You big dummy....

The business world can be a challenging, chaotic and often funny place. In the spirit of reminding ourselves that our situations are often more ego-threatening than life-threatening, enjoy some "insight" from those who just don't seem to get it...(all taken from various list of dumb things)

Quote: "I like Mackey's haircut. I think he looks cute."- Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, posting under the screen name Rahodeb, on a Yahoo Finance stock forum. The Federal Trade Commission later revealed that Mackey authored this and numerous other posts over an eight-year period, hyping his company and himself while trashing the competitor Wild Oats. TNT? To build buzz for its animated show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network placed electronic lightboards depicting a character from the show saluting passersby with an upraised finger. Problem was it triggered a bomb scare that shut down two bridges, an expressway, a subway station, and a stretch of the Charles River. Best Buy...at this kiosk:The state of Connecticut sued Best Buy for setting up in-store kiosks set to a website that looks identical to bestbuy.com but lists higher prices than those they would actually find online. Wet paint of the 21st century: To test Google's ability to block harmful advertising, Belgian IT security consultant Didier Stevens posts an ad that reads "Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!" It is accepted by Google and displayed 259,723 times; 409 web surfers actually click on the ad. (source: CNNmoney.com) No comment: Upon her death, Leona Helmsley leaves $12 million to her white Maltese, Trouble. How did that work out for you? "I believed fundamentally that the balance sheet was strong. I believed that then and I believe that now." - Ken Lay, court testimony (April 06')