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It was a %$#& pizza place anyway.
You can lose your job over thoughtless social media posts. This is, we hope, common knowledge in 2015. But special recognition is in order for Cella, a Texan teenager who managed to lose her pizzeria job the day before she was scheduled to start working.
She did so with gusto, tweeting, “Ew I start this fuck ass job tomorrow,” followed by seven thumbs-down emoji.

Gawker
It seems Cella had become pre-disillusioned with her soon-to-be position at Jet’s Pizza, which would have entailed “working register, taking phone orders, making subs/salads.”
This is according to her almost-employer, franchise owner Robert Waple—who fired her for the tweet above.

Gawker
Waple, whose tweets are now protected, had evidently been alerted to Cella’s carping by another employee. Before this incident, he had barely used Twitter. Sensing blood, the trolls—including other people who had allegedly worked for Jet’s Pizza—attacked in droves.
that moment when someone snitched on you trying to get you in trouble but instead accidentally gets you famous💀💀
— hunna (@3hunnnna) February 9, 2015
Son @Robertwaple has had a twitter since ’09 and his second tweet EVER was to fire @Cellla_ today before she even started LOL 😩😭 dead asf
— Terry (@terrygaz_) February 8, 2015

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@Cellla_ call HR. You can sue. They had no grounds to fire you. You didn’t mention a company name. And who the fuck really wants2work anyway
— Bradster (@GothamBradster) February 9, 2015
@Robertwaple @Cellla_ You are just an unprofessional and childish as the girl you fired. Firing someone over Twitter? Seriously?
— Paula Heyman (@JennMint) February 9, 2015
@Robertwaple @Cellla_ EXTREMELY unprofessional coming from a business owner. I bet you run a shitty business.
— Paula Heyman (@JennMint) February 9, 2015
@Robertwaple @Cellla_ UNPROFESSIONAL! What grown ass man/manager uses twitter to fire and insult an employee? Who would wanna work for him!?
— . (@BahiyahBinah) February 9, 2015
Some, however, took Waple’s side, standing against the scourge of teen malcontentment.
@Robertwaple what was her job going to.be anyway? Good call.on firing her 😂
— David Nicola (@Fettmasta) February 8, 2015
@Robertwaple well done sir. U dont need that on ur staff amyways
— Quincy (@sina123rules) February 8, 2015
.@Robertwaple is the GOAT boss. I need the name of his pizzeria asap so I can try it on GP.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) February 8, 2015
I would eat pizza from where ever @Robertwaple manages. Don’t care if it tastes like cardboard with blood & butter instead of sauce & cheese
— Wil (@culturevi) February 8, 2015
Cella took the dismissal, as well as the viral fame that followed, in reasonably good cheer.
@DubsUFrye everyone says it sucks working there lmao that’s why I’m not mad
— cella. (@ceellla__) February 7, 2015
And anyway, it looked as if she had bigger fish to fry. (Bigger pizzas to put in the oven?)
I have court tomorrow lol I’m sad.
— cella. (@ceellla__) February 9, 2015
We hear it can be difficult to get hired with a criminal record, so, uh, good luck, kid. If all else fails, you can always tour the country as a demotivational speaker.
Oh yeah, and happy National Pizza Day.

Miles Klee
Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He's the author of two odd books of fiction, 'Ivyland' and 'True False.'