You can't fix stupid

lyndausvi · February 2015

Girl tweets this:

New owner finds out and tweets this:

Now please tell me, why would you take a job when you feel this way BEFORE you even have started?

lyndausvi · February 2015

Another Twitter user rose to Cella's defense, saying that the firing was unjustified: '@Cellla_ you were exercising your freedom of speech and never mentioned the company name so you got fired for no reason, contact HR asap.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2946213/Teen-complains-Twitter-starting-f-job-gets-fired.html#ixzz3RInka64E

This was another good one. Umm, maybe someone should pay a little more attention to their gov't classes? Oh and Texas is a at will state. So there's that too.

luckya23 · February 2015

She's probably a teenager and her parents thought a job would provide some good experience.

Personally, I have always wanted my own money, but there are a lot of entitled brats out there today.

theartistformerlyknownas · February 2015

I love the "first amendment" claims. Instant idiot detector.

lyndausvi · February 2015

I also think it's funny that she thought a small pizza place has an HR dept. Forget the fact Mr Waple was the OWNER of said pizza place.

kvruns · February 2015

Oh wow

kaitlynmichelle · February 2015

Thanks for the laugh!

beethery · February 2015

UUUUUUUUUGH.

Every possible thought does not need to be broadcasted out to the internet. WHY DON'T PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS????

kao2015 · February 2015

lolo883 said:

I love the "first amendment" claims. Instant idiot detector.

First amendment defenders are almost always the most hilarious. This drove me crazy when the duck dynasty guy was under fire, too.

jenna8984 · February 2015

When I googled my maiden name there was nothing. Just profiles for like 2 people in Denmark & Sweden. When I google my new name, there is a ton of facebooks and twitters (with stupid content) that come up. I'm like terrified that a prospective job will think one of them is me and not hire me!

But yea, that girl is a fucking retard and basically every state is right to work nowadays.

artbyallie · February 2015

Yep, that's stupid. Even when I had a job I despised I never complained about it on social media. Because even a shitty job is still better than no job.

cupcait927 · February 2015

jenna8984 said:

When I googled my maiden name there was nothing. Just profiles for like 2 people in Denmark & Sweden. When I google my new name, there is a ton of facebooks and twitters (with stupid content) that come up. I'm like terrified that a prospective job will think one of them is me and not hire me!
But yea, that girl is a fucking retard idiot and basically every state is right to work nowadays.

Just to keep it PC

jenna8984 · February 2015

cupcait927 said:

jenna8984 said:

When I googled my maiden name there was nothing. Just profiles for like 2 people in Denmark & Sweden. When I google my new name, there is a ton of facebooks and twitters (with stupid content) that come up. I'm like terrified that a prospective job will think one of them is me and not hire me!
But yea, that girl is a fucking retard idiot and basically every state is right to work nowadays.

Just to keep it PC

wooops! Did not even realize I said that! Sorry!

novella1186 · February 2015

She should consider this a good lesson as to not posting every single thought in her little head on social media. Especially crap about jobs. Genius.

charcoalandblush · February 2015

Reminds me of this little gem

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/daughter-snarky-facebook-post-nukes-dad-80-000-settlement-deal-article-1.1709067

lyndausvi · February 2015

charcoalandblush said:

Reminds me of this little gem

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/daughter-snarky-facebook-post-nukes-dad-80-000-settlement-deal-article-1.1709067

I remember that.

It's like this social media generation doesn't understand privacy. They feel every little thought, experience, whatever needs to be broadcast to the world.

Yeah, no, they really don't.

novella1186 · February 2015

lyndausvi said:

charcoalandblush said:

Reminds me of this little gem

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/daughter-snarky-facebook-post-nukes-dad-80-000-settlement-deal-article-1.1709067

I remember that.

It's like this social media generation doesn't understand privacy. They feel every little thought, experience, whatever needs to be broadcast to the world.

Yeah, no, they really don't.

lol yeah I remember that too. Hopefully she learned something.

And to the bolded, that drives me nuts. The posts on facebook that are like "vacuuming, then gonna have a glass of juice!" "doing laundry!" "making spaghetti!" "my head hurts." "I don't like the color red." "This tv show is annoying."

I mean. I can't decide if these people really think they're so interesting that everyone wants to hear every little thought in their heads, or if they seriously have no filter and/or are so in need of internet attention that they just have to constantly post, even if it's something so mundane. Shut your mouths, people.

