Firing a person when you need the work done.

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My boss made the right decision last week. We had hired an employee to do some of our light bookkeeping, easy tax returns, and basic filing/scanning/receptionist duties. She didn't answer the phones, copying and scanning was beneath her, and a lot of the input that she did was incorrect. Most of what she did took her hours and was incorrect - causing even more of our time when we were trying to be more efficient. So, my boss finally fired the girl. He did agonize over it for a while, but in the end it was the best thing to do. I kept telling him that he was more stressed out having her here than he was if the work didn't get done at all. This week has been a lot easier on us because we know the works not done at all, we're not wondering how badly it was done and how much more time it'll take to fix things. Have you ever worked with someone that you just wish they would get rid of so you could replace them with someone competent?