away because we stopped doing Scarf Tuesday, but the retaliation was awful and eventually I was blamed for just about everything that went wrong and got fired."

12. "A co-worker of mine was fired recently because he got caught sneaking off from work to smoke weed and drink. This moron would post post photos of him smoking and drinking on Facebook. The boss found out and predictably fired him on the spot. This guy was almost 30-years-old."

13. "A girl I know was a nurse at a hospital and got fired for posting things on Facebook such as: 'Soooooo sleepy here in the ICU. Will someone please code and give me something exciting to do? #isthatbad?' and a lot of racist things. The dumbest part about it was she was TAGGING the hospital she worked at in her posts"

14. "I posted a blog post on MySpace in 2005 that got me discharged from the Army. I indicated I had romantic feelings for a female and that I had acted on those feelings (I am also female). My sergeant suspected I was involved with this woman so she looked me up on MySpace, saw the blog post, and 3 months later, I was discharged for 'homosexual conduct.'"

15. "Joined a games studio alongside a guy who'd just finished his philosophy degree. He felt that the game's official forums were the best place to discuss whether disabled people would be 'Of as much value as pigs' after a post-apocalyptic event, and if they should be simply slaughtered and eaten. All using his company account, of course."

16. "My female friend (18) was DM'd through Twitter by the news presenter (37) of our city. He was talking about her beach pictures and how she is really pretty and how they need to get together. He lost his job later that week, mostly because he used the wheather channel's Twitter account."

17. "My mom's ex boyfriend was a waiter at a very elite restaurant and normally got very nice tips. Some guy left him a $5 tip for an over $100 bill and he got mad and posted the customer's information on Facebook. He got fired the next day."

18. "I was let go from the nations third largest insurance company for what were called 'offensive tweets.' Apparently someone with a name similar to mine was tweeting vulgar things to comedy accounts and they brought me into HR and terminated me. I sued for wrongful termination and won."

19. "It was my first week on the job a week at a law firm, and had to ride with one of the female employees to the UPS store. She was a terrible driver, and almost wrecked multiple times. I posted on Facebook, 'One week on the job and my coworker is trying to kill me; worst driver ever.' The next day I was called into my bosses office with the girl sitting there with an expressionless look on her face, and there was a printout of my post. It was awkward and they fired me on the spot. All of my account information was also set to private, so they figured a way to check my activity."

20. "A few years ago I knew a girl doing social media for a pastry company. Well, this was also around the time of the Casey Anthony trial, and the day the verdict was released she tweeted 'Who's #notguilty about eating all the tasty treats they want?!'

It SERIOUSLY blew up and she ended up getting fired a few days later. She was pretty upset about it for a while, but tells the story at parties now and gets that it's pretty funny."
Stories have been edited from Reddit for length and clarity.

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Employees Who Were Fired Because of Social Media Posts

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These people should have thought a little harder before updating their statuses Behold: 20 great reasons to A) use Pentagon-level security settings on your social media accounts and B) not post horrible things - courtesy of Reddit. 1. "A former colleague of mine posted about how he was going to use up all his sick leave then quit.

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An employee gets fired over posting his opinion about an issue affecting the local community.

He should not have been fired because he was only posting his opinion which had nothing to do with his job/company and wasn't speaking negatively towards them.

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Employee fired over Facebook comments, be ware of Employers monitoring your Internet Usage,

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Meteorologist fired over commenting on online post.

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Meteorologist fired over commenting on online post.

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The station claimed it was against policy, but could never provide any proof of the policy.

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A meteorologist for KTBS is fired after responding to controversial comments from a viewer on Facebook.

The TV station in Shreveport, Louisiana, says Rhonda Lee was let go for violating company procedure.

Published reports say Lee was responding to racially charged remarks about her short, natural hairstyle, that referred to her as "the black lady that does the news" and suggested she "wear a wig or grow some more hair."

The exchange between Lee and the viewer happened on KTBS 3 News' Facebook page.

