A Sydney call centre worker who "chucked a sickie" only to be caught out on Facebook is now the subject of a formal investigation by his employer.
Kyle Doyle, a 21-year-old resolutions expert for telecommunications firm AAPT, bragged about his day off on the social networking site while telling his employer he was away for "medical reasons".
But he was found out when his boss spotted this Facebook profile update on the day in question, August 21: "Kyle Doyle is not going to work, f*** it I'm still trashed. SICKIE WOO!"
A spokeswoman for AAPT today said the company was aware of the issue and had launched a formal investigation.
"We're not commenting [further] at this stage — as you can see it's a fairly personal email exchange,'' she told ninemsn.
"The whole issue is being investigated."
According to an email trail now sweeping inboxes, the fuss began when AAPT's workforce operations manager Niresh Regmi contacted Mr Doyle asking him to provide a medical certificate for his sick leave day.
Not knowing his incriminating status post had been uncovered, Mr Doyle tried to argue his way out of trouble.
"1 day leave absences do not require a medical certificate as stated in my contract, provided I have stated that I am on leave for medical reasons," his reply email read.
Mr Regmi: "Usually that is the case… however please note that leave during these occasions is only granted for genuine medical reasons.
"You [sic] line manager has determined that your leave was not due to medical reasons and as such we cannot grant leave on this occasion."
Sticking to his story, Mr Doyle insisted his day off was due to medical reasons and challenged his boss to provide proof otherwise.
In response, Mr Regmi delivered his trump card — a screengrab of Mr Doyle's Facebook page.
Mr Doyle realised his game was up, responding in jest: "HAHAHA LMAO [laughing my arse off] epic fail… no worries man."
Mr Doyle is yet to reply to ninemsn's Facebook message requesting a comment — but he has changed his Facebook status to "trying to hide".
Last night a concerned friend posted a query on Mr Doyle's online message board asking about the fallout and the 21-year-old replied: "lol [laugh out loud] don't know yet".
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