I don't think the executives at BP have any idea how to fix this problem. They might as well be watching boat races, surfing porn on the internet, or whatever. It won't change anything. And how does jerking the franchisee of your local BP station around, or the guys who work there going to help? You humans will have to accept the fact that you need that oil
I don't intend on boycotting anything. I fill up at any station I come to when the light comes on. Around here they are all within a dime of each other and I won't drive out of my way to chase lowest price. BP is just like every other large corporation. The execs don't know anything about how the nuts and bolts go together. If the CEO wants to go sailing I don't have an issue with it as long as they continue to pay damages to the displaced workers whos lives they have ruined. I see all that coming to an end since they have to be going under with all the expense of the spill that will last forever. Got to go out and get a few cans of gas for the boat and the closest is a Chevron.
No CEO wants to be in this position. I can assure you. I mean, lets say I went to a customers site and a mistake I made with a power supply electrocuted a customer, maybe even a mistake I made burnt down the telecom site. I can't expect my CEO to be personally responsible. Thats just freakin silly. He can take responsibility as a company. He can propose ideas on how to deal with this in the future. He can sit and jump thru hoops by the customer. But one would be foolish to think the CEO has to quit living because of my mistake. It would be silly to think he should never go out in public and always have on ash on his head and wear sackcloth. I think some needs to get a job and understand how companies work.
There is a huge difference in magnitude here. If my company had half of the nationwide network down with no idea when it would be up and running we would have a problem. Safety and lives could be at stake without the network as Millions rely on it. If Congress grilled him and he avoided questions, then was out scene partying and yachting it would bring outrage. Part of Corporate Responsibility is ensuring your company runs on Integrity. If you screw something up you fix it and don't screw around. This guy can put a month or two of personal social events on hold to at least show that his corporation is concerned. The public image of BP is going downhill daily and tens of thousands of employees will suffer. I am all for defending CEO's who make money and provide results but how can anyone be fine with the fact that this company is destroying the Gulf of Mexico and the CEO seems as though he could care less.
Why would he want to put his life on hold? He's been taken off the duty of the gulf. If he help out of living life, its fake concern. I don't like being fed crap. When I see these politicians questioning people before congress and acting all mad, you really think these folks care? This is the a huge problem in american culture. People fall for fake attitudes of politicians. I know if I was hired to fix a problem, and I failed and got replaced, I might take a vacation. Shoot, I might go on a cruise. The bottom line is oil companies hold all the technology, hold all the equipment to fix this. oblama could have requested dutch help or exxon's help and suck up this mess. But he didn't. Over beaucracy. Everything they have tried is cutting edge. Its new. I could care less if a politician cares or doesn't, or acts like it, People worry about needless crap too much. I only care about getting things done. This guy didn't cut it, replace him. Thats what they did. In the big scheme of things, it makes no difference if congress questioned him, didn't question him, if he went to a race, or jumped up and down. So things that make no difference are useless.
As stated it looks bad in the eye of the company image. Shrimpers and Fishermen have lost their way of life and the man heading the company that is responsible is living large at the Yacht Club. It just makes the company look even less concerned and raise the angst against it. Similar to when a sports star gets caught beating up a hooker or enters rehab, it reflects on the team they are recognized with. Oh, and did I mention Corporate Responsibility?
Ok, so you used a few phrases here "looks bad", and "look even less concerned". These are all emotions. Emotions do not help anything. It doesn't give a fisherman his way of life back. Hense useless. Useless things, men should not be concerned about. Women maybe. You just have to use some logic and common sense.
Not useless, it actually causes already frustrated fisherman more angst and heartbreak. You are the one lacking common sense because you seem to feel that once a man has lost everything his emotions are no longer his to feel because they have no financial value.
