Naughty nursing assistant: Nai Mai Chao

Allegedly, Nai Mai Chao, a Portland area nursing assistant, has been fired from her job, spent time in jail, and lost her nursing license for posting images of patients along with derogatory comments on Facebook. One specific example, according to the NY Daily News, is that Ms. Chao posted a photo of a dying patient’s buttocks.

“Convicted of invasion of personal privacy, Chao was found to have posted graphic photos of patients on Facebook and to have written derogatory comments about them.

A coworker, who recognized the dying patient by the bandages on his bedsores, reported Chao to her supervisors and she was arrested in September, according to OregonLive.com.

The 26-year-old Chao denied taking the pics, but admitted posting them.”

Nai Mai Chao. source: Multnomah County Sheriff's Office

Wedding Blues: Al Fischer

Allegedly: Al Fischer, a St. Louis music teacher, was Facebook fired from his job at St. Ann Catholic School for posting about his upcoming marriage to long-time partner Charlie Robin. According to Student Life, a member of the St. Louis Archdiocese overheard that Mr. Fischer and his partner were planning on getting married in New York State:

The school originally planned to fire Fischer on Mar. 9, 2012, the day of his wedding. But when he posted on Facebook about the plans for termination, parents complained to the school about his firing. Despite this protest, he was fired the next day, without being given a chance to say good-bye to his students.

Al Fischer and Charlie Robin

Sins of the son: Harrison Lucas

Allegedly, Harrison Lucas, the police chief of Winfield, WV, was fired from his position recently, prompting many in his community to believe that the firing was a result of Facebook posts that Mr. Lucas’ son had made poking fun at the recent death of a local teenager. According to Officer.com, Mr. Lucas, who had ten year’s experience with the police force, was fired from his job on Monday, February 13th:

Winfield Mayor Randy Barrett told the Gazette on Tuesday that he had fired Harrison Lucas as chief on Monday evening….

…Barrett acknowledged he was aware of disparaging comments made by Lucas’ son, Payton Lucas, 18, about Jacob Ball, 16, who was hit and killed by a train last week in Hurricane. The mayor would not say if that played a role in Harrison Lucas’ firing.

In a profane rant on Payton Lucas’ public Facebook page, he laughed at Ball’s death. The post has been removed, but many Facebook users captured a screenshot and preserved the remarks.

In a later post, Payton Lucas – who until recently attended Winfield High School – apologized and laughed about what he previously posted about Ball’s death.

“Ok god damn everyone lol sorry for speaking my mine now piss off,” Payton Lucas wrote on Jan. 31.

 

Destroy America: Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting

This is the first story of Twitter deportation to be featured on this blog! Allegedly, Emily Bunting, and Leigh Van Bryan, two British tourists, were detained and barred from entering the United States because of a tweet made by Mr. Van Bryan describing his future plans to “destroy America.” (note that in British slang, “destroy” means to “party”). Per the Daily Mail:

“Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.

The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: ‘Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?’”

Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting. Source: Daily Mail

Van Bryan's tweet. Source: Daily Mail

Nittany Lyin’ : Adam Jacobi

Allegedly: Adam Jacobi, a reporter for CBSSports.com, was recently twitter fired for erroneously tweeting that former Penn State coach Joe Paterno had passed away (this was before Mr. Paterno actually did pass away from complications related to cancer), according to Poynter.org.

Adam Jacobi, from his LinkedIn account

From the story, Mr. Jacobi found the original erroneous report of Mr. Paterno’s death from the student-run site Onward State.

Adam Jacobi tweets

Friday Night Facebook: Rodney and Ryan Belasic

Allegedly: Rodney and Ryan Belasic, two Tennessee high school students, were removed from their football team after their mother made a Facebook post disclosing that they did not live in the same county in which they play football for.

Rodney Belasic, image via Yahoo

According to Yahoo, the Belasic brothers were players on the Perry County High football team. However, their mother:

“…posted on her Facebook page that she sent the kids back to Perry County for the week and that she would not see them again until Friday night,” Childress said. “Then, later on her Facebook page, she posted, ‘How can two boys mess up their room as badly as they do when they’re only here on Saturday and Sunday?’”

As the mother was revealed to be living in a different county than her sons, theTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSAA) deemed that they were ineligible to play on their football team, and that the team’s first three victories were ineligible as well.

A quick update

The Facebook Fired hasn’t been updated since June. There have simply been too many stories to keep up with.

However, based on the traffic that the blog is receiving I know there’s a lot of interest so I’m going to continue my original work of documenting stories of people getting fired for their social media activity. Thanks for reading and linking!