Driver sacked after Twitter 'joke' about hitting a cyclist

A bit of investigation would reveal that a lot of companies have policies on social media use and how staff should not make comments that could be taken to represent the views of their employer, it's just a matter of some employers coming into the 21st Century and realising that if someone acts like a tw4t on Twitter or Facebook then they will probably act like a tw4t with customers. Simples !!

It's Bristol

Home of the yoghurt weaving trustafarian "activist" and wannabe urban freedom fighter/casual arsonist, most of whom came up the hard way in fee paying schools, selective grammars and steiner day care for disruptive brats with lots of social capital

They fired him before they had the hippy rich kids in balaclavas turn up outside the offices with protest signs

And is ANYONE concerned for the cyclist he may or may not have knocked down and left for dead? If you are that cyclist and you physically can, PLEASE step forward.

As for the rest IDGAF. I'm pleased he got sacked. I was hit and run the driver was never traced mainly because plod CBA.

Now will his insurer void his car insurance or hike is premium? Oh please, oh please!

It's karma.

It does sound as if he may have been accessing his social media feeds at work, and therefore he has infringed the company's IT policy. To get rid of him immediately smacks of this not being a first offence.

I must say that I do feel farrell has it about right.

there is of course one detail we don't know, what was his record at work like, was his dismissal a third strike?

You can say it was an over reaction, but if this was just another example of his behaviour then?

edit, and as pointed out above, his twitter name won't help his cause, it does suggest a level of maturity.

Twitter storm over reaction... if I were this person's employer I would have reprimanded them and then asked them to cycle to work for a month to experience what it's like to ride in busy traffic. A much better PR story for the company too.

If he's been there for less than 2 years he is cannon fodder anyway.

I seriously think all the commentors above have missed the important part of the story

"cockwomble" is my new favourite insult - it just rolls off the tongue

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Well yeah, but being an End. Bell. shouldn't NECESSARILY lose you your job. In this case (providing the incident didn't actually take place), I'd say it was completely up to the employer's discretion whether to fire him or not. They chose to, which is completely fair enough if they find this sort of joke unacceptable (as they might given the nature of the company).

It was Very fast action by his employers .. perhaps this was not an isolated incident of this guy being a tit?

For all we know, he may have already been on 'thin ice' before today.

It's just brought to his employers attention that an employee has his face on a twitter account called r a p e y o u and had many more dubious 'jokes' than this one.

Twitter/Facebook.....Vehicles for the lonely.

There's a good chance that a fair number of these people are cyclists too http://www.hl.co.uk/about-us/board-of-directors#iangorham

Seriously career limiting move. If there was a version of the Darwin Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards) for careers, this guy would defo be a serious contender

Even Old Holborn is getting involved and abusing cyclists on Twitter... we must all be famous.

Let's hope he can't afford his (probably very swanky) car anymore as he is unemployed and has to travel by bike

Having lost my uncle last June in a hit and run incident, you may understand I find this poor taste.When airing anything on social media its worth remembering people in situations such as myself maybe reading it.Hopefully this manchild has learnt that!

I think it's right for his employer to take action. Like it or not, your social media is a representation of the company you work for - even if that's Tesco.

Am I the only one to think his Twitter name is a little on the very dodgy side? Ray Pew? Really?

I live in Bristol, and although the standard of driving has improved over the past five years, there are still plenty of arrogant idiots who are callously indifferent to the safety of cyclists.

If this was a joke, then it was in extremely poor taste, and I applaud the company for taking such decisive and immediate action. Now all we've got to do is get everyone on board with CTC's Road Justice campaign.

The Boss maybe a cyclist

His former employers are stockbrokers not lawyers!!

http://www.hl.co.uk/

Although, if you coincidentally did get knocked off in Bristol today you've got a cast-iron chance at some compensation...

He is an ambassador for his company on and off the playing field, it brings into question the type of employee they have within their establishment...and damages their perceived reputation.
Were the company a bit over enthusiastic in their handling of the situation? Perhaps.
It's a pity though that other 'establishments' can't (perhaps a conscious decision) reign in their employees in such a manner...@KTHOPKINS....