What you say in cyberspace can come back to haunt you at work, says Kim Bielenberg By KIM BIELENBERG Tuesday November 11 2008 Sometimes it seems as though the internet was invented so that bored office workers can find an enjoyable way of getting through dreary afternoons. While seeming to engage in purposeful activity at a keyboard, internet idlers can happily engage in the three great workplace pastimes: minor sexual flirtation; exchanging pleasantries about debauched weekends of drinking; and, most importantly, moaning about the boss. Fed up with your pesky employer? What better way of offloading your frustrations than giving a graphic account of his or her faults on a website. Not so fast. Internet slackers and moaners were given pause for thought recently when the airline Virgin Atlantic sacked no fewer than 13 flight...
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