Was Facebook sick day star framed?
November 10, 2008 by Fred HosierPosted in: Fun stuff on the Web, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, That's how they do it in ______
An employee has too much to drink and decides to call in sick to his job the next day. Then, someone at work finds that on his Facebook page, he posts he’s calling out sick because he’s “still trashed.” Great story, right? One problem: It might not be true.
Newspapers, blogs and Web sites, including this one, recently wrote about Kyle Doyle, an Australian call center employee who allegedly got caught calling out sick for a hangover.
Now his employer, AAPT, issued a statement claiming it’s all bogus.
Doyle’s Facebook entry was circulated, along with an alleged e-mail exchange between Doyle and an HR rep.
In the exchange, he refuses to provide a doctor’s note for his sick day, until he’s confronted with a screen shot of his Facebook entry.
Newspapers haven’t been able to contact Doyle to ask him about the situation.
However, his Facebook page now lists his status as “trying to hide.” It’s also been swamped with messages of support for his alleged “sickie” day.
December 18th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
[...] Hung-over employees and the Web don’t mix. This story turned out to be a hoax. Supposedly, Australian Kyle Doyle called out sick one day to work. The story then suggested that [...]