Facebook blunders... Is termination justified?

We've all heard the stories...  Status updates on Facebook are causing people to receive disciplinary action and/or termination.
I came across one such incident where Ashley, a waitress at Brixx Pizza in Charlotte, N.C was fired over her Facebook status.  She had stayed an hour past the end of her shift for a table and was ticked off by a $5 tip after all of the effort she put in.  So, upon arriving home, she went to her "private" Facebook page and vented. 
Her boss decided to read her status and fired her saying she “violated a company policy banning workers from speaking disparagingly about customers and casting the restaurant in a bad light on a social network.”


Here is the article that I found.  Take a read..


http://chris.pirillo.com/waitress-fired-over-facebook-status/


Do you agree??  Was the punishment fitting for what Ashley did?


Always keep this in mind..  No matter what you post on the Internet it is NEVER private.  What you think is harmless could violate your employers policies.  You really do need to be aware of how you conduct yourself on social media if you are employed.  Otherwise, one day a careless tweet or status update could cost you your job.


And by the way, if Ashley didn't mention the company or identify the customers, I think her employer was way off base.  Her termination has now caused a thorn in his side due to the public backlash on this..  So it works both ways.