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Nothing says '21st Century' like e-pink slips. A jewelry shop in Cardiff, England sacked an employee at home with a migraine. With a text message.

Katy Tanner thinks they should have told her to her face; the company defends that it tried repeatedly to contact her, including through her boyfriend. Wow. Way to put him in hot water...

The message itself was not abbreviated: "We will not require your services anymore...Thank you for your time with us."

Ian Besbie, the store director, supplanted that texting was part of "youth culture". Wow. Again.

I know one or two people *cough* McCall! *cough* that live to text-message, but this is ridiculous.

Wow.