aaand ya burnt!

At least he got a delicious Busch Light out of the deal.

Well, it is a cool wand.

He went out in Worcester in a fairy costume. Kid's lucky to be alive, never mind losing his internship.

Ohmahgah!!! Smails??!!!!

@DorothyMantooth: Hah! Yeah. We both went to BC and Busch Light is definitely the drink of choice. I hope that's him.

Is it legal (HR-wise) to check out someone's personal Facebook page and forward embarrassing pics copied from the site to the entire office? Lame out-of-office excuse or not, doesn't the act of mass emailing the pics constitute harassment?

Why would an intern bother to come up with an excuse anyway? It's not like they get paid...

In the immortal words of American Beauty, he is so busted.

@silvarga:

I don't see this as harassment.

IF you put it on the internet (myspace, facebook, your college blog - whatever) you are inviting retribution. See John F. Page. And weep.

At least this guy was a self-respecting laggard and not a douche.

A queer star is born? Maybe he can do the weather on Chris Crocker's show.

hilarious photo. Totally looks like Seth Meyers little bro.

@LolCait: Me, too! (On the "hoping that's him" front, that is.) Wouldn't that just be the most delightful thing?!
I'm SO gonna read all of his comments with this picture in mind from now on.

@LolCait: p.s. BC was my school's "sister school."
I feel totes kindred!

@LolCait: One of the most shocking revelations I had during Life after BC (hey, we may have been there around the same time!) was that real beer doesn't taste like unpurified water.

Well, this is one way to let everyone at the office know you're gay.

@xhack: class of '05.

And, yes:

Bir has a flavur?!1!

@LolCait: 04.

I may know an "Web 2.0!" celeb. I feel more pride about this than my friend who is Ian Zeiring's cousin feels about her link to fame.

HA HA HA! Dumbass kids.

He didn't exactly lie.

If this party was in Worcester then why the fuck is there a Yankee's hat in the background?

I may have missed it - where exactly did he lie?

@ylover: "Something came up at home and I had to go to New York."

Worcester = Central Mass.

Sorry, I missed the Worcester part.

The part I'm having most trouble with... is that he wanted to go spend Halloween in Worcester!?!?! I mean, really?!?! Anyone that has been to Worcester knows that you lie, crawl, jump to get OUT of Worcester NOT the other way around.

Hollywood's probably going to sign him to a development deal.

THIS is why my facebook page is private.

@Hops: so your fairy pictures don't get posted on the interwebs?

What a fairy.

Anyone have a link to his facebook account?

What I hate is lying. No where in his e-mail does he say Family Emergency. In fact he was 100% honest just not specific. Something (this party) came up. Nothing dishonest in that. WHAT came up is of no relevance to the boss IE he has no need to know the specifics.

On the other hand his bosses creative use and response to finding out the specifics is hilarious deserves a pat on the back :-)

@DorothyMantooth: @LolCait: Unfortunately for the three of us, I only wish this was me. I was a far more hetero "Slutty Tinkerbell" for Halloween this year.

Nerys: Exactly! Kevin told the truth, even creatively. Sounds like Paul may have even had a sense of humor about it, in his reply. The lying starts with person whining about the family emergency.

Hire Kevin, promote Paul and fire the office nark. Or make him wear the costume to the office and apologize. =)

@TheHonJudgeSmails: Pix?

@Nerys: While he may not of "technically" lied, his e-mail was intentionally misleading. He knew that it would be interpreted that it was a family emergency. Very slimey.

cool boss - he's lucky he didnt get his ass burned

Two words: "Got reputationdefender?"

OK, how did the boss get the picture? Had the guy friended him on Facebook or what?

I run a design firm in Los Angeles, and I thought I would register to give a warning and to enlighten a few posters as to what is "lying". First of all, if you are scheduled to work, and have to miss a few days for "family", then dressing up in a fairy outfit with a beer in your hand WILL be construed as lying. Unless you live with a band of alcoholic fairies, and this was a wake.

Something else I thought people might be interested in or heard about is the use of Facebook and Myspace during job applications. I cannot tell everyone enough how many people get turned down for jobs all over Los Angeles because after a great interview, we Google their name, and eventually trace Youtube, Myspace etc. and find all the drunken pictures, idiotic racist comments etc. Be very careful using your real name on the internet.

The fact that his boss signs his e-mails with his initials ("PCD") leads me to believe that this office is full of all sorts of annoying d-bags.

Who hasn't pulled the "something came up at home" excuse, c'mon! If you have sick days / vacation days in the bank, you should be able to take them, no questions asked...

I hate to do this, but this situation really merits it:

pwned!1!!

"Got reputationdefender?"

Only in Planet WebTwenny's stupider neighbourhoods does that qualify as "two words".

of course, he never mentioned a "family emergency".

(and how is this turning facebook against its "earliest adopters"?)

@deathbychichi: I don't know the specifics, but one likely scenario is that Colvin joined his employer's Facebook network, exposing his profile to all his new coworkers.

Huahauhaeueahaeu

Crazy, crazy and crazy...

