From bathing in a kitchen sink to sharing a crime scene photo on Facebook, we count
8 of the craziest things people did to get fired.
8.
Giving the Teacher an Apple Advice
When seeking advice, some may write to an advice columnist while others might confide
in a family member or friend.
A substitute teacher in New York, Cassandra Fiering, needed advice.
So, she asked her fourth grade class for advice on… dating!
It turns out that she wasn’t sure which boyfriend she should keep, and asked the 10-
and 11-year-olds – who she must’ve thought had enough dating experience to give advice
– what they thought she should do.
As you can imagine, this didn’t sit very well with the New York Department of Education
and they fired her.
While Fiering later admitted to using poor judgement, she didn’t think she deserved
to be fired.
7.
A Side of Mucus
Unfortunately – and disgustingly – it’s not unusual to have disgruntled restaurant
employees putting bodily fluids into food and serving it to unsuspecting diners.
In North Carolina, Domino’s Pizza employees Michael Setzer and Kristy Hammonds did just
that, only it was a prank and they never served the food they had tainted.
While Setzer put cheese up his nose and mucus on sandwiches, Hammonds filmed it.
Then they decided to post it online, because what kind of repercussions could possibly
result from violating the health code?
Well, in addition to being fired, Setzer and Hammonds also faced felony charges.
Let’s hope they told the truth, and the food Setzer prepared never left the kitchen.
6.
‘No Wee for a Wii’
How far would you go to win a Nintendo Wii?
For instance would you drink dangerously large amounts of water?
That’s what happened to Jennifer Strange back in 2007, who entered a radio contest
called, “Hold Your Wee for a Wii”, where the participants had to drink water without
peeing for a period of time.
Despite listeners calling in and warning everyone about the dangers of water intoxication, plus
Strange being heard complaining of pain towards the end… she continued to drink water.
She ended up drinking two gallons of water over the course of three hours.
Sadly, hours later she passed away from water intoxication.
As a result, ten employees of the radio station were fired, and Strange’s husband filed
a lawsuit.
5.
Fired Fireman
Imagine looking through a friend’s photos on Facebook, Twitter, or some other social
media site.
We’ve all done it, but how many of those pictures were of a deadly car crash?
Probably none, but not everyone who saw one fireman’s photos can say that.
While a fireman was at the scene of a fatal crash that killed a teenager and seriously
injured three others, he snapped some inappropriate pictures of the crash and posted them to SnapChat.
Needless to say, after investigators saw the pictures on his profile, the fireman was immediately
– and rightfully – fired for the offense.
Maybe the fireman was tired of posting pictures of cats.
4.
The Shared Facebook Photo
Yet another emergency services employee posting an inappropriate picture on social media,
only this one was posted by a paramedic.
And the picture was that of a murder victim, Caroline Wimmer.
When Staten Island paramedic Mark Musarella arrived at the scene, he took a picture of
Wimmer’s body with his cell phone and posted it on Facebook.
He was fired, with his emergency medical technician certification taken away.
Musarella was also charged with official misconduct and was sentenced to 200 hours of community
service.
Looks like someone might also need a class in, say, ethics.
3.
The Bathing ‘Chicks’
You might think that relaxing in a hot tub after a long day of work is necessary to unwind.
These Kentucky Fried Chicken employees in California just couldn’t wait until they
got home.
It turns out that three girls, one night, decided to strip down to their bikinis and
take a hot bath in the large sinks.
While enjoying their bath time, the girls took pictures of each other in their makeshift
hot tub.
One of them, however, slipped up by posting one of the pictures on her MySpace.
Once the picture was discovered, the three girls found themselves in even hotter water
when they were fired.
A similar incident happened at a Burger King in Ohio when an employee decided to use the
sink to take a bubble bath.
2.
On the House
A cafeteria worker at Hudson Elementary School in Missouri was caught giving free lunches
to a student and, consequently, was fired.
Sounds reasonable, but there’s more to the story.
Dianne Brame, the cafeteria worker, noticed a fourth grader walk through the lunch line
every day without money.
It turns out that he didn’t reapply for a free-lunch program due to a language barrier.
As a result, she started letting the starving student charge his meals, with his debt rising
to $45 when the maximum was only $10.
Brame also gave him free hot meals.
One day, her supervisor caught her and Brame’s charity work came to an end.
Unlike the other entries on this list, what this employee did to get fired was kind and
generous…
though the fact she was fired was what was crazy.
Oh yes, and due to public outcry over her firing, Brame’s job was eventually reinstated.
1.
Do Your Job!
Now another entry on this list where the actual firing was crazy, not what the employee did.
If an employee doesn’t do his or her job, then chances are they’ll get a dreaded pink
slip.
South Florida lifeguard Tomas Lopez found himself fired one day for… doing his job?
Actually, he was at his post when a beachgoer rushed to his post saying that a man was drowning,
so he jumped down and ran to save him.
Well, Lopez still ended up getting fired because the man he saved was outside his coverage
zone, even though another lifeguard was watching his post.
After the man was saved, Lopez’s supervisor fired him right on the spot.
Despite how ridiculous the firing was, the company offered Lopez his job back… but
Lopez declined, saying he wanted to instead focus on his education.
As usual we get to end the video with a question for the audience.
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