PLANO, TX - Unidentified sources reported Friday that Mia, a 10 week-old Maltese-Yorkie mix, was fired from her position as digital retouch artist at Matt Nicolosi Photographic Art after just one day on the job. When asked for the reason for her termination, owner Matt Nicolosi didn't hesitate. "First and foremost, I think the pictures speak for themselves. I mean, I've got a lot of empathy for my employees, and I want them to succeed. I want them to work in a comfortable environment where they can relax and work in their own style. But Mia... well, she just took advantage of that freedom and abused the situation, and, frankly, now everyone else around here is going to suffer. At the end of the day, this is still a business, and I can't run a successful business with people sleeping on the job. It's too bad... I really liked her and thought she had a lot of potential." When questioned whether he was worried about a wrongful termination suit being filed against him, Matt quickly dismissed any legitimacy to this. "Umm... are you serious? Did you not see the photos? She was sleeping, man. On the job! Any judge with the least bit of common sense and a biscuit's worth of respect for the law would throw that case out before it ever got to trial."

Sources say Mia seems unaffected by her firing, and when asked to defend the incriminating photos, she refused to comment and began tugging at this reporter's shoe strings.