A Massachusetts woman has been placed on unpaid leave from her job after posting a prank photo to her Facebook page that stirred up controversy.

The photo shows Lindsey Stone, an employee at LIFE (Living Independently Forever) in Hyannis, giving the finger and miming a loud yell in front of a sign at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, D.C., next to a sign asking for "silence and respect." Stone and Jamie Schuh, who took the photograph, posted the pic on their Facebook feeds and word quickly spread. On Tuesday, a Facebook Page called "Fire Lindsay Stone" was formed. By Wednesday afternoon it had more than 19,000 fans.

The site also came close to accomplishing its goal. ABC reports that Stone has been put on unpaid leave. Reps from LIFE, a program aimed at supporting independent living for adults with learning and intellectual disabilities, could not be reached immediately for comment.

Meanwhile, Stone and Schuh wrote an apology that ran in the Boston Herald, stating that the photo was "intended only for our own amusement." The apology states that the photo was meant to be a visual pun "to depict the exact opposite of what the sign said, and had absolutely nothing to do with the location it was taken or the people represented there."

If Stone loses her job, she won't be the first. In fact, a California woman, Denise Helms, just got fired earlier this month from her job at Cold Stone Creamery after she called President Obama the n-word on Facebook.

Stone probably wouldn't be the last, either. The National Labor Relations Board has declared that social media postings are not protected under federal labor law. A judge also ruled in May that a Like on Facebook can also get you fired.