A courier firm in Germany is on the verge of bankruptcy after an employee ran up a $36,678 mobile phone bill by calling sex hotlines.
The unnamed employee, who worked as a driver for the firm in Aurich, Lower Saxony, had already received a warning against using the phone to call 0898 numbers over a bill for more than $3,367 last summer.
But the man began calling the hotlines again in November and December and was finally given the sack when his bosses received a massive invoice for over $36,000.