SBmini · February 2015

I used to do PR work for a tiny arm of a large multi-national company that is known for things like food service at stadiums. So they employee a lot of low-level, low-income employees. When we first got a nifty social media listening tool I put the parent company's name in alone in addition to the tiny arm's name to see what came up.

I got hit after hit of people bitching about work on twitter and facebook. People bragging about going to work high. Saying they were going to spend their paycheck on booze. Saying awful things about their coworkers and bosses. I was aghast! Who is seriously that dumb! I brought it up to my client and she laughed and told me that they were well aware of what people were saying about them. I'm guessing there's some lucky person in HR that gets to read these awful messages and decides who gets to stay or go as a result.

And freedom of speech please. If you tell your boss to his face that he's the scum of the earth and your job is fuck ass you will get fired. So why is that any different than when you blast it out in a public place?

theartistformerlyknownas · February 2015

I think someone needs to completely rewrite middle school social studies and make an entire class about the First Amendment, and what it does and does not protect.

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KatieinBkln · February 2015

Oh god. People need to learn that freedom of speech just means no one can jail you for speaking out against the government. It does not mean there are no consequences in life.

I really do think that we should be implementing classes in "Online Citizenship" (for lack of a better term) for kids. It could start young and simple in elementary school (the internet keeps things forever, so don't post stuff; the internet lets anyone say anything, so don't believe everything you read) and progress through high school (yes, you could be arrested for posting sexual photos of yourself. No, you can't use Yahoo Answers as a scholarly source for your paper. Yes, anything you say online can and will be used against you in the Court of Public Opinion and the Court of Opportunities).

It really is a whole new world, and (apparently) some of the concerns that seem obvious to some of us just aren't to the generation that grew up with the internet. I think being young when the internet was just coming to be meant that my generation saw it as a novelty and something completely fresh to explore--but with that excitement came a natural suspicion, since I think we had some sense that it was really the Wild West as far as laws, rules, and even social mores. Kids born more recently don't have that sense about the internet anymore than we would have had it about a Walkman. It just always was, so they don't necessarily have the same impetus to think critically about it. So we have to teach them.

As for the adults who post every little thing about their lives and every inflammatory opinion they have about their work, well....Lynda's right, you can't fix stupid.

lyndausvi · February 2015

pinkrevenge said:

I am guilty of vague-booking things about one job I seriously hated.

But fin fact; there are these magical things called "privacy settings" that enable you to pick and chose who sees what on your profile. I have everything shut off for public, and then sub-categories for coworkers (the only ones I accept being ones who are real friends who know the score), family members, and people in general who don't need to see everything. It's amazing, you'd have thought it took me a whole five minutes to set up this elaborate web of sharing, and you would be wrong. It took a minute, tops.

Also there is this magical place called "In person" where you can bitch to someone and it doesn't get saved in a file and spread all across the universe.

You can be as private as you want on settings, but if just one person take a screen shot you can be screwed.

I'm not friends with a lot of DH's social media friends. However, I have access to DH's FB. He often shows me posts from his feed. Not exactly private. That is why I don't see the point of even doing it. There can always be ways for someone to see what you wrote.

Actually this situation is a prefect example of that. The boss was NOT a follower. Actually he had not been on twitter in 6 years. Another employee saw the post and brought it to his attention.

On another note I fucking hate vague postings. It's stupid, people ALWAYS ask "awwe, what's wrong?" Then the vague poster is all "I can't talk about it here." Then why the fuck did you even bring it up?

Venting to me it coming on here or talking to a friend on the phone or in person. It's not vague posting on social media. If anything I think poorly of the vague poster. They all seem to just want attention.

novella1186 · February 2015

I had to change my privacy settings on facebook specifically because one of my co-workers (kind of a friend) kept tagging me in posts that were super negative about work and co-workers. Like the photos with phrases across them. One of them said something about so many co-workers being stupid. Nope. Don't include me in that shit. Nuh uh.

She also constantly posts stuff about getting shit-faced and how hungover she is, and how she's at this bar and that bar and staying out all night etc. Our company is in the middle of an acquisition and all our jobs could be on the line so I feel like this is the wrong time to get wild/inappropriate with your public online presence, but that's just me.

emmaaa · February 2015

I have the philosophy that you shouldn't say anything on social media that you wouldn't want your boss, mom, or pastor to see.

