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Monday, November 12, 2007

A Lesson for Us All

posted by on November 12 at 16:27 PM

Don’t tell your boss you’re going home to NYC for a family emergency…

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…and then post pretty pictures of yourself at a Halloween party in Massachusetts on your Facebook page.

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1

it is a disgrace, how can a person be so stupid... drinking busch light, how could you. shame on you sir, shame

Posted by vooodooo84 | November 12, 2007 4:36 PM
2

Nice eye makeup.

Posted by Michigan Matt | November 12, 2007 4:44 PM
3

His boss's response was priceless. I love that he bcc'd the entire office.

Posted by Darrell | November 12, 2007 5:02 PM
4

Cool wand. HA! HA! HA!

Posted by ahava | November 12, 2007 5:03 PM
5

I bet he gets some play from it. He's got some nice tits, shoulders, and teeth there.

Posted by Dan Savage | November 12, 2007 5:05 PM
6

Yeah, you want to be careful what you put out there on the internet. Also, get your stories straight with your buddies on Facebook if you need to skip out on work.

Posted by Greg | November 12, 2007 5:28 PM
7

And this is why upon graduation and the real job search I will be making my myspace page private.

Posted by Dianna | November 12, 2007 6:05 PM
8

It looks like a tacky party..can't even put away the Minwax!

Posted by Lloyd Cooney | November 12, 2007 6:46 PM
9

I bet he once asked his mom if he could marry her feet...

Posted by jack | November 12, 2007 7:20 PM
10

I grew up near Worcester, MA -- so weird to see someone sneaking out of work to party there.

Posted by Peter | November 12, 2007 8:16 PM
11

So, he emails his boss on the afternoon of Halloween (Oct. 31st) with a vague reference to family in NYC. He says he will not be able to come into work the following day, that Thursday, because he left that morning (Wednesday) for NYC.

His boss gets forwarded a photo of him in a costume that a (spiteful?) coworker found on Facebook and assumes that he must be lying about the "family emergency." (Which he never claimed, but was implied.)

I mean, the kid probably was lying but...

How do we know that he didn't go to Worcester, MA the weekend prior? Weren't most of the Halloween parties around here the weekend before Halloween?

Who's to say that he didn't go to a party in Worcester the weekend before, posted the photos of himself a few days later, and then, on Halloween, something actually DID come up and he had to go to NYC to be with his family?...

On the bank's website, it looks like they have offices in Boston, NYC, and Chicago. From what I've read, it seems like he was interning at the Boston office... Doesn't seem out of the realm of possiblity that he would have been partying it up on Worcester the weekend BEFORE Halloween...

His company damn well better HOPE that he was lying, 'cause, uh, if he was telling the truth and this shit (implying that he's a liar and a shitty employee) is now plastered all over the internet, well, that smells like a great big lawsuit to me!

Posted by Benefit of the Doubt | November 12, 2007 8:47 PM
12

His bosses response is so fucking awesome.

Posted by Mr. Poe | November 12, 2007 9:37 PM
13

I knew it was smart of me to not post the pictures of me crossdressing on Facebook. Then again, everyone at my job already knew I was doing it.

Posted by Chris in Tampa | November 12, 2007 9:45 PM
14

Seriously, @1, the Busch Lite alone would qualify as "termination for cause" in my book.

Posted by COMTE | November 12, 2007 11:10 PM
15

... except that he never said "family emergency" in his message, just that "something came up".

what a class act boss to facebook stalk him then bcc the whole office with the results.

Posted by josh | November 12, 2007 11:11 PM
16

And here we have another fine example of why 2 people shouldn't pass on their genes

Posted by Reality Check | November 13, 2007 12:39 AM
17

I've gotta say it: his man-tits bother me.

All right, I'm done.

Posted by Greg | November 13, 2007 8:32 AM
18

Nothing says "party bottom" like a can of Busch Light.

The fairy costume isn't helping much either.

Posted by Jake | November 13, 2007 8:35 AM
19

You post pictures of yourself on the internet you get exactly what you deserve. Want privacy? Stop posting pictures on the internet. If you post it assume you printed it on the front page of the New York Times.

Posted by Just Me | November 13, 2007 9:05 AM
20

Paraphrasing a journalist I once knew, if you don't want it plastered all over the Internet and sent to your boss, don't let it happen. Simple as that.

Also, an advantage of not lying is that you don't have to remember to keep your story straight.

If I come up with any further tired cliches, I will post them.

Posted by GeoGreg | November 13, 2007 10:33 AM
21

Boo hoo for the selfish little liar who got his hand caught in the cookie jar. Just more reinforcement that 1) our generation is the one of the selfish douchebags (if you follow the story he apparently called in sick quite a few times) who think they can get away with everything and 2) Facebook is a great power... and with great power comes great responsibility.
My university actually just had a lawyer in our forum who explained the legal ramifications of online use. And photos of you online is about par with throwing them out an open window on a busy highway.

Posted by Marty | November 13, 2007 12:59 PM
22

sent on the 31st...


all good parties were the prior weekend.


Wouldn't it suck if it was from then?

Posted by Lake | November 13, 2007 3:07 PM

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