sacked for doing the Harlem Shake
Damn right!
More employers should follow that example! I so hate that hype meme!
Good.
Good, those Harlem Shake videos are so bad.
I have NO idea why anyone thinks its even remotely funny.
DAMN!
I was keeping quiet on this…but TOTALLY agree!
WTF?
YEAH!! More people should lose their livelihoods in times of financial uncertainty just for taking 5 minutes out of their day to make a viral video!!
Right guys? Right?
Yes. And eventually they’ll wind up out on the streets, starve, and probably die.
100 years ago we would’ve called that natural selection, now it’s some sort of social injustice?
Seriously, if people are that stupid - especially while thinking they’re being clever - then why does having them around benefit society? We don’t need a “village idiot” in this day and age.
Agreed. You’d better start looking for a new position then, hey?
You’re advocating the death of others because they made a video that annoys you and as if your warped sense of justice wasn’t enough you’re basing your argument on what? Things being different 100 years ago? I hate to break it to you but society as a whole has moved on considerably since then.
The DJTT Forum Kangaroo Court is now in session
I’m not “advocating” their death, just saying I don’t particularly give a shit about what happens to them. Maybe people will finally start realising that Harlem Shake just isn’t funny.
As annoying as it is, you can’t really say it didn’t make you crack a smile or two the first time you saw it. Defiantly annoyed by all the follow up vids
100% agree with you. Anyone get wound up over a stupid viral video and wishing this on a bunch of guys is a naive child.
Fucking with peoples lives guys. Get real. I bet the people in this thread that think its right that those guys have been sacked haven’t left school yet.
The bosses of that company should be flogged in public.
Threads like this make me sick.
Why, because adults don’t have opinions as well?
Or is it just because we disagree with you?
unfortunately those guys were sacked,
but it said it was a health and safety matter and this couldve been taken RIGHT out of context,
It mentions the workers were working underground,
chances are they they weren’t meant to have a phone on them, or anything not intrinsically safe due to gasses underground
who knows
very unfortunate.
and to those who thinks people should be sacked for making a 5 minute video,
grow the fuck up, gain some respect, and fucking relax,
uptight cunts.
video btw:
How DARE they risk their safety like that! Slippy floor!? Heavy Machinery not being operated!? Waving a pole above your head!? Doing the worm in a hi-vis vest!? INSANITY! These guys must have balls of steel to live life on the edge just for 30 seconds of entertainment!
Just a little follow-up:
http://news.sky.com/story/1059676/harlem-shake-oz-miners-fired-for-dance
“Hard economic times”? Fuck 'em.
This. It was funny when it first appeared but then it became a thing where companies take friday afternoon off, record a corporate PR Haarlem Shake video then post a shitty edited version of it on youtube. You know what though, every time I play that tune out at a gig, the dance floor fills up.
Man…I’ve seen some really funny ones. You guys should check out the one the Miami Heat did…seeing some of those guys act a fool and having a good time is great. Not sure why there is such a negative vibe from some folks on this forum with anything that becomes mainstream ---- it’s seems such an effort is made on purpose to against it. I think anything that makes some people enjoy life a bit more, laugh, and loosen up some is great, regardless of how silly it may seem.
Lose their jobs? Over a silly video. Come on folks lighten up some.
I suppose all the lads in afghanistan should lose their jobs for creating harlem shake videos as well? That’s a bit of a dangerous working environment to say the least. Its just blowing off steam during a shift. As far as i can see there’s not a lot of anything dangerous going on there.
No-ones harlem shaking a piece of Mining explosive next to a naked flame, or riding a JCB round in circles for christ’s sake.
They should of got a stiff talking too at the very most, losing your job is a bit extreme.
It’s because you clearly have zero compassion for another human being.
Adult or not I happen to think that other people matter. If you don’t then we are not cut from the same cloth, fine, we have nothing to discuss.