Easy now. This is not days of our lives here. We need some dramatic music to go with your post. If a fisherman is caused angst and heartbreak because he sees some CEO on a boat, he needs more than a way of life. He needs a good theropist to talk things thru. And possibly some good antidepressant medicine. This is just common sense. I happen to know red fish outfitters in the gulf. And asked them if seeing this CEO at a boat race bothered them. They told me they didn't have time to watch TV.
Great assessment, all they need is drugs and therapy if they have the means to afford it Perhaps you haven't been keeping up on the issues due to the impact of the spill. Apparently it is beyond your grasp that there could be mental impact due to the spill, so here is a story to read. I can only imagine how the news of yachting would make these fishermen feel. http://www.neworleans.com/news/local-news/399556.html
Perhaps reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. The article does not list thier cause for suicidal thoughts because they saw a CEO at a boat event. You made the arguement that fisherman suffer severe angst and heartbreak seeing a CEO on a boat. And thats just rediculus and foolish.
Read what I wrote if you can comprehend- "Apparently it is beyond your grasp that there could be mental impact due to the spill, so here is a story to read. I can only imagine how the news of yachting would make these fishermen feel." These guys are suicidal because of what has happened to their way of life, the story touches on that if you actually read it. Do you think they will throw a Tea Party for the Bloke? Basic human nature would indicate that there will not be a positive reaction to seeing the man who runs the company screwing around at a yacht club instead of taking the situation serious while his company is doing nothing.
I seriously have to ask at this point. What do you do for a living and what company do you work for? Based on your belief of Corporate Responsibility and insensitivity, it seems odd that you are advising me that I need to get a job to understand how companies work.
Again, its rather sad when someone like yourself has such trouble understanding the written word, (or typed in this case). A mind is a terrible thing to waste. I never said they didn't have mental impact of the spill. I never said they never would. You made the arguement that they, fisherman, suffere such heartbreak and angst over seeing a CEO on a boat. Man, this is so easy its sad. And you can't grasp it. I did however clearly say if they suffered such heartbreak and angst over seeing a CEO on a boat, they need more than a way of life. They need couciling. Because life will throw much harder stuff than this at them. Hey man, I have survived almost 15 layoffs. I have seen people in heartbreak over losing thier way of life. In life most can expect at least 4 job changes. This is just fact. I guarantee you everyone of those job changes has been tough on that person. No different than these fisherman.
I am a fiber optic lead engineer. Worked for the same company for 15 years. Its not difficult, you just have to think logically. All fishermen care about is fixing the problem. Not worrying about following a basically fired CEO where abouts.
I can't grasp it? Funny coming from a guy with no sense of empathy for ruined lives. All some of these people know is Fishing, it is their life. Perhaps your resilience is not as common as you think. Maybe losing your job is easy to you because it happens frequently but these individuals are faced with changing a career. How many career changes have you made in your life that require you to learn a new way of life? Perhaps BP could provide counseling or start a new career as a motivational speaker to rally them out of their hole
What do you base your statement above on, you really think they could care less that the CEO of the company is having fun while they are up to their arses in oil? Obviously they expect BP to fix the problem, seeing the CEO unengaged will do nothing to help them see a fix in sight. Here is a quote "Louisiana residents by telling them that no one wanted to resolve the crisis as badly as he did because "I'd like my life back." Ronnie Kennier, a 49-year-old oysterman from Empire, La., said Hayward's day among the sailboats showed once again just how out of touch BP executives are with the financial and emotional suffering along the Gulf." http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_15332746
Nobody said it would be easy for them or me to lose thier jobs. In fact, I know its rather aweful. But thats not what you were making the case for. In fact, no one on this freakin page said it would be easy. But somehow with the reading comprehension you have, you somehow have thought that someone did say that. Just freaking amazing. You keep making this case that some almost fired ceo on a boat is going to make these poor fishermen commit suicide. And thats just foolishness. I happen to know fishermen down there, and i guarantee you its going to take more than that to push them over the edge. Seeing some ceo on a boat ain't going to get the job done. Maybe in N. Illinois it does. But they are little tougher down there.
