July 26, 2007 10:27 AM PDT
Texting costs Polish bus driver his job
A city bus driver in Poland has been fired for sending $34,000 in text messages from his company cell phone.
Leszek Wojcik ran up the bill by by sending more than 38,000 SMS messages, about 1,200 a day, in an effort to win a contest, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The Slupsk city bus driver told a local radio station that he hoped to win the contest so he could buy a second car.
The cell phone was only supposed to have a $5 limit, a spokesman for the Slupsk city transportation agency told the AP.
Candace Lombardi is a staff writer at CNET News.com
- Yeah, but did he win?
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by bjjlyates
July 26, 2007 11:28 AM PDT
- And I guess he thought his company would pay for the texting?
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- My thoughts exactly
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by ejevo
July 26, 2007 1:31 PM PDT
- n/t
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- He didn't won!
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by JabLuszko
July 27, 2007 6:56 AM PDT
- Nope.
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- No, he didn't
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by Camea
July 28, 2007 5:07 AM PDT
- This guy didn't win and on disciplinary grounds he was dismissed. The debt was secured on the wealth of the family for driver.
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(4 Comments)Even not a cent.