New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has fired a city employee after seeing the man play solitaire on his computer at work.

“The workplace is not an appropriate place for games,” Bloomberg told reporters on Thursday when asked about firing a clerical worker in the city's lobbying office in Albany. “I expect all city workers, including myself, to work hard.”

The man was fired last Tuesday after six years on the job with no warning or severance pay.

Bloomberg fires man for playing computer game

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has fired a city employee after seeing the man play solitaire on his computer at work.

“The workplace is not an appropriate place for games,” Bloomberg told reporters on Thursday when asked about firing a clerical worker in the city’s lobbying office in Albany. “I expect all city workers, including myself, to work hard.”

The man was fired last Tuesday after six years on the job with no warning or severance pay.

Bloomberg saw the man playing the popular computer card game during a rare visit to the office ahead of Gov. George Pataki’s January 4 State of the State speech.

4 Comments

  • he-s right for a change

    that’s good y should i pay tax money for some dumb idiot to play games huuuu???? and i bet bloomberg dose play computer games just on his own time thou. go mike!!!! [ not to mention it was mostprobally some idiot who never did wrk so he decided to show them it’s bussniess and not play group]

  • yechi the mayor

    The mayor gets paid 1.00 a year!!!!!
    If he wants to play computer games for that dollar he’s more than welcome to!!!!!