It's Not My Emergency Retired Crisis Manager's Brain Dump
OK Public Servants, when are you going to learn? Dave Statter posted the most recent case of social media rectal cranial inversion on his blog – Statter911 ; an appalling and sad story about an FDNY EMS lieutenant publicly revealed as the author of some unbelievably disgusting racial tweets and Facebook postings. When confronted by reporters as he left for work he immediately broke down in tears, worried that he was going to lose his job (Um, yeah, I’m thinking so!). You can read the story here and here.
Dave had previously coined the term “Social Media Assisted Career Suicide Syndrome” (SMACSS) after similar incidents where public officials lost their jobs after posting some incredibly stupid things on social media networks and/or using them inappropriately. When are folks going to learn? Are people really that stupid to think that you can really be anonymous on the internet? Apparently so…
Thanks for sharing Dave. I hope the actions and reactions of this poor S.O.B. will prevent another trusted public safety employee from committing SMACSS.
