A group of miners in Australia were recently fired for recording themselves doing the Harlem Shake while on the job. They're the latest in a long line of people who were fired, justly or unjustly, for not thinking before they posted something on the Internet.
A group of miners doing the Harlem Shake in Australia:
The eight men in this video, as well as seven other bystanders who were looking on, were all fired from the Agnew Gold Mine in Australia because of safety violations and for breaching "core values of safety, integrity and excellence."
Source: youtube.com / via: thedailybeast.com
An Applebee's waitress who posted a bad tip online:
A waitress in St. Louis, MO was fired from the Applebee's she worked at after she posted a receipt from a bad tipper on Reddit. The receipt was from a local pastor named Alois Bell who decided she didn't need to tip the waitress the required 18% for large groups because she only tithes 10%.
Source: reddit.com / via: huffingtonpost.com
A group of lifeguards in California who recorded their own version of Gangnam Style:
A group of lifeguards and their manager were fired from a city swimming pool in El Monte, California, after they recorded their own version of the song Gangnam Style. They were rehired shortly afterwards but all of them promptly resigned.
Source: youtube.com / via: usatoday.com
A Gamestop employee who was fired for planking:
A Long Island Gamestop employee was fired for "gross negligence" after tweeting two pictures of himself planking one the job. The employee, John Mazzocchi, had worked at the location for four years, but Gamestop felt his actions put him in danger while he was on company property.
Via: kotaku.com