KTBS issued the following statement, saying they don't typically comment on personal matters, but felt that due to the issue, they decided to speak out.

"On November 28, 2012, KTBS dismissed two employees for repeated violation of the station's written procedure. We can confirm that Rhonda Lee was one of the employees. Another employee was a white male reporter who was an eight year veteran of the station. The policy they violated provided a specific procedure for responding to viewer comments on the official KTBS Facebook page. Included is an email that was sent to all news department employees informing them of this procedure. This procedure is based on advice from national experts and commonly used by national broadcast and cable networks and local television stations across the country.
Unfortunately, television personalities have long been subject to harsh criticism and negative viewer comments about their appearance and performance. If harsh viewer comments are posted on the station's official website, there is a specific procedure to follow.
Ms. Rhonda Lee was let go for repeatedly violating that procedure and after being warned multiple times of the consequences if her behavior continued. Rhonda Lee was not dismissed for her appearance or defending her appearance. She was fired for continuing to violate company procedure."

Lee told CNN that she asked to see the policy and was told nothing was written down.

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Meteorologist Fired For Responding To Facebook Comment

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A meteorologist for KTBS is fired after responding to controversial comments from a viewer on Facebook.The TV station in Shreveport, Louisiana, says Rhonda Lee was let go for violating company procedure.Published reports say Lee was responding to racially charged remarks about her short, natural hairstyle, that referred to her as

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A man loses his job after taking a picture with a child that is not his and posting it on social media making racist comments about him.

He should be fired because he works in a daycare and if he is racist he wouldn't treat the kids the same. Also, it is violating the kids rights by posting pictures of him without his or his parents consent.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - An Atlanta man was fired from his job over a post that caused outrage on Facebook.

Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Gerod Roth was fired last week after posting a photo he took at work with his co-worker's child behind him.

Roth is white, and the child is black.

Roth's Facebook friends reportedly made several comments and racist remarks about the photo, which went viral.

Some of the comments were "I didn't know you were a slave owner," and "Help feed this pour child today." At one point, Roth wrote "He was feral," under the post, which has since been deleted.

Sydney Shelton is the mother of the three-year-old child, Cayden. She told Fox 5 Atlanta that she was unaware that Roth took and posted the photo. She said she often brings Cayden to work after he gets out of school.

Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Roth said he didn't think Shelton would mind if he posted the photo. He said he later emailed Shelton an apology.

Shelton made a post Oct. 3 talking about her son and what happened. She also created the hashtag #HisNameisCayden, starting a whole online movement to support him.

The Polaris Marketing Group, where Roth worked with Shelton, also posted about the situation and confirmed that Roth lost his job over it.
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Man loses job over Facebook post about co-worker's 3-year-old son

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ATLANTA, Ga. -- An Atlanta man was fired from his job over a post that caused outrage on Facebook. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that Gerod Roth was fired last week after posting a photo he took at work with his co-worker's child behind him. Roth is white, and the child is black.

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This woman got a job at a local daycare. She was excited to have a job, but didn't like working with a lot of little children. She shared her feeling on Facebook and was soon fired after the boss found out

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THE COLONY, Texas - When a Texas mom vented about her new job online, she was fired before her first day at work. As a single mom, Kaitlyn Walls said she was happy that she finally found steady work to help pay the bills. She seemed less excited that the job was at a daycare center.

"I start my new job today," the 27-year-old mom posted on Facebook. "But I absolutely hate working at day care." She also wrote "I just really hate being around a lot of kids."

Her post sparked immediate criticism on social media.

"I had all these girls attacking me because I don't want to be around a lot of kids all the time," Walls said. "I actually cried. It really hurt me because I wasn't trying to offend anybody ever."

Walls said when the daycare operators got wind of her post, they told her to not bother coming in to work.

"It really was a big mistake," Walls admitted. "I don't hate children, no not at all, I have my own, she's beautiful I love her. I was just venting."

Walls said once she landed her next job, she would keep her opinions to herself.

"I'm not going to post anything like it ever no matter how I feel," Walls said.

