Men of Sparta! Eat More Greens!

Men of Sparta! Eat More Greens!

by | 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...
I think I would KNOW if I was dead

I think I would KNOW if I was dead

by | 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...
What is that unfortunate smell?

What is that unfortunate smell?

by | May 20, 2015 | Corporate Apologies

There was a distinctive smell at Refugio Beach. Someone called the fire department. Firefighters from Santa Barbara found a big old oil slick – “dark, black crude oil” – in the ocean. About a half-mile-long slick, Captain Dave Zaniboni told USA Today. Unlike the huge,...
Two surprisingly good corporate apologies

Two surprisingly good corporate apologies

by | May 19, 2015 | Corporate Apologies

There have been a lot of quease-inducingly bad apologies lately. (We’ve shared a bunch on our Facebook page that we didn’t address here.) As a palate-cleanser, let’s look at a couple of good ones. We still don’t know exactly what happened in...

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