In a case that is probably not the only one of its ilk, a woman whose iPhone alarm failed to work on New Year’s Day claims the resultant job tardiness has lead to her dismissal.
According to Boston.com , 28-year-old Lindsay Garvey fired off a nastygram email to Steve Jobs about the incident, although she says she has not heard back. Garvey huffed:
“Upon my termination, I was told that I was wonderful, but that my tardiness was unfair to the other employees,” she wrote. “So, Mr. Jobs, I’d like to let you know that you have officially, directly contributed to unemployment in 2011… If you had warned me about the glitch, I could have at least picked up a $5, battery-operated alarm clock that would have saved my job. Now I’m unemployed in a time when jobs are not easily had, and I am short on my rent.”
While a bit heavy-handed with the hyperbole, Garvey’s tale is enough to strike fear into most iPhone users. Nowadays many people rely on their smartphones, e-readers and MP3 players for this simple auxiliary functions. Luddites will argue not to rely on a phone’s alarm, but there’s no overt reason to believe a device’s stated capabilities won’t work aside from the whole “iPhones not making phone calls” issue. Having to set two alarms in case one doesn’t work seems a bit excessive, despite inevitable protestations to the controversy.
Garvey’s former employer commented on the iPhone relating firing:
“Unfortunately, (Garvey’s) tardiness on New Year’s Day was not an isolated incident and it is with great regret that she was let go,” wrote David Flanagan, co-owner of Foundry on Elm. “We value all of the team members of our staff and hold them to a very high standard of excellent hospitality.”
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