Many believe that TikTok rules the modern world - especially for the younger generation, some of whom often use TikTok instead of Google even to search for information. TikTok can take a person to the top - Khaby Lame is a perfect example of this - or it can seriously harm.
In fact, a service that was originally conceived solely for fun and entertainment is better not to be used for any work-related things. Especially if there are representatives of the older generation at your work who are not particularly well-versed in trends. And it can even cost you your job as a result.
As, for example, happened with the teacher Nicole Johnson, who, literally because of just one video, lost her job after eight years of employment at her school. The video recorded by Nicole went viral, gaining about 2M views. However, let's take it right from the very beginning...
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The Original Poster is a mother of three who has worked at the same school for more than eight years
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So, the Original Poster is a mother of three who has worked at the same school for more than eight years. In her own words, the school's administration has given her "special attention" since she discovered that the person who was there when her niece got a TBI has moved to town and is working with children.
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The OP once made a video which the school administration found offensive to a colleague
The OP was put on administrative leave for those videos, as the higher-ups called it harassment of a colleague, but after three weeks, she returned to work. After that, the teacher began to receive regular emails about her attendance. She did not attach any importance to this - as it turned out later, in vain.
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One day Nicole recorded another video which she published with the #fyp hashtag
It all started one day when the OP recorded a video of her sipping coffee through a straw, with the caption that she always says she can't get to work early because of her three kids, but always makes time for Starbucks.
Nicole posted the video under the hashtag #fyp, because she had found a similar one earlier on her For You Page. If you haven't heard anything about TikTok, this is the page you land on when you open TikTok, and actually the very place where content goes viral. And just the hashtag #fyp is a completely familiar three letters for anyone who has opened TikTok at least a couple of times.
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The higher-ups accused the teacher of being heavily disrespectful toward her co-workers
So, the video was public for about two days, and then Nicole hid it. But that was enough for the school administration. The OP was invited to a meeting that she was told was about her inappropriate behavior and lack of respect for her colleagues.
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The "evidence" was a printed sheet with a photograph of a phone screen with that video playing
The teacher was shown a printed sheet on which a smartphone screen was photographed with her video (which proves once again that she was framed by a person who could not even take a screenshot). Nicole was charged with deliberately being late for work (although she was never late - she simply did not come before hours, as the administration sometimes demanded) and insulting colleagues.
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It turned out that the superiors decided that the hashtag stood for curse words addressed to other teachers
It turns out, as explained to the teacher in the HR department, the hashtag #fyp was regarded as "f**k you people". The OP's attempts to explain the meaning of the world-famous hashtag were completely unsuccessful, and Nicole was fired after eight years at her school.
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Nicole thinks that she knows who exactly framed her - one of her elder colleagues
In her video, the teacher showed that the students were extremely upset by her termination, and wrote touching letters to her - but nothing could touch the school superiors. Nicole also noted that, apparently, one of her elder colleagues reported on her - and she even knows who it was.
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It can only be hoped that the TikTok trends will help spread the word to the higher school authorities and Nicole will be reinstated. At least, there have already been such cases, because TikTok, as we have already said, knows how to make people famous literally out of the blue.
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Image credits: @nicoleybridget3
Image credits: @nicoleybridget3
Image credits: @nicoleybridget3
We, as always, welcome your comments about this story, and if you have also experienced something similar, be sure to tell us how it happened. In the end, the internet is arranged so that you can always find, if not help, then at least some sympathy.