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So...I kept my job, but I was required to place phone calls to all of the other employees and tell them of my transgression, and to tell them that if they were caught doing it that they would be fired on the spot. I NEVER again tended to personal business while at work, as once was enough to learn my lesson. I did stay with the company for nearly a year, and when I finally did leave due to a severe illness, my boss kept my position open for nearly two weeks in hopes that I would be well enough to return, even if only part time.

Lesson to be learned is: don't assume that personal computer time is allowed, even if you've never been warned against it and everyone else does it. Just keep the personal business at home, and don't put yourself in the position of being warned, chewed out, and possibly even fired.]]>Aug 1st 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/]]>Aug 1st 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/I could have told that one myself. Total waste of time.]]>Aug 1st 2009 8:32PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/]]>Aug 2nd 2009 4:12AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/When confronted by his supervisor he stated "Dude they are my minutes I am not using the office Phone" and thought that was an accepatble excuse he no longer works here]]>Aug 2nd 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/Aug 2nd 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/01/how-not-to-get-fired-over-internet-misuse-at-work/Jul 6th 2010 4:11AM