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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on April 9, 2013 at 11:56

Haha. Ahem.

I see from the article he tweeted as Oddbins, so I can see why management might not be too impressed - after all, they may have as many pro-Thatcher customers as ones who felt like celebrating something yesterday. 

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Browning on April 9, 2013 at 12:34

Tell him if he starts up his own shop I'll buy my plonk from him instead. Bloody idiotic.

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Permalink Reply by Clare on April 10, 2013 at 11:15

http://kmflett.wordpress.com/ This is related to the Oddbins story. And yes, it's a ridiculous overreaction to suspend this man for his tweet!

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Permalink Reply by Rachella Sinclair on April 10, 2013 at 12:49

ridiculous -- but certainly brings attention to the power of the digital footprint

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Permalink Reply by Mat Riches on April 11, 2013 at 16:42

Oh god, I remember vaguely tweeting something t'other night from The Step and thinking I probably shouldn't have. Don't tell Nell or she might fire me!

All jokes aside, that is an absolute travesty and the world has gone mad. I was going to pick up a bottle of plonk on my way home tonight and will purposefully avoid Oddbins. I know it's a smalll and irrelevant stand but have that Oddbins! Just sayin...

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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on April 12, 2013 at 12:24

Right, it's boycott odd bins time then. Dweebs.

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Permalink Reply by Maggie Dain on April 12, 2013 at 13:29

Can't imagine what he was referring to, if anything...  

And so, whatever his or our personal opinions are, I certainly don't think that there can be any justification for suspending him.  

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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on April 12, 2013 at 14:45

Agreed. The best funerals are a celebration of life, a good boss would have cleverly managed the message in subsequent tweets to protect his employee's inexperienced tweet. Setting wheels in motion to sack them however suggests to me that Oddbins is not the kind of establishment that deserves crouch end patronage.

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