You know a tweet is really bad when you lose your job over it. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried should know. In March of 2011, Gottfried was ousted from his job as the voice of the Aflac duck after he tweeted jokes about the earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan. Among the tweets the comedian sent: “I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, ‘There’ll be another one floating by any minute now’.” Needless to say, Aflac, which touts itself as Japan’s No. 1 “insurance company in terms of individual policies in force,” did not find him funny at all.
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![Gottfried wasn’t the only one to lose a job over a tweet. Chrysler contractor Scott Bartosiewicz tweeted this from the automaker’s official account in March of 2011, the Associated Press reported: 'I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the #motorcity and yet no one here knows how to [expletive] drive.” Bartosiewicz meant to send the message from his personal account. When Chrylser caught wind of the blooper, the company decided not to renew Bartosiewicz’s contract, giving him a pink slip instead. Bartosiewicz soon apologized for his flub.](/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/12/16/National-Economy/Images/134436738.jpg)
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