I'm a bit undecided on this, but honestly I'd take the humiliation like this than get fired. I'd feel more humiliated upon being fired.

I guess it depends on the costume! (and how much you like the job)

It is not like the this picture is really that humiliating he clearly was out in public and he had it on the internet so he obviously did not care. I would prefer neither.

Yeah that's why I don't put any info & pix on myspace, facebook, or on my blog that I wouldn't want to see on the news. Even if you do make it for "friends only" its still on the internet.

I still can't believe how dumb of a mistake that kid made.

There is nothing bad about your co-workers knowing you party hard. You're young, and they can all probably relate. However, getting fired is just plain embarrassing.

i think be humiliated would build part of who you are in a way..meaning..hopefully you'll be a strong enough and mature enough person to come back, deal with the conqences (sp?), and learn from your mistakes.

I think this is hilarious! I would rather be humiliated then fired, finding a new job sucks, but he was jsut an intern so who knows. and I think that boss is great!

I love the reply e-mail. So clever!

I will be sharing with my intern!

I think it all depends on what kind and level of humiliation it is.

If the humiliation I experience is extremely embarrassing and tragic to where I just can't show my face or let anyone at work see me ever again, then hell I'd probably WANT to be fired or just leave out on my own...but again the incident would have to be -very- bad.

Otherwise, I'd deal mild silly humiliation that I can later laugh at. Much better than being fired.

In my opinion, what was described the article wasn't that bad. If a man will wear a fairy costume for Halloween, he can't feel too bad about co-workers seeing him this way. He's "open-minded" to be begin with. He chose to have the outfit on in the first place. On the other hand, It's possible that he could not want co-workers to know he's into dressing as fairies for parties.

I think if anything, he'd feel stupid for being caught in a blatant lie in front of all of his co-workers and boss via email. Lying looks bad.

Fire me pleeeeease. It's not so much about the whole office seeing you in a tranny-fairy costume, but being caught lying must be so terrifying. I never lie if I'm not 100% sure it won't get figured out. ;x

I don't know...I'm kind of with Lyv. But being fired would be terrible too.

I remember this story, poor kid...

If I got humiliated, would i want to return to my job?

If I got humiliated, would i want to return to my job?

that boy goes to my college. he's a tool.

Why was the guy facebook friends with his boss? (stupid decision) And if he wasn't, then why did the boss go out of his way to find the guy on facebook? meaning it was difficult for him to access the page so he had to do a lot of digging. (If this is the case then I have a problem with the boss, he's within his legal rights but that doesn't make what he did right in my book)

I would take the humiliation. People at my company have done so much worse. I wouldn't even have made the top 10. In this case I would have been remembered though...

Both are horrible situations, but knowing that I party and have fun anyway..I'd rather take the humiliation heheh

I don't see why his boss needed to send it out in an email to the whole company. I think it would have been enough if he had just sent him the email/left a comment. I wouldn't want to work for someone who got their kicks this way. What if I screwed up (not that I would do something stupid like lie to my boss), would this person make fun of me in front of the company?

Poor kid? please, I think its appropriate to learn lessons like this, it makes for a better future work ethic.

The Radar article was interesting. It is sometimes embarrassing to be part of a generation that considers every thing to do important enough to take pictures of/post blogs about.