What not to say - We care about the small people

conifermtman
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16 Jun 2010 15:13 #1 by conifermtman

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_ ... l_people_4

BP comment about 'small people' causes anger

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg told reporters in Washington: "I hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don't care, but that is not the case with BP. We care about the small people."

Not the most sensible or most sensitive thing to say. Reminded me of when Leona Helmsley said, "Only the little people pay taxes".

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PrintSmith
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16 Jun 2010 15:24 #2 by PrintSmith

Replied by PrintSmith on topic What not to say - We care about the small people

Yeah, and he won't be given a pass for misspeaking by anyone either. Had those words emerged from the mouth of a Democrat, the immediate spin would be that they meant to say small business people.........

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jf1acai
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16 Jun 2010 17:47 #3 by jf1acai

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I'm sure the BP officials are driving their PR people absolutely nuts!

However, I don't think top officials are generally chosen because of their PR abilities. In BP's case, they certainly were not!

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pineinthegrass
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16 Jun 2010 19:22 #4 by pineinthegrass

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Us "small people" really care about BP execs too. $20 billion worth of caring.

And once gas goes back to over $4/gallon, we'll care even more! :VeryScared:

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LOL
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16 Jun 2010 19:37 #5 by LOL

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Its funny how a single innocent spoken word can get you in a lot of trouble.

BP And its not "British" Petroleum. It is just BP. Those dang red coats.

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FredHayek
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17 Jun 2010 07:00 #6 by FredHayek

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Clearly the guy is a Brit where people are still seperated into classes. Maybe he needs a teleprompter too?

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LOL
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17 Jun 2010 07:20 #7 by LOL

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I think he apologized, and english is his second language. It was an innocent poor translation of words. But it sure didn't come across very well.

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