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Social media can be a tricky world to navigate, especially if you’re one of those #nofilter
kind of people.
Just take Twitter user Naomi H. for example, who just got an internship with NASA only to be fired a short while later.
And what was the cause of her severance?
Her #nofilter mouth.
According to Newsweek, Naomi H. (as she’s identified on Twitter) got the internship of her dream with NASA. She was so excited by the news that she went on Twitter to celebrate by saying, “EVERYONE SHUT THE FU** UP. I GOT ACCEPTED FOR A NASA INTERNSHIP.”
A little aggressive, but congrats right!?
Wrong.
Someone named Homer Hickam saw Naomi H.’s use of profanity and replied to her tweet by saying “Language.”
Well remember Naomi is a #nofilter kind of girl, so she was completely and utterly against being censored. She replied to this Homer guy saying “Suck my di** and balls, I’m working for NASA.”
Again, a little aggressive.
But who cares, she’s working for NASA!
Unfortunately, little did Naomi know, Hickam is a highly respected NASA engineer and a member of the National Space Council — the group that actually overseas NASA.
Hickam made Naomi aware of this and things went downhill from there.
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Oops: Woman Loses NASA Internship After Tweeting “Suck My Di** And Balls” To One Important Guy
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After Naomi cordially invited Hickam to suck her di** and balls, Hickam let her know who he was and not too long after, Naomi received notice from NASA that her highly-coveted internship offer was revoked.
However, Hickam argues that he had nothing to do with Naomi’s firing. As a matter of fact, he wants to help her get another job in the field.
In a blog post published on Tuesday (that has since been taken down), Hickam wrote:
“I’m a Vietnam vet and not at all offended by the F-word. However, when I saw NASA and the word used together, it occurred to me that this young person might get in trouble if NASA saw it, so I tweeted to her one word: ‘Language’ and intended to leave it at that.”
Hickam went on to say that abuse from Naomi’s “friends” on Twitter caused him to delete his comments and block “all concerned.” He then argues it was the #NASA hashtag Naomi’s “friends” were using in their comments that caused NASA to take notice, which could have led to Naomi’s firing.
“This, I had nothing to do with,” Hickam said. “Nor could I, since I do not hire and fire at the agency or have any say on employment whatsoever.”
Hickam now says that he’s doing all that he can to secure Naomi another opportunity in the aerospace industry.
He said Naomi reached out to him with an “unnecessary apology” and after they talked for a while and after he looked at her resume, Hickam said, “I am certain she deserves a position in the aerospace industry and I’m doing all I can to secure her one that will be better than she lost.”
So it seems this story has a happy ending after all, and Naomi’s #nofilter mouth might get her something even better than NASA.
Naomi still isn’t taking risks though. Since the whole fiasco, she’s set her Twitter account to private so future messages won’t be peeped by potential employers.
So for all you #nofilter people out there, stay honest, stay genuine, but of course, stay wise.
Oops: Woman Loses NASA Internship After Tweeting “Suck My Di** And Balls” To One Important Guy
was originally published on
globalgrind.com
