A text message can so easily be sent to the wrong person...with
potentially disastrous consequences. In the recent decision of
Nesbitt v Dragon Mountain Gold, the Fair Work Commission upheld the
dismissal of an employee who had accidentally sent a text message
to her General Manager.
Ms Nesbitt lost her job after sending a text message intended
for a plumbing contractor (her daughter's boyfriend) to her
General Manager, in which she referred to the General Manager as
"a complete dick...we know this already so please try your
best not to tell him that regardless of how you feel the
need."
Shortly afterwards, Ms Nesbitt sent the General Manager another
text, saying in part "Rob I need to explain...that message
came across so wrong. Rob...that is not how I feel. My sense of
humour is to exaggerate...That was a joke within our family...It is
so far out of context... Please forget it and just go on as normal.
I am very very sorry. It is not how I feel."
