Fired by Text Message? Ouch.

How would you feel about getting fired through a text message? It happened to Katy Tanner, a 21-year old sales assistant at a body-piercing and clothing shop in Cardiff, England. Tanner worked at the store for only 8 weeks and was shocked when she received the text message from her boss informing her that she had been fired.

The store chain defends the action an excuse of being in step with youth culture in which SMS messaging is a major means of communications. They also wanted to spare Tanner the embarrassment coming to her work only to be sent home.