Boy, this Hawaii missile alert thing just keeps getting better and better. And by “better,” we of course mean “worse.”
Under the category, "What Does It Take To Get Fired?"
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@CutItOutPutin) January 30, 2018
Asked, and answered:
https://twitter.com/jasonelevation/status/958457588580061185
Yep:
Worker who sent mistaken missile alert in Hawaii has been fired; had performance issues in the past. https://t.co/c82TUaCc34
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 30, 2018
“Performance issues”? Yeah, we suppose that’s one way of putting it.
BREAKING Hawaii authorities: Employee who sent erroneous missile alert had 10 years of performance issues and had confused real world and practice drills twice before.
— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/jasonelevation/status/958456224206544897
Wheeeeee!
— Winthrop Chesterton (@IronyNOW) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/jasonelevation/status/958455609250271232
Good enough for government work. https://t.co/U6l3rjUCtq
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 30, 2018
Sounds like just the kind of person you want to handle jobs like nuclear-attack notification. https://t.co/6bgCXMDGGA
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/958458333547171840
At least they found him a job where he couldn’t do any harm. https://t.co/VgEo7xyGhy
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 30, 2018
Thank goodness for that.
The Simpsons is all fun and games until someone actually gets hurt https://t.co/WKeyXDOz5d
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 30, 2018
Recommended
https://twitter.com/mattbramanti/status/958460015010045952
I bet the next thing we learn is some labor union prevented him from being removed. https://t.co/aQ1nyX26I1
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) January 30, 2018
Let’s just say that wouldn’t come as a major shock.
TRUST THE EXPERTS!!!! https://t.co/MMmiAjzN7B
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) January 30, 2018
Hawaii’s Democratic Governor, who couldn’t tweet out corrective information because he didn’t know his password, seems like just the guy to root out this governmental incompetence. https://t.co/zqccF77JeI
— Alberto E. Martinez (@albertemartinez) January 30, 2018
I know: Let's let government regulate the Internet, too! ? https://t.co/wZtuWiR7bW
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) January 30, 2018
He'll land on his feet when he gets a job with the VA. https://t.co/EmfDSX85ZP
— BT (@back_ttys) January 30, 2018
Oh gawd.
https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/958456304661508096
You really can’t get a much clearer example than this.