by sumac | Aug 3, 2015 | Corporate Apologies, Religious Apologies
A Tesco market in Liverpool Street, London, is located near a large mosque. Exquisitely sensitive to customers’ needs, they of course were delighted to put up a Pringles display of handy foods with which Muslim customers might break a Ramadan fast. Including...
by sumac | Jul 27, 2015 | Corporate Apologies
There’s a young business in Beijing called Sweetie Salad. Or possibly Salad Sweetie. (Translation’s a bear.) Their thing seems to be delivering fresh salads to people at work. The salads are in tall plastic cups, and you can shake the salad up with...
by sumac | Jul 23, 2015 | Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
It’s expensive to run for public office. But once elected, you can run your next campaign much more cheaply if you make aides and assistants work on it from the office of whatever position you’ve managed to get. Free labor! Free supplies! Free copying!...
by sumac | Jul 14, 2015 | True Crime Apologies
Joseph Sledge stole some T-shirts from a department store. Shoplifting. Is a crime. In middle school, high school, and college, I knew kids who shoplifted. Naming no names. Little did we realize how that leads to a lifetime of suffering. For his evil deeds, Joseph...
by sumac | Jul 6, 2015 | Corporate Apologies
TIAA-CREF, a big financial services/retirement fund, recently sent out letters about an advisory vote. I got a letter because my late father left me part of his fund. I get mail from TIAA-CREF all the time, but this letter was special, because it was addressed not to...
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