Professor Lilly Buchwitz wrote about another DOOCED incident. It seems Canadian Politician Garth Turner is another victim of the DOOCE-lexia that's circulating around like a virus having everyone fired from their jobs. Just like from blogs, people are also getting fired for the content of their other personal web pages like MySpace. How come these people aren’t learning???
There are known incidences where someone’s blog ultimately prevents them from getting a job as well. So I wonder, can we say that someone is “pre-DOOCED” when their blog is the reason for them not getting hired?
This occurrence happens just as frequently as when someone gets DOOCED, so let’s figure out a name for this just as embarrassing occurrence. Hit me up and tell me your suggestion for a name.
So far my creative juices aren’t working in full effect, thus the lame “pre-DOOCED”. =P
There are known incidences where someone’s blog ultimately prevents them from getting a job as well. So I wonder, can we say that someone is “pre-DOOCED” when their blog is the reason for them not getting hired?
This occurrence happens just as frequently as when someone gets DOOCED, so let’s figure out a name for this just as embarrassing occurrence. Hit me up and tell me your suggestion for a name.
So far my creative juices aren’t working in full effect, thus the lame “pre-DOOCED”. =P
***For those of you who aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, read the below:
DOOCED (compliments of Urban Dictionary)
Getting fired because of something that you wrote in your weblog.
"Blogger Heather B. Armstrong coined the phrase in 2002, after she was fired from her Web design job for writing about work and colleagues on her blog, Dooce.com" (Source: Yahoo.com)
Last October, Delta Air Lines flight attendant Ellen Simonetti was fired, she said, for what her supervisor called a misuse of uniform. Simonetti had posted on her personal blog, Queen of Sky (now called Diary of a Fired Flight Attendant), pictures of herself, in her uniform, on an empty plane. Her blog also contained thinly veiled work stories.
DOOCED (compliments of Urban Dictionary)
Getting fired because of something that you wrote in your weblog.
"Blogger Heather B. Armstrong coined the phrase in 2002, after she was fired from her Web design job for writing about work and colleagues on her blog, Dooce.com" (Source: Yahoo.com)
Last October, Delta Air Lines flight attendant Ellen Simonetti was fired, she said, for what her supervisor called a misuse of uniform. Simonetti had posted on her personal blog, Queen of Sky (now called Diary of a Fired Flight Attendant), pictures of herself, in her uniform, on an empty plane. Her blog also contained thinly veiled work stories.
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Thanks for the comment. And I would definitely like to be in your group for the MCOM presentation!
If you click on the link I included in that story about the Canadian politician, you'll be taken to the section on Dooce's website where you can read her blog posts that explain what happened to her.
As for the pre-doocing (great term, by the way!) remember I told you the first thing a prospective employer will do is Google your name. These blogs you're writing are out there on the Internet for anyone to see. Don't be afraid to speak (I mean, write) your mind, but be proud of what you write.
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