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A 16 year old in Essex, England, was fired from her job when her boss read on her facebook page "first day at work. omg!! So dull!!" This story cracks me up. The greatest humor of the situation was that her boos fired her with the reasoning that 'I have seen your comments on Facebook and I don't want my company being in the news.' I don't know how he came to the conclusion that a 16 year old's comments on facebook would get him in the news, but his stupidity certainly has raised attention, and made himself and his company newsworthy now. The boss claimed that she wouldn't be a good fit for the long term if she is bored already, but the other underlying story involves a much older boss scandally keeping close notice on his 16 year old employees personal page. It is true that facebook and other personal pages are becoming tools that employers will use to find background and ... to consider in hiring their employers, but there is something wrong about a middle aged boss scoping out his much younger employer, especially one under age. I don't know what will happen to this boss, but the damage has and is being done, and the fired employee certainly is having the last laugh with all of the publicity and negative attention it is having on her previous employer.