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Confessions of a twitteraholic

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by poindexter, Nov 14, 2011.

  1. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Jesus, this guy sounds like a load...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/magazine/confessions-of-a-tweeter.html?_r=4

    One morning, a few months later, my boss came into my office. “We need to talk about your Twitter,” he said.

    “Sure,” I said. “What about it?” He told me that someone in H.R. had stumbled on my tweets and was stunned. (Apparently, the ability to craft crude anatomical jokes isn’t what corporate America looks for in new employees.) My tweets were a clear violation of the company’s social-media policy. I had a choice: to delete the account or face termination. Sensing that my days were numbered, and being ambivalent about the job anyway, I chose to fall on my sword.

    Being unemployed was even harder the second time around. On the other hand, I had more time to tweet.....
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    He sounds healthy:

    Brave response by the son, too.
     
  3. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    This is the story of one man's insanity more than the tools he uses to express it.
     
  4. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Who will be the first SportsJournalists.comaholic to write such an article?
     
  5. SalukiNC

    SalukiNC Member

    "OMG dad, I can't believe you just tweeted you want to kill mom!"
     
  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    There has to be tons of Office Space fodder that applies to this thread.
     
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