Emergency Dispatcher Fired For Facebook Drug Joke

kaptink writes "Dana Kuchler, a 21-year veteran of the West Allis Dispatch Department, was fired from her job for making jokes on her Facebook page about taking drugs. She appealed to an arbitrator, claiming the Facebook post was a joke, pointing out she had written 'ha' in it, and noting that urine and hair samples tested negative for drugs. The arbitrator said she should be entitled to go back to work after a 30-day suspension, but the City of West Allis complained that was not appropriate. Is posting bad jokes on Facebook a justifiable reason to give someone the boot?"

Comments

Re:Sounds unreasonable

[phatcabbage]

No, nerd rage about spelling only sometimes.

Re:Sounds unreasonable

[Threni]

>Is your o, a, b and l keys broken?

Any reason you typed 'is' and not 'are' there? I assume those keys work on your keyboard, as you use them elsewhere, so why make that basic mistake while nit-picking someone else's comment?

Re:Sounds unreasonable

[RedWizzard]

English isn't my native language, so I'm probably missing something here, but what construct is "21 year veteran with mandatory raises is pry a nice chunk of change"?

English is my native language and I have no idea WTF he means by "pry".

Re:Why people use their real names:

[somersault]

Someone has actually read the terms and conditions on Facebook? I am at the same time impressed, horrified and disgusted.

Re:Sounds unreasonable

[AikonMGB]

I think you'll find that [the Universe/saying dumb things] pretty much covers [everything/everyone]

Shutup woman, get on my horse.

Re:It all depends on what you mean ...

[VickiM]

Awesome, someone using the word "pry" correctly!