Introduction: You did WHAT?

What I’ve realized since I started writing this blog is that there are a lot of firings in the news… every day there’s a story about a policeman or a teacher or a janitor doing something to get themselves fired. Needless to say the reasons range from stealing to overeating, and if it makes the news, it’s guaranteed to be controversial… or at least a worthy discussion… for me, what’s interesting is that the stories involve people who often hold important public positions – these are people who we rely on to educate our children, protect our streets, heal us, create laws, etc… and when the smoke clears and emotions move past, it’s quite remarkable how many individuals with rotten characters are entrusted with positions where they are expected to set the bar and be a role model. I guess we are all allowed to be our own individuals behind closed doors, in privacy, and while this has been relatively easy to accomplish in the past, it’s obvious that this is no longer the case… living in a world overflowed with information and the advance of the internet, one has a much smaller capacity for keeping their private life private, and as such, more and more individuals become exposed for the person they are in private, rather than for their work performance while on the clock.

Today, we are launching a new segment on Fired! called, “You did WHAT?” where we will track and announce all the interesting and relevant firings from the news. This will be a good way to put all the interesting stories in one place without having to pick one or two most interesting and ditch the rest… of course, stories that are real “special” will get their own post and discussion, but this will be a great way to build up our collection of stories of stupidity that leads to termination…bring every fired story to the top, and help you avoid a similar situation.

Feel free to comment or spark discussion on any of the topics.