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At some point, you've got to wonder: "Is Facebook really worth it?" .
 Waitress fired for griping about tip on Facebook
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina waitress is out of a job after griping on her Facebook page about the $5 tip she got from a couple who sat at their table for three hours. The waitress says the customers kept her at work an hour after she was supposed to clock out.
The Charlotte Observer reported Monday that 22-year-old Ashley Johnson felt slighted after waiting on the couple at Brixx Pizza. So she blasted the couple on Facebook, calling them cheap and mentioning the restaurant by name. Brixx officials told Johnson a couple of days later that she was being fired because she violated a company policy banning workers from speaking disparagingly about customers and casting the restaurant in a bad light on a social network. Johnson says she has apologized to Brixx and is looking for a new job. ___ Information from: The Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com/ I'm seriously beginning to wonder if I NEED to be on Facebook, not that I'd be as careless as to post about my employer... by name! People need to take some time and think things through a little further before they hit that ENTER key, because once it's out there... IT'S OUT THERE.  | |
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It's a lot "safer" to bitch in the forums than it is to bitch on Facebook.
I wonder if that woman would still have her job if she option to bitch on Twitter instead. | |
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I rather keep some stuff to myself especially shit like that about anybody I work for lol like Tony said, easier to do it here than do it on Facebook. | |
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Sometimes it's just trouble. I've ranted about it a lot so maybe some of you remember mine and my wife's situation with our best friend. We used to be friends with her ex-husband but after they split up we only remained friends with her, not him, and he can't accept it. He told us all to keep our distance and threatened his ex and their baby girl (and us too, for that matter) if we stayed in contact. We didn't see her for over 2 months and just stuck to the odd message on msn messenger, but the other day she called up and arranged getting together for coffee. That was fine and we met up, which was nice, but she also requested we add her again on FB. Against our better judgment we went along with it and it turns out he did a search for her, and though he's not a member there he obviously saw that basic profile page that comes up with the pic and a random selection of her friends and saw our pics on there. Now he's making her life hell. 
. [Edited 5/17/10 16:43pm] MY COUSIN WORKS IN A PHARMACY AND SHE SAID THEY ENEMA'D PRANCE INTO OBLIVION WITH FENTONILS!! | |
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Fauxie said: Sometimes it's just trouble. I've ranted about it a lot so maybe some of you remember mine and my wife's situation with our best friend. We used to be friends with her ex-husband but after they split up we only remained friends with her, not him, and he can't accept it. He told us all to keep our distance and threatened his ex and their baby girl (and us too, for that matter) if we stayed in contact. We didn't see her for over 2 months and just stuck to the odd message on msn messenger, but the other day she called up and arranged getting together for coffee. That was fine and we met up, which was nice, but she also requested we add her again on FB. Against our better judgment we went along with it and it turns out he did a search for her, and though he's not a member there he obviously saw that basic profile page that comes up with the pic and a random selection of her friends and saw our pics on there. Now he's making her life hell.
This type of thing is getting out of hand. More and more, Facebook is beginning to seem like just a liability. | |
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I have never, ever encountered the kind of drama some of you report from Facebook. Maybe it's a problem with the kinds of people you accept on your friends list rather than Facebook itself?
As far as work situations go, I use a phoney last name on FB. An employer couldn't find me even if they wanted to.  [Edited 5/17/10 23:08pm] "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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No facebook isn't worth it. MySpace wasn't either. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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meow85 said: I have never, ever encountered the kind of drama some of you report from Facebook. Maybe it's a problem with the kinds of people you accept on your friends list rather than Facebook itself?
As far as work situations go, I use a phoney last name on FB. An employer couldn't find me even if they wanted to.
[Edited 5/17/10 23:08pm] But even if you used your real name, he´d have to be on your friends list to be able to read your profile page. I think people put too much of their personal stuff on FB. FB is not the problem, it´s what people make of it. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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KoolEaze said: FB is not the problem, it´s what people make of it.
exactly |
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As much as I hate some of the stuff Facebook has done privacy-wise, it's still the best way I know of to keep track of what's going on in the theatre community where I live. The vast majority of my Facebook friends are actors, directors and techs I've worked with over the years. Being on Facebook has made it a lot easier for me to find out about auditions and to know what shows my friends are in.
