Lawmakers not immune from social networking embarrassment
December 7, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Web sites
We’ve all heard stories about employees’ Twitter gaffes. Now even members of Canadian Parliament can’t resist saying really stupid things online.
Michelle Simson of the country’s Liberal party was annoyed with the behavior of Dean Del Mastro (a Conservative) during a committee meeting.
In response, she took the not-so-savvy political move of complaining on Twitter — insulting Del Mastro as well, all while staying well under the site’s 140-character limit.
She wrote: “Del Mastro should grow up (not out).” Del Mastro, as Reuters notes, is not a slim man.
Simson apologized, but only after Del Mastro stood up in front of Parliament and demanded she say she was sorry.
Have you or any managers ever caught an employee insulting a co-worker online? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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December 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
We used to mercilessly insult coworkers online. Our management team and HR did not believe that “not doing your job” is subject to disciplinary action, so we kind of took matters in to our own hands.
We would do it anonymously and change key details. Then we would send out the link to the subject of the insult and say: “hey…. this sounds just like YOU”, or: “WOW, this guy must work HERE!”
In retrospect, it was probably not the smartest thing to do, but when you see someone sit on their @$$ all day while you work yours off, it gets frustrating real quick.