This is a complete fabrication.

this is hilarious shit.

and I live in constant fear of it happening to me...

So, the dude in the background - what's his costume? Russian mobster? Chav?

@StarlingSlipstream: Because there are assholes everywhere?

I'm almost certain its is a violation of Facebook's terms of service to take a photo from the site and use it elsewhere. The company went around fighting college newspapers for using photos from Facebook for stories.

I'm willing to bet that whoever took the fairy photo off Facebook will get their account disabled.

In fact, the more Facebook lets its users get abused for what they post, the more those users will post less interesting/incriminating things. This will make the site more boring, which is possibly the worst thing that can happen to a social network.

Your headline says "Privacy is an Illusion", and as true as this might be, it really doesn't apply here. If your goal is to have some privacy it's up to you. Have a Facebook, Myspace, YouTube channel or a Flikr account and you post items that might get you into trouble and well, we all know the rest. So, if your ego makes you publish your every move online, don't cry when it gets you busted using sick days for partying purposes. Hell I'd fire your ass in a hot second, but not before making you work a whole day in the fairy outfit cause, well, it's kind of hot.

Defenseman is right on all points. Geeb is not (PCD is not a d-bag. He's a good guy who had a good sense of humor about it). This happened. This kid is a work-skipping twit who clearly isn't smart enough to work at a bank. And if you put a non-copywrited picture on the web it is fair game (and it was sent to the boss, not retrieved by the boss). I grew up in Worcester and loved the line about lying to get out, not in. And I also agree that you don't have to lie to skip a job that doesn't pay you. Angloirish would probably appreciate the honest (drinking/banged-up) truth.

He may lose the internship, but gets all the dates he can handle (just not sure F or M)
:-)

Everyone is overlooking what's truly important about this: Kevin did a fab job matching his eye shadow to his wings.

first thing off the bat, just so everyone knows my perspective - i'm a bit old-school ... everyone is responsible for their own actions.

folks such as "SILVARGA": "Is it legal (HR-wise) to check out someone's personal Facebook page and ...".

what a wimpy, irresponsible attitude! it's all about how the employer might have reacted (i.e. irresponsibly) to this obvious lie. it's the typically lame "find something to sue them about because they embarrassed me", even though the employee is in the wrong.

and how about "EZE's" response ... the same wimpy, shift the blame to others that arent truly responsible for their actions: "I'm almost certain its is a violation of Facebook's terms of service to take a photo from the site and use it elsewhere."

this kid, "Kevin Colvin", is obviously guilty. and yes, i understand how it is being that young - we all acted irresponsibly - it's a part of growing up. obviously, someone just out of college hasn't "got it" yet (well, it's rare one would).

what irks me is the folks that think the blame should go to the employer. it's an absolutely wimply attitude and it's an attitude one in of itself that is irresponsible.

Kevin made this sound as if something was up (wrong) with the family and did something else. yes, he was ambiguous for a reason.

if Kevin was to be truly adult and take responsibility, he would have said (before the event), or asked, "i would like to take a vacation day ..."

The next time you decide to throw on your fairy godmother princess outfit, dip into your drag queen makeup stash, and throw back a few Bud Lights, think twice before you post your pics on Facebook.

If he exists, Kevin's biggest problem is that he hit Valleywag. Good thing it was a good costume since he will never live it down in Google.

"Your Privacy Is An Illusion"

Well, I don't think it is an illusion... afterall, is a facebook/myspace/orkut web page actually private?
If you want real privacy, build up a blog with access levels and groups, required login and stuff.

If you post it public, how can you request privacy?

what gets me is how many people will defend other people for doing stupid shit. Kids ya got a job you are expected to go to it not lie about it and be stupid enough the Next day and document it. Basically if you are a whore, drunk or just plain stupid stopping letting the world know about it and than complaining about the fact that your privacy is being violated. The level of me in this world is astounding. You wanted to be a star well everyone now knows your name welcome to the club. Your privacy is in your control and respect for yourself.

All this fair and legal stuff is a facade anyway. In many states, they don't even have to specific reason to fire you (Re: 'at will' employment).

Any hiring is presumed to be "at will"; that is, the employer is free to discharge individuals "for good cause, or bad cause, or no cause at all," and the employee is equally free to quit, strike, or otherwise cease work.

Only a handful of states (like 10 I think) have a 'just cause' rule but cutting work under an ambiguous excuse to go to a party certainly would be one.

Most of the time to get past that you'd have to sue for something on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap status. Meaning not checking out a facebook.

I've seen posted the idea he's an intern so what - well wait until a prospective employer for a real paying job googles his name. I suspect he's going to have a harder time getting a job due to this.

I have myspace, facebook, flickr, wordpress and a personal website that also runs gallery - they are all public but I don't post anything really personal there. I have a private livejournal account where I bitch and complain. I know we all want to be connected but you have to have levels of access.

Last night I was 90 mins late to work on project online with a colleague. I didn't mention it was because I was at a basketball game with my kid and I certainly didn't post photos of t