I don't have anyone on my friends list who's even remotely connected to my place of employment - and I wouldn't talk about my job (except in the vaguest terms), even if I did. It just isn't smart to do that. I set my privacy controls as tight as I can, send those I don't want to friend to limbo, and go from there.  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I do not have a Facebook account, and I don't plan to ever have one. | |
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FB is a useful tool if u know how 2 use it.
Don't let it USE U. | |
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privacy buttons are your friend. THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]
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myfavorite said: privacy buttons are your friend.
 Mine are tight as a whistle. There's almost no point of "friending" me, lol. | |
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missfee said: No facebook isn't worth it. MySpace wasn't either.
Yeah, MySpace fell off, lol. The only one's left over there now are the one's posing in their underwear for their profile pic, lol. | |
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KoolEaze said: meow85 said: I have never, ever encountered the kind of drama some of you report from Facebook. Maybe it's a problem with the kinds of people you accept on your friends list rather than Facebook itself?
As far as work situations go, I use a phoney last name on FB. An employer couldn't find me even if they wanted to.
[Edited 5/17/10 23:08pm] But even if you used your real name, he´d have to be on your friends list to be able to read your profile page. I think people put too much of their personal stuff on FB. FB is not the problem, it´s what people make of it.  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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PDogz said: missfee said: No facebook isn't worth it. MySpace wasn't either.
Yeah, MySpace fell off, lol. The only one's left over there now are the one's posing in their underwear for their profile pic, lol. It's still a decent place for musicians to get their work out, but that's about all Myspace is good for these days. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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KoolEaze said: meow85 said: I have never, ever encountered the kind of drama some of you report from Facebook. Maybe it's a problem with the kinds of people you accept on your friends list rather than Facebook itself?
As far as work situations go, I use a phoney last name on FB. An employer couldn't find me even if they wanted to.
[Edited 5/17/10 23:08pm] But even if you used your real name, he´d have to be on your friends list to be able to read your profile page. I think people put too much of their personal stuff on FB. FB is not the problem, it´s what people make of it. Exactly. You don't tell people on Facebook when you're leaving town or your every move. I have a FB friend now who is thinking about deleting her account because her ex husband is questioning who she talks to on FB.  Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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I changed my settings when I found out relatives were spying on it "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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bboy87 said: I changed my settings when I found out relatives were spying on it
Same here with mine's. [Edited 5/19/10 15:12pm] | |
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How about not adding co-workers or supervisors? That's my golden rule (on Facebook). | |
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The interesting thing is a few weeks ago I heard about someone being on a job interview and being asked to open their facebook right on the spot in which case your privacy setting are useless | |
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Cinnie said: How about not adding co-workers or supervisors? That's my golden rule (on Facebook).
BINGO! "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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Cinnie said: How about not adding co-workers or supervisors? That's my golden rule (on Facebook).
Amen! | |
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Mstrustme said: The interesting thing is a few weeks ago I heard about someone being on a job interview and being asked to open their facebook right on the spot in which case your privacy setting are useless
 That's just plain nosey, lol. | |
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Timmy84 said: bboy87 said: I changed my settings when I found out relatives were spying on it
Same here with mine's. That's because they know y'alls life is way more interesting than theirs could ever be, lol. | |
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PDogz said: Timmy84 said: Same here with mine's. That's because they know y'alls life is way more interesting than theirs could ever be, lol. | |
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PDogz said: myfavorite said: privacy buttons are your friend.
Mine are tight as a whistle. There's almost no point of "friending" me, lol.tight as a what? everyone's a fruit & nut case | |
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Mstrustme said: The interesting thing is a few weeks ago I heard about someone being on a job interview and being asked to open their facebook right on the spot in which case your privacy setting are useless
 "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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whistle said: PDogz said: Mine are tight as a whistle. There's almost no point of "friending" me, lol.tight as a what?  | |
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