A bookkeeper has been sacked after calling her boss 'a complete d***' in a text message - and then accidentally sending it to him. Louise Nesbitt was employed at Perth mining exploration company Dragon Mountain Gold. On January 12 last year, she mistakenly sent a text to her boss meant for her daughter's boyfriend who was engaged as a contact plumber for the firm. A Perth office bookkeeper was fired from her job after she called her boss 'a complete d***' in a text message . In the message, Ms Nesbitt wrote: 'Now remember ... [her employer] Rob is a complete d***... we know this already so please try your best not to tell him that regardless of how much you might feel the need.' Realising her mistake, she immediately texted her boss asking him to delete the message and ignore its contents. Ms Nesbitt sent a further message explaining the insult was a 'joke within our family'. 'I need to explain ... that message came across so wrong,' she said. 'That is not how I feel. My sense of humour is to exaggerate. It is not how I feel. 'Please forget it and just go on as normal. I am very very sorry.' Ms Nesbitt - who had employed at Dragon Mountain Gold since 2004 - was fired five days after the incident, with her employer saying it was due to 'gross misconduct'. She filed a unfair dismissal complaint with the Fair Work Commission. While she cross examined, Ms Nesbitt argued the text had been taken out of context. The commission also heard she had sent an email to her employer expressing the view she did not think he listened to her or took her counsel on board. This had been causing tension between the two before the January 12 incident. Commissioner DJ Cloghan ruled against Ms Nesbitt. 'On the evidence, I am not persuaded that when Ms Nesbitt referred to Mr Gardner as "a complete d***", it was her sense of humour to exaggerate or, that it was "light-hearted insult" or it should be read in the context of the person it was meant for,' Commissioner DJ Cloghan said. 'It was far from a "light-hearted insult", it was a hurtful and unpleasant appraisal of [her employer], for whom she earned $95,000 per annum.'
Louise Nesbitt was employed as an office bookkeeper at a Perth company . She mistakenly sent a text message to boss calling him 'a complete d***' It was sent on January 12 last year and she was fired for gross misconduct . The long-time employee claims it was meant to be a 'light-hearted insult' But the Fair Work Commission ruled against her, saying text was 'hurtful'