# SDMB got me fired! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900 "2003-08-27T03:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/1 "2003-08-27T03:45:10Z")
Today, my boss pulls me aside, takes me to HR, and informs me that because of excessive use of the internet, my employment is to be terminated effective immediately. I’d be on the boards all day - and yet I was one of three productive employees (there are a total of seven employees). Hehehehe. Ah well. It was a sucky job anyway. Customer service might not be my cup of cake. SDMB - 1 Pragmatism - 0 🙂 WRS ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/2 "2003-08-27T03:46:55Z")
That sucks, sorry to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/3 "2003-08-27T03:53:03Z")
I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. (To anyone, not you specifically, **WeRSauron**.) Hey, I hear the [Chicago Reader](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206489) is hiring. 🙂 Happy ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/4 "2003-08-27T03:54:02Z")
Yikes! It could happen to a lot of us, I imagine - good luck on finding employment at a firm that has a IT department with better things to do than spying on employees. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/5 "2003-08-27T03:58:17Z")
[Nitpick] You got yourself fired, the SDMB was just the tool by which you did so. [/nitpick] Get a job where you don’t have the time to get online. That will cure that problem right away. Maybe this will be motivation to find a job that suits you well anyway – here’s to hoping! ---
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/6 "2003-08-27T04:32:01Z")
OR… get a job where you can get paid to surf message boards. hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![im2evil4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@im2evil4u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im2evil4u)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/7 "2003-08-27T04:47:02Z")
So wait, let me get this straight. You spent company time perusing the boards and was fired as a result? You should sue, dude. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/8 "2003-08-27T05:18:43Z")
I wonder what your legal grounds would be? But your honor I’m an addict… They send me e-mails and weblinks… I try to stay away but… but… …but **It’s Cecil’s fault** Oh, sorry I thought **im2evil** was talking about sueing the SDMB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/9 "2003-08-27T05:46:04Z")
> [@](#): > > yet I was one of three productive employees Obviously not. You don’t get to decide. Sorry. It’s your bosses job to decide what you are supposed to do, and your job to convince him that you are, in fact, doing that thing. Later in life you my find yourself telling someone, "But I really love you! I love you the most!!!’ And you’ll find out you don’t get to make that call, either. You sound like you’re gonna get over this okay, though. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/10 "2003-08-27T05:56:53Z")
That’s pretty harsh coming from Jesus. Aren’t you supposed to be some free love hippy? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/11 "2003-08-27T06:32:44Z")
You didn’t follow the rules. Weirdly enough, I just posted [these whimsical SDMB rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb//showthread.php?s=&postid=3894260#post3894260) the night before. So, what’s the next job you’ll be getting fired from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/12 "2003-08-27T17:52:48Z")
**WeRSauron** wins. 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/13 "2003-08-27T17:59:24Z")
I see nothing wrong with not doing your work and surfing the internet all day. The key is **not to get caught**. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/14 "2003-08-27T17:59:37Z")
Wins what? And what if he’s not prepared? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/15 "2003-08-27T18:22:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Obviously not. Balls. I don’t know specifically what OP did but he said customer service. That’s what I do, and I’m one of the top three performers in my department. I consistently have stellar stats and lead the department in moneys collected. I also spend all day online. Productivity and web surfing are not mutually exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/16 "2003-08-27T19:22:00Z")
If my boss wasn’t the coolest dude around, I would have been fired for spending all day here a long time ago! I sometimes wonder how I keep this job. * * * How is Rap like Porn? Both are better with the sound turned off. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/17 "2003-08-27T20:19:29Z")
Well, at least you have a good excuse for leaving this job when you go to your next job interview: “The reason for my termination was that I was caught fighting ignorance on a worldwide level.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/18 "2003-08-27T20:26:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*Yikes! > > It could happen to a lot of us, I imagine - good luck on finding employment at a firm that has a IT department with better things to do than spying on employees. \*\* Of course, you could always do what I did and get a job IN the IT department. Then you could spend the day spying on everyone else’s web traffic while surfing the boards. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/19 "2003-08-27T20:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*That’s pretty harsh coming from Jesus. Aren’t you supposed to be some free love hippy? \*\* That was Jesus 1.0. Jesus 2.0 has been redesigned to be leaner and meaner, in order to be competitive in the new economy. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900/20 "2003-08-27T20:39:26Z")
I still prefer my Jesus 1.8i hydrogen powered sports car. I haven’t yet worked out what the rubber hose coming from the dashboard is for though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-got-me-fired/197900.md?page=2)