The world's toughest job? Being the public relations guy for a bank. This was a tiny little article in today's paper:
Greece offered universal health coverage until an agreement with its international lenders (banks) stipulated the unemployed must pay for their own treatment.
Isn't this just bringing the unemployed into line with the banking policy of charging customers a hefty fee for bouncing a check? They're just charging you more of what they already know you don't have any of. Duh!
A close second might be the PR guy representing Foxconn, the huge Chinese electronics contractor who employs hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers to assemble iPads for Apple. (Their motto...."The beatings will continue until morale improves.")
"They actually like working 18 hour days, on account of there isn't anything to do back in the dorm with their 250 roommates."
The Feds are suing Bank of America, accusing them of making home loans without ever even checking borrower credentials, a policy known mockingly within the company as "the Hustle". They then sold the loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, where they mostly went straight into default.
The taxpayers had to assume the loss when Fannie and Freddie failed, and now the Feds are going back on B of A. How might the bank's PR guy possibly spin this? "Ahh....umm....the Hustle?....that was just a dance contest we had on casual Friday's, that's all. We're good."
Another tough one....the PR guy for bankrupt American Airlines. "If we don't give big bonuses to our senior executives we'll lose our top talent to our competitors."
Dude, you're BANKRUPT. You don't HAVE any top talent. That's why you're BANKRUPT!
You can't bullshit an old bullshitter. ;)
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