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Miss Scarlett · 06-12-2010, 11:36 AM

It seems that many people, for whatever reason, are not very careful what they put on sites like Facebook and MySpace. We use info from those 2 sites, Twitter and several others as evidence in nearly every case these days. Employers, schools, etc. check people out on these sites and on the web all the time. I routinely check clients, opposing parties, potential witnesses, etc. for every case we take. I also check myself regularly to see what is out there and remove what I can.

Last month a young woman here in Charlotte lost her job because of what she posted on her Facebook page. She worked in a local restaurant and some customers stayed way past lunch, meaning she had to stay late and then left her a small tip. Needless to say she was annoyed and shared her feelings on her Facebook page.

According to the story in our local paper: "The managers at XXXXX called her in a day or two later, she says. They showed her a copy of her Facebook comments and told her she was being fired for violating company policy against speaking disparagingly about customers. A XXXXX official said she also violated a second policy against casting the restaurant in a negative light on social networks."

After this story ran it took on a life of its own (as seems to be the norm these days). Then the young woman complained, in the media, about all the media attention and asked for people to stop talking about it. An interesting request given that she was the one who contacted the media to report the incident in the first place. Wonder if she (or anyone else) learned anything from this?????

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...tress-her.html

06-12-2010, 11:36 AM	#19
Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	It seems that many people, for whatever reason, are not very careful what they put on sites like Facebook and MySpace. We use info from those 2 sites, Twitter and several others as evidence in nearly every case these days. Employers, schools, etc. check people out on these sites and on the web all the time. I routinely check clients, opposing parties, potential witnesses, etc. for every case we take. I also check myself regularly to see what is out there and remove what I can. Last month a young woman here in Charlotte lost her job because of what she posted on her Facebook page. She worked in a local restaurant and some customers stayed way past lunch, meaning she had to stay late and then left her a small tip. Needless to say she was annoyed and shared her feelings on her Facebook page. According to the story in our local paper: "The managers at XXXXX called her in a day or two later, she says. They showed her a copy of her Facebook comments and told her she was being fired for violating company policy against speaking disparagingly about customers. A XXXXX official said she also violated a second policy against casting the restaurant in a negative light on social networks." After this story ran it took on a life of its own (as seems to be the norm these days). Then the young woman complained, in the media, about all the media attention and asked for people to stop talking about it. An interesting request given that she was the one who contacted the media to report the incident in the first place. Wonder if she (or anyone else) learned anything from this????? http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...tress-her.html