# Fired for reading SDMB! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667 "2000-08-17T03:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/1 "2000-08-17T03:22:42Z")
Has anyone ever been fired for reading SDMB at work? Has anyone ever been disciplined for reading SDMB at work? Does anyone _deserve_ to be disciplined for how much time they spend on SDMB at work? I _know_ that someone does. 😃 **Ahem** , or does any know a FOF that was fired or disciplined for it? ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/2 "2000-08-17T03:35:08Z")
I just got reprimanded by my boss today about me reading the boards. But then he sidled up beside me and read a few threads. weirdos, all of them! ---
**Author:** ![SIA\_Sorry\_I\_Asked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@SIA\_Sorry\_I\_Asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SIA_Sorry_I_Asked)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/3 "2000-08-17T07:16:53Z")
I got told to get offline. The lurid name on the browser title bar, plus the big DOPE ad gave me away, and I had to say it wasn’t really about dope, but by then it was too late. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/4 "2000-08-17T18:03:35Z")
There was this thread . [Fired for the straightdope](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26552) . ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/5 "2000-08-17T18:29:24Z")
About a year ago, my then-supervisor “reminded” me that the web was only for work purposes and my history file showed I’d visited some sites that didn’t look work related, which threw a scare into me for a few days, but I’m over it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/6 "2000-08-17T19:03:16Z")
They actually removed internet access from all the computers except 2 in my office. But they had to give it back. My boss kept saying things like: “Hey, Pink (he doesn’t really call me Pink) e-mail me that report.” And I’d say: “Sorry, no net.” Or “What’s the zip code on 3 Park?” and I’d say “Dunno.” and he’d say, “Look it up!” and I’d say, “No net.” So, he finally gave up and gave me back the internet. Too late, I got another job. My last day here is tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-reading-sdmb/29667/7 "2000-08-17T19:15:19Z")
The temp agency I work for told me that I would be terminated if I even accessed the Internet while on the job. Yet here I am… I’ll let you know what happens. If they’d give me some actual WORK to do, maybe I wouldn’t be on the net so much.