Getting fired is rarely a happy event, but that doesn't mean you can't have a sense of humor about it.
That's what Simply Hired, a 5-month-old employment-related Internet startup, counted on when it started an affiliated Web site devoted to the stories of workers who have received a pink slip for a silly, outrageous or embarrassing reason.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company even is offering a prize to the biggest "loser" - a Caribbean cruise that will include passengers famously fired by Donald Trump on his popular television show, "The Apprentice."
The contest will be judged by a panel that includes Phil Kaplan, an irreverent entrepreneur who learned a thing or two about sad-sack stories while running a Web site about the foibles of failing Internet companies during the dot-com bust.
The early submissions at Simplyfired.com, which was launched Monday, includes a posting from Mark Jen, who was fired from Google Inc. earlier this year for discussing the secretive company on his Web log.
Virtually all the other postings have been made under pseudonyms. The musings include stories about being fired for doing perverse things with prosthetics, refusing to cook the company books and neglecting to sign a holiday card for the boss.
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