I don't know if this is true, but I heard somewhere that there was software or something that an employer could purchase to see your social media accounts, even if it was private? Idk.

novella1186 · February 2015

emmaaa said:

I have the philosophy that you shouldn't say anything on social media that you wouldn't want your boss, mom, or pastor to see.

I don't know if this is true, but I heard somewhere that there was software or something that an employer could purchase to see your social media accounts, even if it was private? Idk.

There was, I don't know if there still is because people were getting into lawsuits about the implications of invasion of privacy. I knew someone whose job was to use that software and check on potential/current employees, but this was several years ago.

emmaaa · February 2015

novella1186 said:

emmaaa said:

I have the philosophy that you shouldn't say anything on social media that you wouldn't want your boss, mom, or pastor to see.

I don't know if this is true, but I heard somewhere that there was software or something that an employer could purchase to see your social media accounts, even if it was private? Idk.

There was, I don't know if there still is because people were getting into lawsuits about the implications of invasion of privacy. I knew someone whose job was to use that software and check on potential/current employees, but this was several years ago.

Yeah, I remember hearing that when I was in high school and just graduating. I didn't know if it was 100% true or if it was still around.

lyndausvi · February 2015

emmaaa said:

I have the philosophy that you shouldn't say anything on social media that you wouldn't want your boss, mom, or pastor to see.

I don't know if this is true, but I heard somewhere that there was software or something that an employer could purchase to see your social media accounts, even if it was private? Idk.

I'm friends with my mom, mom's friends, aunts and all my nieces/nephews among others. I'm even friends with my stupid boss' son (more to check on him). I have no filters, do not block anyone from any post.

Everything I post everyone I'm friends with can see. I post pretty sunset pictures. Pictures of the dogs. Comments on the red carpet dresses. That we are moving or traveling. How bad the Eagles are playing. Xgames, skiing. Stuff like that.

I do not post about my health, DH's health, my job (unless it's "get to go to NOLA on a business trip"), DH's job. I do not post that I'm drunk or pictures of us wasted.

Basically if there is even one person I would not want to see a post it just doesn't get posted. I've got text messaging for that.

Chipmunk415 · February 2015

jenna8984 said:
When I googled my maiden name there was nothing. Just profiles for like 2 people in Denmark & Sweden. When I google my new name, there is a ton of facebooks and twitters (with stupid content) that come up. I'm like terrified that a prospective job will think one of them is me and not hire me!
But yea, that girl is a fucking retard and basically every state is right to work nowadays.

Im actually kinda glad I changed my name. My first and last maiden name are used as a pseudonym for a gal who writes very graphic short stories, basically soft core porn. I always told potential employers about this and made it clear that the person applying was not the writer

VulgarGirl · February 2015

Two really excellent pieces of life advice I've heard from sources I don't remember:

1) Never get a tattoo in a place you can't hide in front of a judge.

2) Never post anything on line you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper.

OliveOilsMom · February 2015

emmaaa said:

novella1186 said:

emmaaa said:

I have the philosophy that you shouldn't say anything on social media that you wouldn't want your boss, mom, or pastor to see.

I don't know if this is true, but I heard somewhere that there was software or something that an employer could purchase to see your social media accounts, even if it was private? Idk.
There was, I don't know if there still is because people were getting into lawsuits about the implications of invasion of privacy. I knew someone whose job was to use that software and check on potential/current employees, but this was several years ago.
Yeah, I remember hearing that when I was in high school and just graduating. I didn't know if it was 100% true or if it was still around.

Our law firm just acquire software that will do discovery of people's social media accounts. So yes, it's not just employers who can check your accounts, but also anyone who may be filing a lawsuit against you too. There are probably many possibilities of use for something like this.

CMGragain · February 2015

While we were waiting for our house to sell during the real estate slide of 2006/7, I worked at Curves. I could walk to it, I got to work out for free, and extra money is always a good thing.
We had trouble hiring workers who would stay more than a few weeks. It wasn't a great job - low pay, no benefits.
One of the girls who quit after a week said, upon leaving, "I'm not going to scrub that toilet. I'm better than that!" This young lady was a high school drop out. I pointed out to her that I had a college degree, and I didn't think that scrubbing that toilet every evening was beneath me.
Some people have a mighty high opinion of themselves.

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