How can you be this dumb?

The following story happened at the company where someone my boss knows works.

Employee D (for dumb), a guy in his early 20s, had a picture of his wife on his company issued cell phone. She was either totally or completely naked from the waist up. Yep, you probably already know this isn't going to end well. He sends the picture to one of his buddies at work. who of course also forwards it on to more people. Employee D also left his phone at work one day, and someone else used it to forward the picture onto others. Another employee (who didn't know who the person in the picture was) showed Employee D the picture. He got mad and went to complain. Um,  probably not the brightest move. The company is in the process of investigating the incident, but Employee D has already been canned.

It turns out there is even more potential trouble for the company. Someone tried to show the picture to another guy, a married guy in his 40s. In a clear illustration of old and wiser, he told the person to put it up, that he was not interested in seeing it. What did this display of good sense get him? His desk got moved from an air conditioned room with all his coworkers into an unairconditioned area in their distribution center. In HR-speak this is known as retaliation, which is a BIG problem.

Are you feeling smart by comparison right now?