Naming and Shaming

[Taro Toporific]

Nuclear plant CEO unsighted for 2 weeks.

"Fuck off, I'm playing playstation."
---Masataka Shimizu, TEPCO president.

NEWS ADVISORY: TEPCO Pres. Shimizu hospitalized due to high blood pressure, dizziness
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/

[cstaylor]

LOL. I guess they didn't teach crisis management at Amakudari University.

[Samurai_Jerk]

The Aflac Duck's New Voice Comes From a Minnesota Sales Manager

Aflac is betting a sales manager from Minnesota has the voice to drive the name "Aflac" into the recesses of your brain and keep it there.

Daniel McKeague, 36, a father of three from Hugo, Minn., beat out 12,500 other contestants to replace actor Gilbert Gottfried and become the new voice of the reinsurance company's duck mascot.

Gottfried voiced Aflac's duck for U.S. audiences for 11 years but was ousted in March after making insensitive remarks on Twitter about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which produces about 75 percent of Aflac's revenue. Aflac soon announced a contest for Gottfried's replacement, though the actor who has long offered a gentler interpretation of the duck for Japanese audiences will continue.

McKeague recorded a 30-second clip at radio station KQRS in Minneapolis, where he works, uploaded it to Aflac's website, and later did a more formal video audition.

After learning early Tuesday that he was selected for the gig, McKeague said he's known for doing silly voices. "Whenever that ad would come on, I would imitate the duck and the kids loved it," said McKeague, whose children are 5, 8, and 11.

Good for that guy. He beat out a lot of famous comedians for the role and if those commerials continue to be as scuccessful as they've been so far, he'll make some pretty good cheddar.

[Samurai_Jerk]

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[Rube]

Jesus, the need for people to conform and hate.

[Mulboyne]

An increasing number of households in Japan now only use electricity in their homes. The trend was so firmly in place that Tokyo Gas had hired a dedicated sales team to encourage people to use more gas in the house. Since the quake has made people rethink their power usage, Tokyo Gas is in the happy position of fielding more requests than they can handle. To celebrate, they sacked the sales team, saying they don't need them any more. Around 344 temporary employees were laid off. The Ministry of Labour was not impressed and asked Tokyo Gas to reconsider, saying it seemed heartless to abruptly sack so many people in the immediate aftermath of the quake.

Source (from last month)

[Samurai_Jerk]

An increasing number of households in Japan now only use electricity in their homes. The trend was so firmly in place that Tokyo Gas had hired a dedicated sales team to encourage people to use more gas in the house. Since the quake has made people rethink their power usage, Tokyo Gas is in the happy position of fielding more requests than they can handle. To celebrate, they sacked the sales team, saying they don't need them any more. Around 344 temporary employees were laid off. The Ministry of Labour was not impressed and asked Tokyo Gas to reconsider, saying it seemed heartless to abruptly sack so many people in the immediate aftermath of the quake.

Source (from last month)

Wow, what a bunch of fucking scumbags.