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November 22nd, 2008, 06:34 AM
10:00 AEST Sat Nov 22 2008
By ninemsn staff
A British supermarket worker is facing disciplinary action after he phoned into work sick and then posted status updates and photos from a night out on his Facebook page.
Tom Stones, who works as a shelf stacker, called in sick for a 6pm-10pm shift at a Tesco supermarket in Gloucester in England's southwest, the Telegraph newspaper reports.
But the 22-year-old was dobbed into management after writing "Tom had a good night xxx" on his Facebook page.
Mr Stones, who earns $14.70 an hour, has now reportedly been summoned to a disciplinary hearing.
"I wasn't out when I should have been working — I didn't go out until 11pm," Mr Stones was quoted as saying.
"I phoned in sick but later started to feel better and went up town."
A spokesperson for Tesco denied the company used the social networking site to spy on its employees.
The incident is similar to a case in Australia last month, which later turned out to be a prank.
Kyle Doyle, a Sydney call centre worker, claimed to have found himself in hot water after enjoying a similar night out.
In an email conversation that quickly swept the world, the 21-year-old AAPT resolutions expert was allegedly sprung by his boss after calling in sick and then updating his Facebook status to: "Kyle Doyle is not going to work, f*** it I'm still trashed. SICKIE WOO!".
When Doyle refused to provide a medical certificate, a screenshot of his Facebook status was allegedly emailed back to him by his supervisor, to which he replied: "HAHAHA LMAO [laughing my arse off] epic fail… no worries man".
After sparking worldwide media interest and going into hiding, Doyle's mother revealed that the entire conversation was a hoax.
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this proves 2 things:
1) stupidity has its price!
2) idiots can't be educated!
By ninemsn staff
A British supermarket worker is facing disciplinary action after he phoned into work sick and then posted status updates and photos from a night out on his Facebook page.
Tom Stones, who works as a shelf stacker, called in sick for a 6pm-10pm shift at a Tesco supermarket in Gloucester in England's southwest, the Telegraph newspaper reports.
But the 22-year-old was dobbed into management after writing "Tom had a good night xxx" on his Facebook page.
Mr Stones, who earns $14.70 an hour, has now reportedly been summoned to a disciplinary hearing.
"I wasn't out when I should have been working — I didn't go out until 11pm," Mr Stones was quoted as saying.
"I phoned in sick but later started to feel better and went up town."
A spokesperson for Tesco denied the company used the social networking site to spy on its employees.
The incident is similar to a case in Australia last month, which later turned out to be a prank.
Kyle Doyle, a Sydney call centre worker, claimed to have found himself in hot water after enjoying a similar night out.
In an email conversation that quickly swept the world, the 21-year-old AAPT resolutions expert was allegedly sprung by his boss after calling in sick and then updating his Facebook status to: "Kyle Doyle is not going to work, f*** it I'm still trashed. SICKIE WOO!".
When Doyle refused to provide a medical certificate, a screenshot of his Facebook status was allegedly emailed back to him by his supervisor, to which he replied: "HAHAHA LMAO [laughing my arse off] epic fail… no worries man".
After sparking worldwide media interest and going into hiding, Doyle's mother revealed that the entire conversation was a hoax.
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this proves 2 things:
1) stupidity has its price!
2) idiots can't be educated!