Bus driver fired for playing PSP
Source Eurogamer:
A Lancashire bus driver has been fired after he was caught playing his PSP when he should have been keeping his eyes on the road. According to the Daily Record, passengers complained to transport authorities after the man was seen with the handheld on his lap whilst driving from Accrington (who? ExACKly) to Blackburn. He was spotted playing not only when the bus was at traffic lights and bus stops, but also when driving down icy roads.
"He was playing a Grand Theft Auto game and the screams of the characters being shot could be heard all around the bus," one passenger is quoted as saying. "I find it hard to believe that anyone driving a car with a PSP on their knee would be considered a safe driver - doubly so a person in charge of a singledecker bus capable of carrying 40 to 50 passengers."
Following the complaints, authorities reviewed CCTV footage filmed during the journey, and promptly sacked the driver in question. "We take a very dim view of drivers using any sort of device that will distract them from their job," said Blackburn Transport boss Michael Morton. "All we are able to say in any of these cases is we feel that the appropriate disciplinary action has been taken." Police are now investigating the matter to decide whether or not the driver should face charges for motoring offences.
LoL What a Muppet
I was also fired for playing my PSP -
This guy deserves it for putting lives in danger but I didn't. I was fired for playing my PSP. No joke. I worked for a Cable Internet company's customer service/tech support call center. They claimed it breached security and as they were getting ready to suspend me, a supervisor fed me a bunch of nonsense about credit card security and blah blah blah trying to justify the suspension.
I'm sorry but good 'ol Pen & Paper would be much better than the PSP's lacking text input capabilities. Actually, the 90% of employees who brought in cell phones daily could have more easily recorded Credit Card info.
I was escorted out of the building with my PSP & stack of games in hand. I only brought the PSP in on the slowest day of the week when there was often 20 - 30 minutes of downtime between calls. The PSP in no way got in the way of doing my job. Performance-wise, I was actually a really good employee. This happened on the last day of April 2005 and I am still very bitter about it.
Owell, just wanted to share my story.
