Big Brother

[Karried]

A lot of people have gotten into trouble over posting things on Myspace...

Make it Private - only viewable by invite ..

Some things you just can't joke about anymore.

Wal-Mart Cashier Says He Was Fired Over MySpace Bomb Joke

Thursday , May 31, 2007

ALMONT TOWNSHIP, Mich. —

A former Wal-Mart cashier says he was fired for joking on his MySpace page that the average IQ would increase if a bomb were dropped on the company's stores.

David Noordewier said he was fired Feb. 27 for posting the message, which he said was a joke and not a threat.

"I told them that this was crazy," Noordewier told The Flint Journal. "It's not like I have a fighter jet in my backyard to drop a bomb with.

Then they escorted me out to the parking lot."
Noordewier said store officials had him sign an acknowledgment that he was fired for "gross misconduct — integrity issue."

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Kory Lundberg confirmed that Noordewier no longer worked for the company but would not discuss why.

Unemployment officials said Noordewier did not qualify for benefits because he had made a threat.

Noordewier had a near-perfect work attendance record and once received a personal thank-you letter from the company president over compliments from a customer he once helped.

He said he thinks a co-worker disliked him and pointed the MySpace page out to his boss.
"If you have a MySpace site, you better act like you're a politician," he said. "Be politically correct and don't try to be funny."

[Easy180]

That's a bunch of bull..... (worse word for crap)

[jbrown84]

How on earth do you interpret that as a threat???

Ridiculous.

[Midtowner]

Wal Mart is at-will employment -- they don't even need a reason to fire the guy.

It would have sufficed that they didn't appreciate the cut of his jib.