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Daycare teacher fired over Facebook post about children

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THE COLONY, Texas - When a Texas mom vented about her new job online, she was fired before her first day at work. As a single mom, Kaitlyn Walls said she was happy that she finally found steady work to help pay the bills. She seemed less excited that the job was at a daycare center.

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These nursing staff post videos of suffering elderly people on snapchat gets fired and some even get felony charges of abuse.

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FRIENDSHIP, Wis. -- It's a good bet your grandma's not on Snapchat. At least, not on purpose. Across the country young nurse aides are sharing photos and videos of elderly residents on social media, without their knowledge. It's invasive, embarrassing, and - in some cases - it's a crime.

John L. Miklavicic was born in 1927, the same year the first transatlantic telephone call was placed from New York to London. 87 years later, it's a safe bet he didn't know much about Snapchat. Neither did his son, John M. Miklavicic.

"You have a Snapchat account?" FOX6 asked Miklavicic.

"No, I didn't even know what it was 'til they explained it to me," he responded.

Snapchat is a social media app used to share photos and videos called "Snaps" with friends. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, each "Snap" disappears within seconds, unless it's posted to a user's story, where friends can see it for 24 hours.

But what happened in the tiny Adams County village of Friendship, Wisconsin, was hardly an expression of friendship.

"They're in the last years of their life. They deserve respect," Miklavicic said.

The elder Miklavicic had lost his leg to diabetes and his wife to a heart attack when his son placed him at Villa Pines - the nursing home just down the road.

His dementia was so advanced, he would often forget his wife was gone.

"He was going around the halls in his wheelchair, calling for Thelma. You know, 'Thelma, where are you?'" Miklavicic explained about his dad's condition.

The staff said he was agitated and, one day, a nurse aide decided to tell her friends about it. She shared a Snapchat video of Miklavicic with the caption "JERK!" across the middle.

"One of the employees was kicking his wheelchair and the Snapchat showed him trying to kick back and other employees laughing in the background," Miklavicic recalled.

No one said a word until three weeks later when a co-worker reported the video to state inspectors.

Villa Pines fired 23-year-old Allexys Meyers, the Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), who shared the video. The Sheriff's Office sought no criminal charges and Miklavicic says he never heard another word from the nursing home.

"I never got any kind of an apology, sympathy, we're so sorry what happened," Miklavicic said.

For victims' families, it's an act that comes with embarrassment.

One victim's daughter did not want to be identified beyond her first name, Mary. For decades, Mary's mother lived across the street from Lambeau Field until her daughter moved her to assisted living at Brookview Meadows in Green Bay.

It was there that a pair of CNAs were taking photos and videos of residents vomiting, passing stool and showering and sharing them on Snapchat.

One night, 22-year-old Michelle Bulger and 19-year-old Ashley Schumberg engaged in an unorthodox procedure to help Mary's mom with an obstructed bowel. The 84-year-old woman was nude from the waist down. Bulger was gagging and covering her mouth with her T-shirt, while Schaumberg recorded with her phone. Both of the women were laughing.

"My mom took good care of me all my life," Mary said. "To think that somebody would not treat her in a respectable manner was beyond words. I lost it."

Bulger and Schaumberg were charged with felonies, but pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. They can no longer work as caregivers in state-regulated facilities. However, Mary and her family are going one step further by suing the nursing home for invasion of privacy.

"It's total disrespect and total violation of somebody's privacy," Mary said.

Mary's attorneys, Ann Jacobs and Jackie Chada Nuckels, are teaming up to sue Brookview Meadows.

"Cases like these, we need to shine light on them so they don't happen again," Jacobs said.

"Somebody's dignity and privacy is grossly violated," Nuckels said.

They say it's time to draw attention to a growing problem across the country of caregivers abusing, degrading and humiliating the elderly on social media.

"It is intensely personal," Jacobs said.

It's an issue Greg Crist, a spokesman for the America Health Care Association (AHCA), takes seriously.

