The names have been changed – but here us the infamous Facebook email of someone being busted pulling a sickie – we may have a new internet star in the making… Good luck KD 
UPDATE 6.15pm Oct 23:
1. Comments saying it’s fake. We looked into this yesterday. KD is a real person. Source of email has not been verified. Suspicion around the am pm dates not being capitalised.
2. People unhappy we changed the names but we’re really just reporting the viral phenomenon – not the people involved (update… the actual name is now in the header seeing as other people have published it).
3. Australian published an article (here)
4. The Facebook profile is there but no longer public (as of 5pmOct 23)
5. SMH (here) Ninemsn (here)
6. Friends bombarded his wall with feedback during the day (see some of this below). Many of KDs friends were contacted by the media asking for his mobile # requesting interviews.
7. The mail seemed to “go viral” around midday on Oct 22, despite the email contents being dated Aug 27th.
That facebook profile – it appears completely genuine to us.
From: John Smith
Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:35 a.m.
To: Karl Dowell
Subject: Absence on Thursday 21st 2008
Hi Karl,
Please provide a medical certificate stating a valid reason for your sick leave on Thursday 21st 2008.
Thank You
JOHN SMITH
Real Time Manager
From: Karl Dowell
Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:38 a.m.
To: John Smith
Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21st 2008
Niresh,
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.
Thanks
Regards,
Karl Dowell
Resolutions Expert – Technical
From: John Smith
Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:39 a.m.
To: Karl Dowell
Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21st 2008
Hi Karl,
Usually that is the case, as per your contract. However please note that leave during these occasions is only granted for genuine medical reasons. You line manager has determined that your leave was not due to medical reasons and as such we cannot grant leave on this occasion.
JOHN SMITH
Real Time Manager
From: Karl Dowell
Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:43 a.m.
To: John Smith
Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21st 2008Hi Niresh,
My leave was due to medical reasons, so you cannot deny leave based on a line manager’s discretion, with no proof, please process leave as requested.
Thanks
Regards,
Karl Dowell
Resolutions Expert – Technical
From: John Smith
Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:50 a.m.
To: Karl Dowell
Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21st 2008
Hi Karl,
I believe the proof that you are after is below 
JOHN SMITH
Real Time Manager,
____
From: Karl Dowell
Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 9:55 a.m.
To: John Smith
Subject: RE: Absence on Thursday 21st 2008HAHAHA LMAO epic fail
No worries man
Regards,
Karl Dowell
Resolutions Expert – Technical
Below: Snapshot of Chatter on KD’s wall before it was made non-public… 
October 22, 2008 at 9:04 pm |
This is all fake. It is not true.
October 22, 2008 at 10:22 pm |
Way to cover up the names TARD
October 22, 2008 at 10:29 pm |
funny that the facebook profile was still up until later this afternoon, before the mail spread like wildfire.
now it says Kyle has no friends, and EVERYTHING is gone from it…
October 23, 2008 at 10:37 am |
We have to be careful about putting up names – just in case… sorry.
You can see the actual email here:
http://www.jonathannguyen.net/2008/10/busted-by-facebook-kyle-and-the-sickie/
More news here:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24539147-5006784,00.html
October 23, 2008 at 12:04 pm |
fake – I dont know of any email clients which subscript the dates or do lower cases a.m. / p.m.
still funny tho
October 23, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
For those who think it was faked check out the facebook profile and read his wall comments. Thoughts?
October 29, 2008 at 11:21 am |
[...] The first instance was that of life-loving Aussie Kyle Doyle who forgot that his manager was a ‘friend’ of his on Facebook when he updated his status boasting about him taking a sickie. You can view the full email exchange here. [...]
November 3, 2008 at 4:50 pm |
this is 100 percent real. the person who this is all about is in a gaming clan that im in and is the person in the facebook picture and that is him. he even told us all about it.
March 24, 2009 at 8:51 pm |
[...] on Facebook depicting their disorderly celebrations . Then there was also the, albeit amusing, email string between the employee who called a sickie, and the ‘Real Time Manager’ who seriously [...]
April 28, 2009 at 11:28 pm |
[...] Sickie Email (or more recently Swiss Sacking). Lesson: Your social network is likely to be more visible than you realise. Whilst boring its well worth managing your public settings and thinking about who you’re connected to and why. Also don’t be plain stupid (as in the case of Sickie Email). [...]
June 21, 2009 at 5:52 am |
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July 15, 2009 at 12:32 am |
[...] Facebook scandal is one of many to hit out headlines over the past few weeks. Recently one Aussie was fired from work for pulling a sickie and bragging about it on his Facebook profile. Although not the only one to [...]
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December 17, 2009 at 2:56 am |
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