Some punishments are pretty lenient.
While many would expect that a person would be terminated from employment for using a company’s official account for posting an obscene message, a Vodafone employee got suspended for posting a very discriminatory remark that can be considered as prejudiced against gender.
Still, the focus of the UK mobile network provider was to apologize and to assure its users that all is well and that the offending Tweet was nothing but the work of a rogue employee. While exact details on whom and what exactly transpired are not available, Vodafone has made it known that the culprit was indeed caught and that there is an internal investigation going on.
The good thing is those who read the Tweets easily understood the situation and nobody over-reacted to the situation. Vodafone’s employees were also quick on the draw to send in apologies and explanations within an hour of the posting.
Twitter’s micro blogging capabilities are fast becoming a social staple, thanks to the one liner tidbits that users can easily post to inform and update friends and family with both major and minor news and events. For companies such as Vodafone, Twitter allows the consumers to get direct line official news straight from the source.
On a side note, things have never been better for the network giant Vodafone UK. The company has been enjoying a continuous grow of sales and subscribers. With the successful launch of the iPhone for the operator, they have established themselves as the region’s number one provider of 3G services. They also re-released the Femtocell Sure Signal booster which further increased the market of their 3G service.
For more details and the complete news about the Vodafone Twitter incident as well as the posts from Vodafone employees, go to Mobile Today UK.
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