She Got Dooced

Are you blogging instead of working on your assigned duty at office? If yes, then you better read this story.

A 33 year old British woman who has been living for past 8 years or so in Paris and blogs under the name ‘La Petite Anglaise’ got fired from her job by her boss for blogging.

Yes…Yes this is true.

And No, this has nothing to do with her posting nasty stuff about her boss. As a matter of fact, she never even revealed the name of the company she was working for. She basically wrote about her love affairs, single motherhood and office bloopers with self-deprecating, Bridget Jones-style humor.

This is what she has written as her introduction on her blog.

Paris has been my home for a decade.

After living ‘in sin’ for 8 years, I left my partner for a man I met on my blog. I now live alone with my daughter Tadpole; her daddy, Mr Frog, lives nearby.

Just when I thought things were back on an even keel, I got dooced.

Welcome to my life…

For those who are not aware, Dooced is a term used for indicating the dismissal from work for blogging.

Anyways there is a limey twist to the story.

Apparently now she’s suing her employer in a case generating buzz in the entire European and American blogosphere.

The lawsuit is seen as a test case in France, where there have been few cases of bloggers getting fired.

Now if only she wins, just imagine so many of us would be able to blog peacefully without worrying about loosing our jobs.