{"id":1804,"date":"2010-05-20T20:19:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T03:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2010-05-20T20:19:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T03:19:05","slug":"the-7-most-stupid-employee-mistakes-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/20\/the-7-most-stupid-employee-mistakes-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Most Stupid Employee Mistakes Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Alexandra Gekas<\/a><\/p>\n

When Apple software engineer Gray Powell realized he\u2019d lost a prototype of the super-secret, next-generation iPhone at a bar, he was probably pretty worried. But when he saw that tech site Gizmodo.com had gotten hold of the phone and written a story detailing its every feature, he most likely started searching the want ads. While it appears Apple may have mercy on Powell and spare him the unemployment line, he will always be remembered for making one of the biggest employee blunders of all time. To make Powell feel a little better, we\u2019ve rounded up a list of epic workplace mistakes.<\/p>\n

Employee Keeps Journal About Procrastination<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Emmalee Bauer of Elkhart, Iowa, was always typing away at her work computer. The problem? She wasn\u2019t doing her work\u2014or anything at all, for that matter. Instead, she was writing a 300-page, single-spaced journal about not working. \u201cThis typing thing seems to be doing the trick,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt just looks like I am hard at work on something very important.\u201d Unfortunately, her boss caught on and found the journal. Later, Bauer was even denied unemployment benefits by a judge who said her journal showed a refusal to work and \u201camusement at getting away with it.\u201d Photo by iStockphoto.<\/em><\/p>\n

Journalist Fakes Pulitzer Prize\u2013Winning Story <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 1980 Janet Cooke, golden child of The<\/em> Washington<\/em> Post<\/em>, wrote a profile of an 8-year-old heroin addict she called \u201cJimmy,\u201d for which she won the coveted Pulitzer Prize. After publication, however, the government wanted to know Jimmy\u2019s whereabouts in order to help him. Cooke claimed she couldn\u2019t reveal her sources for fear that drug dealers would endanger her life. Days later, the whole thing fell through when it was revealed that the story was fake. Obviously, Cooke was forced to resign and return the prize. Photo courtesy of FBI.gov.<\/em><\/p>\n

Intern Skips Work for \u201cEmergency,\u201d Posts Party Pics Online <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2007 Kevin Colvin was an intern at a North American branch of Anglo Irish Bank. One day Colvin e-mailed his manager, Paul Davis, saying he\u2019d have to miss work due to a \u201cfamily emergency.\u201d But when suspicious coworkers checked his Facebook page, they found a picture of him at the Halloween party he\u2019d missed work to attend. In response, Davis e-mailed him: \u201cThanks for letting us know\u2014hope everything is OK in New York. (Cool wand.)\u201d He attached the incriminating photo and copied the whole office on the message. Photo by Shutterstock.<\/em><\/p>\n

Illinois Governor Tries to Sell Obama\u2019s Senate Seat<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rod Blagojevich served as Illinois governor from 2003 until 2009, when he was impeached for trying to sell the Senate seat Barack Obama left vacant. \u201cBlago,\u201d as he\u2019s known in Illinois, was charged with 16 felonies, including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and making false statements to federal agents. Continuing to claim innocence, he has since written a book and appeared on the reality television show The Apprentice<\/em>. His trial is set to start on June 3, 2010. Photo by Alexandra Buxbaum \/ Retna Ltd.<\/em><\/p>\n

Waitress Complains About Customers on Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anyone who\u2019s ever been a server knows the holy trinity of customer sins: sitting at the table too long, staying past closing and leaving a bad tip. Well, Ashley Johnson, a waitress at Brixx Pizza in Charlotte, North Carolina, got hit with all three in one night when a couple stayed at her table for three hours\u2014keeping her an hour after closing\u2014and then only tipped her $5. So what did Ashley do? She complained on Facebook, of course! \u201cThanks for eating at Brixx,\u201d she reportedly wrote on her wall, in addition to calling the patrons \u201ccheap.\u201d A few days later, Johnson got a call from her manager giving her the ax for \u201cviolating company policies against speaking ill of customers and depicting the restaurant negatively on social networking sites.\u201d Photo by Shutterstock.<\/em><\/p>\n

Port Authority Guards Sleep on the Job<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ever since the events that occurred on September 11, 2001, security has been a high priority in the U.S., especially in New York City. Unfortunately, not everyone takes it so seriously. New Jersey photographer Joey Lepore snapped Port Authority guards sleeping on the job at the George Washington Bridge. And it wasn\u2019t the first time, either. Lepore says that before he took the photos, he\u2019d actually spoken to the guards and asked them to stay awake. It wasn\u2019t until the third incident that he decided to record them in the act. The guards were relieved of their duties shortly thereafter. <\/strong>Photo by iStockphoto.<\/em><\/p>\n

Principal Accidentally Sends Profanity-Laced E-mail to Parent<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Most of us have gone through the embarrassing experience of sending the wrong e-mail to the wrong person. But it cost Eva N. Ravelo, an elementary school principal in Miami, her job. She mistakenly sent a crude e-mail to Abigail DuBearn, the parent of a student at her school. Ravelo had intended the message\u2014which was in reference to an earlier e-mail from DuBearn\u2014for her vice principal. DuBearn was so insulted she sent it to the PTA, whose members circulated the message among other parents. Ravelo was subsequently transferred. Photo by iStockphoto.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Alexandra Gekas When Apple software engineer Gray Powell realized he\u2019d lost a prototype of the super-secret, next-generation iPhone at a bar, he was probably pretty worried. But when he saw that tech site Gizmodo.com had gotten hold of the phone and written a story detailing its every feature, he most likely started searching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}