Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Queen of Sky Blogger got sacked

I know this is old news now but the Delta Airlines Employee Ellen Simonetti who was sacked from her job as an airhostess for blogging pictures of her in uniform (only a little risque) is now looking to make a bunch of money from book deals, and other offers.
This illustrates what I would call a dubious method of making money from blogging and one that probably doesn't have a long term future.
She has obtained notoriety not from the photos but from the action of her employer in dismissing her.
She currently has an suit of wrongful dismissal being prepared.
Whatever money she gets is going to be chewed up by legals, her PR team and agent. She may end up with some money after that's all finished and she may well get some money from appearances and advertising etc, maybe even another job, but I wouldn't recommend this as a way of attempting to make money from blogging.

Even worse was the blog of the Washingtonienne who slept her way through her Capitol Hill office and blogged about it. This is up there with Monica Lewinsky for embarrassment and sheer idiocy. There is no way she will ever recover from that (deserved) slur on her reputation and I don't think any amount of money or book deals can ever repay that.


Posted by: Jethro | 10:46 AM |