Twitter Soap Opera
It all started with a “tweet” from user Sunith Baheerathan, allegedly at work in Vaughan, Ont., Canada: “Any dealers in Vaughan wanna make a 20sac chop? Come to Keele/Langstaff Mr. Lube, need a spliff or two to help me last this open to close.” The York Regional Police saw the post and replied, “Awesome! Can we come too?” They also notified the franchise’s owner, who later posted, “Thank you to the York Regional Police for your help and great work. The matter has now been handled.” This was followed shortly by a tweet from Sunith Baheerathan: “Just got the call of termination.” The next day, he posted, “People take tweets way too serious lol. I’m in [expletive] tears. I just caused a whole controversy over one a tweet.” He then changed his Twitter description from “aspiring mechanic” to “my tweets are NOT serious by any means.” (MS/CBC) ...Especially since he now has no means.Original Publication Date: 08 September 2013
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
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