CEO Integrity
Hoping to spark old-fashioned conversation in it’s chic coffee bistros, Starbucks started quoting famous Americans on their dixie cups, some of them with a bit of biting edge to them, and America’s Prude Coalition Factory is all in a sniffle over it. After all, you don’t want people discussing things unless it helps sell somebody’s swag, and preferably the swag from my agenda.
It’s all pretty humourous and I do hope Starbucks doesn’t just not back down, but takes the bull on by the horn and escalates the issue, quoting all sorts of unsavoury we’d rather not think about that and how dare you say that in front of the womenfolk sorts of literate cafe culture fare. Bravo.
Funniest of the bunch, tho, hands down no contest, just has to be this Leo Hindery biz-pundit fellow, a prime example why pundits aren’t worth a runny loo, and brace yourself for the punchline that comes when you get to his credentials. Where do the newspapers find these people?
“There are many religious-based social issues that are so hard for society to address right now — things like abortion and capital punishment — they’re better left for another time,” said Leo Hindery, author of “It Takes a CEO: Leading with Integrity.”
[ Tempest brews over Starbucks cups ]
