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Another day, more people in Facebook hot water:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7687758.stm

 

When will people learn that anything they post up on Facebook, is liable to be read by your bosses etc, and is not generally a good career move. If people have real grievances at work, there are appropriate channels to voice them. Facebook is not one of them.

 

Airline Virgin Atlantic has begun an inquiry into claims some of its own staff criticised safety standards on the social networking website Facebook.

 

The airline is investigating allegations that "a small group" of its own staff posted "malicious" comments.

 

The entries related to planes flying out of London's Gatwick Airport and comments about passengers, which have been removed, a spokesman said.

 

The company has five Boeing 747s, which are based at Gatwick.

 

They were acquired from Boeing in 2001.

 

A Virgin Atlantic spokesman said: "The airline has started an immediate disciplinary investigation.

 

"Virgin Atlantic does not tolerate any criticism of its passengers or industry-leading safety standards and is taking this matter very seriously.

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Our company is in the process of discipling 3 people at work for posting up a video of them p!$$ing around at work and then posting that up on Facebook in a closed group. The trouble with that was, their team leader was also a member, made a copy of the video and then busted them.

 

The word "idiots" springs to mind :)

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And another

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/oz_bill_dodgers/

 

Restaurant owner turns net sleuth

 

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author

 

Posted in Bootnotes, 27th November 2008 12:56 GMT

 

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A Melbourne restaurant owner has dispensed net justice to a group of bill-dodgers after tracking the ringleader down on Facebook, News.com.au reports.

 

Peter Leary of "up-market establishment" Seagrass was faced with an unpaid $520 bill after five diners "worked their way expertly through the menu, ordered and drank fine wines", tucked into dessert and finally deployed the "nipping out for a smoke" ruse to make good their escape.

 

Leary then remembered that "when the group arrived, one of them had asked about one of our waitresses who was not working that night".

 

The absent waitress in question was able to give Leary the name of her fleet-footed acquaintance, and he immediately ran it through Facebook. He explained: "I searched the name and there he was, large as life. And he was pictured with his girlfriend - the only girl who had been in the group."

 

Leary added: "The site also gave me his place of employment, which was handy."

 

Conveniently, the chap and his girlfriend both worked at another local restaurant. Leary, suitably "angered that it was workers from his own industry who had perpetrated the scam", hotfooted it down to the fooderie and confronted the manager, who promised swift action.

 

A couple of hours later, the manager dragged the culprit down to Seagrass, where he "not only paid the bill, but left a generous tip for staff".

 

Leary concluded: "The restaurant manager then told me he would let me know what further action would be taken. And later, he called to say both employees had been dismissed." ®

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