Facebook entry that earned 'Lindsay' her P45

A woman has apparently been fired after abusing her boss on Facebook - and forgetting she was friends with him on the social networking site.

The worker, known only as "Lindsay", updated her Facebook status with "OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!"

She went on: "My boss is a total pervy w****r, always making me do s**t stuff just to p**s me off!! W****r!"

Her boss "Brian" responded a few hours later just before 11pm, opening with: "Hi Lindsay, I guess you forgot about adding me on here?"

He went on: "Firstly, don't flatter yourself. Secondly, you've worked here 5 months and didn't work out that I'm gay? Thirdly, that 's**t stuff' is called your 'job', you know, what I pay you to do. But the fact that you seem to be able to f**k up the simplest of tasks might contribute to how you feel about it.

"And lastly, you also seem to have forgotten that you have 2 weeks left on your 6 month trial period. Don't bother coming in tomorrow.

"I'll pop your P45 in the post and you can come in whenever you like to pick up any stuff you've left here. And yes, I'm serious."

Screen shots of the exchange, which appears to be genuine, were posted on social content websites "Digg" and "lamebook", whose users highlight amusing finds from Facebook.

The pair's surnames have been blocked out to protect their identities but their profile pictures are visible on Digg. The exchange has since gone viral and is spreading like wildfire on emails worldwide and blogs all over the internet.

The majority of readers' comments suggest that the mystery woman deserved to be sacked for stupidity. One lamebook user commented: "I used to talk badly about my job and employers all the time.

"I just made sure I wasn't telling the entire internet or any vague sources."

Another reader said: "This was the equivalent of trash-talking your boss to your friends loudly at the top of your lungs while forgetting that your boss was not only still in the room but standing next to you.

"This is proof that just because you can publicly announce every thought you have on Facebook, it still doesn't mean you should."