"If that were my mother or my grandmother, I wouldn't want that to be shared or posted online," Crist said.

The AHCA is an industry group that represents assisted living centers and nursing homes. Crist says while he doesn't want to see any cases like this, they aren't seen often.

"The good news is it's uncommon. It's rare - one case is one too many," Crist said.

Last winter, the non-profit news team at ProPublica detailed 37 cases of inappropriate social media posts at elder care facilities across the country, including four in Wisconsin. In addition to the cases in Friendship and Green Bay, a CNA in Stoughton shared pictures of a resident lying naked in bed covered in feces. Earlier this year, a 21-year-old staffer in Kenosha snapped a video of a partially nude, 93-year-old Alzheimer's patient playing tug-of-war with her clothes. At the time, Grace Riedlinger "thought it was funny." Now, she's facing criminal charges.

Nuckels says she sees a pattern with the people involved in these cases.

"It tends to be, sort of, the younger workers who are very active on social media," Nuckels said.

Every Wisconsin case has something in common. Nurse aides had personal cell phones with them while they cared for residents.

"There should not be any cell phones on the floor. Period," Jacobs said.

Crist says most nursing homes already have rules that prohibit staff members from using cell phones in patient rooms.

"If you are in their room, you should not have a device. It should not be out," Crist said.

After a recent inquiry by Iowa Senator Charles Grassley, the AHCA sent all of its members a memo urging them to ban personal electronic devices during work time or in work areas.

"These are invasions of privacy. These are threats to a person`s value, their worth, how they view themselves," Crist said.

The fallout is more crushing for family members.

"There's embarrassment, personally, because we wanted the best for our mom and it didn't turn out that way," Mary said.

"It was my job to put him somewhere safe," Miklavicic said.

Miklavicic says he is just thankful that someone finally came forward.

"She did the right thing," Miklavicic said.

"They do it sometimes at the risk of their jobs, at the risk of their friendships," Jacobs said about those who choose to turn people in.

It's that exact reason that Miklavicic believes there are many more cases of abuse that need to be exposed. He says if you see it - report it.

"It's your ethical duty," Miklavicic said.

Meyers, Bulger and Schaumberg are all banned from working as caregivers in nursing homes or other state-regulated health care facilities.

Riedlinger is scheduled for a plea hearing in Kenosha County on July 28th.

The case against Brookview Meadows has been moved into arbitration.

Villa Pines sent a statement to FOX 6 News saying, in part, that it has a long-standing policy that "cell phones must be shut off and kept out of designated work areas."

Experts say the key to protecting your loved one when look for a long-term care facility is asking the right questions. With regard to privacy issues, ask the facility if they have policies on cell phone and social media us. Ask to see those policies. And, ask how those policies are enforced.

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Nursing home workers share invasive pics and videos of seniors on social media

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FRIENDSHIP, Wis. -- It's a good bet your grandma's not on Snapchat. At least, not on purpose. Across the country young nurse aides are sharing photos and videos of elderly residents on social media, without their knowledge. It's invasive, embarrassing, and - in some cases - it's a crime. John L.

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Medical professionals are fired for leaking information on facebook, which is against HIPPA regulations

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Spectrum workers fired for Facebook post

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Spectrum Health employees are getting a word of warning from management after "several" of their colleagues were terminated for posting information about a patient on social media. (Aug. 28, 2013)

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An employee at Bank of America was fired for posting a racist rant about customers at her workplace.

She should have been fired because she works in a customer service orientated business and she should not be publicizing customers business on social media.

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Minutes after the hateful post, an eagle-eyed Facebook user quickly noticed Lindgren was an employee at Bank of America, through her Facebook profile. Looks like she has a new reason to hate the social network.

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Bank of America employee fired after racist Facebook rant, thousands of social media complaints sent to her bosses

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Minutes after the hateful post, an eagle-eyed Facebook user quickly noticed Lindgren was an employee at Bank of America, through her Facebook profile. Looks like she has a new reason to hate the social network.