The Swedish-born Svanberg made his comments after a more than four hour meeting between BP executives and White House officials, including President Obama."
Here's a hint, ya'll. The next time you have someone make a statement on your behalf, you might want to make sure he or she is either a native English speaker or someone who understands the language's idioms. Because you're gonna get crucified for this.
This is truly a case where eliminating the adjective entirely would have been best.
ReplyDeleteBut it is illuminating of their (BP's) mindset, no?
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.45 ACP hole in foot.
ReplyDeleteI've never been a fan of references to "the little people" when talking about, you know, everyone BUT YOU, as it seems condescending and patronizing, etc.
ReplyDeleteBut I totally agree that when your company is the current scapegoat du jour (and with good reason in this case), that you put somebody upfront that knows what the hell they're doing. Of course, I kind of doubt execs at BP are lining up to be the face and voice of the company.
I wondered why Hayward had such a smug grin on his chops when they left the White House ... then I saw this on Google news: BP Stocks surge after $20 billion deal ...
ReplyDeleteEstimates last night were ranging from 60-100 billion that need to be set aside.
Something tells me the small people will be waiting a long time to see dime 1 of what they'll need.