The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

bow7Dept. of Redundancy Dept. 
“S.C. Unemployment Agency to Lay Off 100”–headline, Associated Press, April 14

Oops There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant 
“Ants Can Sense Earthquakes a Day in Advance”–headline, Times News Network (India), April 12

Smart Autos, Foolish Choices 
“2 Men in Smart Car Accidentally Drive Into Mississippi River”–headline, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 16

1. You Live in Qatar 
“Fifteen Signs You Have Lived in Qatar Too Long”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), April 16

Questions Nobody Is Asking 
“Where Should the Septic System for a Stop & Shop Gas Station Be?”–headline, Patch.com (Monroe, Conn.), April 15

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “NPR Series on Race Aims to Build a Wider Audience”–headline, New York Times website, April 14
  • “Few in U.S. See Guns, Immigration as Nation’s Top Problems”–headline, Gallup.com, April 15
  • “Greece Reaches a Deal for More Bailout Money”–headline, New York Times, April 16

Come On In, the Water’s Vine
Daniel Schwartz, who runs the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, warns employers about the latest social-media application, known as Vine:

Never heard of it? You will soon. Its [sic] a product of Twitter and a new social networking site where people can share looping six second videos.

Here’s the workplace angle though; just like Facebook, people are using Vine to take videos of their workplace. Some even tag their videos with the hashtag “#work”. . . .

What if an employee posted a self-portrait video driving heavy machinery at the airport? Um, someone did that too.

Then, there is this guy who really doesn’t want to work and shows videos from the back office.

And let’s not forget that this employee has enough time to read Harry Potter and listen to Pandora while showing an empty workplace.

All these videos were found doing a search of the hashtag “#work” on Vine; I found them in about 5 minutes.

Wait, why is this a warning to employers? It sounds like a great tool to keep tabs on the help!

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