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I’m back.
And I had a great, great birthday.
Hopefully, so did Jill and Paul.
And to make sure you don’t feel left out, you also get a present – and that’s the present of only having 2 blog posts this week.
You’re welcome.
That said, my great birthday was ruined when someone sent me this …
What the absolute fuck.
I mean … come on.
H2H.
H 2 bloody H.
It’s a bit like when Mondelez announced they were all about humaning or something.
Why is this a big thing to them?
Who the fuck did they think they were talking to before?
What makes it even funnier is that it appears they don’t seem to realise what this announcement says about who they really are.
Imagine what clients or staff think?
“Hey, we have gone from looking at you as emotionless, automated, programmable bots to now valuing your emotional needs. Which we have created a framework, playbook and eco-system to manage seamlessly and profitably”.
And yet I bet they still call their customers, ‘consumers’.
While I’m happy that big brands are starting to understand that people are not simply walking wallets to bestow even more ‘bonus bucks’ on their senior management, I don’t hold out much hope their work will get much better given it’s 2021 and they’ve just worked this out.
Seriously, for all the knowledge, research and information so many big companies have at their disposal, it’s frightening how much of the basics they simply don’t even understand.
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so you decided to come back after days of fucking freebies. good job you came back full of piss and vinegar or youd need a smacking.
Comment by andy@cynic June 17, 2021 @ 8:18 amevery fucker behind this needs smashing in the face by a human.
i call it f2f which means fist to face. what a bunch of fucking pricks.
Comment by andy@cynic June 17, 2021 @ 8:19 amF2F has so many possibilities … all perfectly horrible. Hahaha.
Comment by Rob June 17, 2021 @ 12:07 pmPeople should be fired for this. Including the internal PR team who thought this was worth promoting.
Comment by George June 17, 2021 @ 8:23 amGlad you all had a great birthday.
Comment by George June 17, 2021 @ 8:23 amwhen the fuck has campbell not had a great birthday. he gets even more fucking freebies than every other fucking day.
Comment by andy@cynic June 17, 2021 @ 8:54 amThat is a well made point.
Comment by George June 17, 2021 @ 8:57 amDidn’t get as many as usual this year.
Must try harder.
Comment by Rob June 17, 2021 @ 12:08 pmyoure fucking slipping campbell its definitely not because youre becoming less of a fucking blagging bastard.
Comment by andy@cynic June 17, 2021 @ 2:31 pmWhile I’m not sure any company can be human, thisone certainly isn’t.
Comment by John June 17, 2021 @ 8:47 amYour comment reminds me of Joel Bakan’s book, The Corporation. Have you read it? If not, I think you may enjoy it.
Comment by George June 17, 2021 @ 8:59 amI’ve not heard of it. I’ll get the birthday boy to buy it for me.
Comment by John June 17, 2021 @ 9:23 amYou mean Paul? I’ll ask him to get you a copy.
Comment by Rob June 17, 2021 @ 12:07 pmon fucking brand campbell.
Comment by andy@cynic June 17, 2021 @ 2:30 pmEnd of days.
Comment by Bazza June 17, 2021 @ 8:52 amI think this is a real transcript from the Mondelez marketing meeting ->
“Hey, we have gone from looking at you as emotionless, automated, programmable bots to now valuing your emotional needs. Which we have created a framework, playbook and eco-system to manage seamlessly and profitably”.
Comment by Pete June 17, 2021 @ 8:56 amOnce again, Andy@cynic delivers the goods.
Comment by David June 17, 2021 @ 5:41 pmof course i do and still no fucker pays me a fucking thousand dollars per comment for it. bunch of cheap ass parasite pricks.
Comment by andy@cynic June 18, 2021 @ 3:06 am