Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Judgement Day: or as I call them, Weekdays

I found this image on a french "Anomolies de Back to the Future" website. In case you're wondering why Lorraine looks so pissed, they've pointed out that future-husband Biff Tannen, has left an errant copy of "Black Taboo" on his giant future-retro bartop. Thanks internet, I didn't catch that the first time.

I've referred to
your museum of you before. Your blog is like a walking-tour of your personality that's open to the public. Google on the other hand is a museum of human under-achievement, and Google Image Search can be an actual guillotine. A quick google search of your name could reveal your previous arrest records or that album you made or your amateur "photo sessions" - these things happen. But what if it captured you commiting professional suicide?

To wit: hot on the heels of a KFC staff bathing in a chicken tub, I get this video of some Domino's employees making booger sandwiches. I'd show it to you, but Domino's was quick to arrest the employees, get the lawyers to yank the video off the net and slap down some damage control:

"The opportunities and freedom of the internet is wonderful. But it also comes with the risk of anyone with a camera and an internet link to cause a lot of damage, as in this case, where a couple of individuals suddenly overshadow the hard work performed by the 125,000 men and women working for Domino’s across the nation and in 60 countries around the world."


Two people hurt an entire company's brand. Now what if it's your name on the door? I've seen a lot of snide remarks recently attributed to Peter Arnell of the now infamous Arnell Group on the recent Tropicana package redux, and hot on the heels of the Pepsi redesign, I can't help but feel these comments, pooled here for your amusement, can only return to hurt his personal brand and the reputation of his company.

In a nutshell, the internet puts everyone under the same spotlight we all make fun of celebrities for ignoring. How many people have been sacked for telling Twitter and Facebook about playing hooky or how much they hate their jobs? To my credit, I've almost never been fired over porn, and a quick google search gives me a picket fence bill of health. How about you?
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