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Submitter says: "CPI Corp used inter-office message system to let employees know they were out of a job when they closed Sears and Picture Me portrait studios."

If they're going to fire you, the least they could do is get you some extra-spicy sauce to drown out your sorrows. The nerve...

-Water Cooler Chris

I wonder if firing someone via text is the same thing as breaking up via text?

SO. MUCH. PUN.

"If it makes you feel any better, you weren't the only one who got laid (off)."

This McDonald's employee definitely wasn't lovin' it.

The company told reporters Wednesday that an employee captured in a video luring a homeless man to the drive-through window in Detroit with a hamburger, and then throwing water in his face, has been fired.

"Hey, Willie. Come here. You want a sandwich?" the unnamed employee can be heard yelling before throwing the cup of water.

McDonald's franchisee Wise Finley said he was disturbed by the "inappropriate" incident and took action to fire the employee.

"This type of behavior is not tolerated in my organization. I expect my employees to treat everyone with dignity and respect, and this was unacceptable," Finley told the Detroit Free Press.