Internet Memes vs Your Job
Sep. 9th, 2009 02:38 pm"Staff at Swindon's Great Western Hospital face possible dismissal after posting online pictures of themselves taking part in The Lying Down Game."
It's stories like this that make me understand why some of my friends are so paranoid about being photographed doing anything even slightly out of the ordinary. Sadly, I suspect that what we're seeing here is an effort to pre-empt the inevitable appearance of these pictures in a grotty tabloid under the headline YOUR TAXES FUND STUPID INTERNET PRANKS THAT PUT PATIENTS AT RISK.
It's stories like this that make me understand why some of my friends are so paranoid about being photographed doing anything even slightly out of the ordinary. Sadly, I suspect that what we're seeing here is an effort to pre-empt the inevitable appearance of these pictures in a grotty tabloid under the headline YOUR TAXES FUND STUPID INTERNET PRANKS THAT PUT PATIENTS AT RISK.