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05/01/2024 11:21:02 pm

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Teen Gets Fired Over Rude Tweets

A teenager got fired from her job at a pizza parlor right before she was set to begin due to a rude Twitter post.

The girl named Cella was about to start work at Jet's Pizza in Mansfield Texas when she sent out a tweet showing how disdained she was about her first day at work.

The tweet went : "Ew I start this f**** a** job tomorrow" followed by a series of thumbs down emoji.

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A worker at the pizzeria who saw her tweet took a screen grab and showed it to store manager Robert Waple.

Waple, who had only sent out one tweet since he opened the account, replied to Cella.  Waple tweeted: "And... no you don't start that FA job today! I just fired you! Good luck with your no money, no job life!"

Waple sent out more tweets thereafter but they soon got deleted.  This raised questions on the real identity of the store manager, and if Cella's termination was real.

Cella said she called the store and another manager confirmed to her that she was indeed fired.

The Twitter exchanges were retweeted hundreds of times, making Cella and Waple instant online celebrities.  Cella's Twitter followers from around the world jumped to 2,700. Some sent messages of support, while the others scoffed her.

A Twitter user who claimed to be from The Netherlands said "@Cella, you will find another and better one! Greetz from The Netherlands"

Another one invited her to come to Hollywood, saying her story is worth to be told in a movie.

Another user urged Cella to stand up for her right to freedom of speech, saying she has a strong case against the pizza shop management. Some suggested that she file a case for unfair dismissal.

Waple's pizza shop was a franchise of Jet's Pizza.  It has 400 branches in 18 states.

In a statement, Jet's America Inc. said, they have no control over the franchise store's policies concerning its employees. 

"The location in question is an independently owned and operated franchise store. Jet's America, Inc., as the franchisor, cannot dictate the employment practices or decisions of independently owned and operated franchise businesses," a spokeswoman for Jet's Pizza said.

But the company has expressed regrets over how the parties handled the situation.

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