Comments on: not so slick, bic https://sorrywatch.com/not-so-slick-bic/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: tanita https://sorrywatch.com/not-so-slick-bic/#comment-184737 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:52:55 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=3826#comment-184737 My niece just got her first job, and part of her job is doing the social media for the company. …when I see stuff like this, I break out in hives. I hope she knows not to express something ageist, misogynistic, and sexist like this (it’s a high end jeweler, alas, and The Gifting Seasons, capped by Asinine Valentine’s are coming) but I wonder…

I think she knows that intent matters less than impact, but I don’t know how to help people in companies doing this kind of work how NOT to engage in lazy, “common” thinking. Bic says “obviously, we meant no harm,” but how obvious really is it?

]]> By: bill https://sorrywatch.com/not-so-slick-bic/#comment-184732 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:49:13 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=3826#comment-184732 The closing question, as I heard it, was ‘what do you call that insensitive
thing at the base of the penis?’

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