I spent a little time in a prep school with the people who became these destroyers.? What makes you think their parents were any different?? Where do you think they learned their "morals?"
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On 9/5/2024 8:39 AM, Dave McGuire via groups.io wrote:
? Same here; Duracells are "remove on sight" around here.
? I swore by them all my life, until they started destroying things.
? But that's ok, because...."it's just business".
? No.? It's greedy scumbag behavior that should've been beaten out of these people with a belt by their parents.
????????????? -Dave
On 9/5/24 07:32, Glenn Little wrote:
Look at Duracell.
Another suit problem.
Prior to being bought by Proctor and Gamble, they had a very good product with a good reputation.
Now the batteries leak in the packaging prior to installation in a product.
I now will not allow Duracell batteries in my house.
Glenn
On 9/4/2024 4:21 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On September 4, 2024 2:48:59 PM "Harold Foster"<halfoster@...>? wrote:
Somebody should have let them know that this happened...
I am fairly sure that *someone* got an earful over it as the person affected is not one, I've been told, to mince words when they are irritated.? The thing is, I'm afraid, that the one hearing it is also one of the ones whom is somewhat responsible for the original treatment that they received - a typical manager that has risen to their level of incompetence. And I think that it's very true that as mentioned previously in the thread Keysight's Powers-that-Be are, as is becoming typical of such corporations, much more focused on the immediate profits (and resultant bonuses) and not so much on the future financial health of the company (AKA: A Future Person's Problem.)? To me, though, Keysight is relying on their name (or, more accurately, HP's reputation) to keep generating sales when they really have no competitive or innovative products to justify that - other than the 3458A of course.? And Fluke just came out with what could very much be a reasonable alternative to that legend.? HP was a truly innovative and legendary company that was a product of the views and integrity of Bill and Dave (as was Howard Vollum's Tektronix) but can only not be considered a textbook example of "Suicide by Suits."
?? And now Boeing, with actual deaths involved.? I was thinking maybe now people would sit up and take notice of the suit problem.? But apparently not.
?? They absolve themselves of any responsibility for this behavior by saying "It's just business".
???????????????????????? -Dave
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