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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: flaxattack on August 20, 2014, 01:51:23 PM

Title: Only in America....
Post by: flaxattack on August 20, 2014, 01:51:23 PM: John Oliver would eat this up...
true story
The CFO of Walgreens made a forecasting error of expected revenues to the board to the tune of.......
$1.1 BILLION dollars. we're talking a billion here
Well needless to say he was asked to leave.
BUT before you go
So what if you f'd up, we like you...lol
Walgreen would pay Miquelon severance of $3.2 million and a performance bonus of about $1.2 million, and pay $3.3 million to Crawford as severance and consultation fees, the company said in a regulatory filing this month.

a performance bonus ??????
he f'd up by a billion dollars!!!
and how come i just get shown the door!
Title: Only in America....
Post by: gtrguy on August 20, 2014, 06:32:40 PM: No doubt it was negotiated before he was hired as a back door clause. I hate it more when our tax dollars are used in this way though to buy off public ?servants?.
Title: Only in America....
Post by: peoplechipper on August 21, 2014, 12:14:47 AM: A classic case of the rich get richer, but the funny thing is that his salary and parachute is not at all outrageous in context of others at his position...funny, even if I knew how to get there, I wouldn't...just could not live with myself...
Title: Only in America....
Post by: terryc on August 21, 2014, 03:07:25 AM: Happens all the time here in the UK....
Title: Only in America....
Post by: gtrguy on August 21, 2014, 10:27:27 AM: Open to offers!!! I'll quit my non-job anytime for the big bucks!
Title: Only in America....
Post by: pas on August 21, 2014, 12:48:05 PM: Not an appropriate topic for the Alembic website.
Title: Only in America....
Post by: terryc on August 21, 2014, 02:54:31 PM: Pas you are right..there is enough politics and controversy on the news channels. Best keep it to basses, motorbikes, gigs, music, cars, visits to Alembic, guitars, amps and speakers, well wishes to those who are unfortunate in health, birthdays, new aquisitions, problems with your Alembic, problems with your gear, featured customs, build records, artists & Alembics, wish lists and anything to do with the Grateful Dead.
Have I missed anything out?? LOL
Title: Only in America....
Post by: hieronymous on August 21, 2014, 03:14:52 PM: Yup - you forgot Stanley Clarke! ;) (or course he fits under artists & Alembics but I think he deserves his own shout-out!)
Title: Only in America....
Post by: keith_h on August 21, 2014, 08:17:39 PM: Terry - You forgot beer. Without it there would be no three B's (Basses, Bikes and Beers). Time to get off the computer and decide what beer I will buy for the weekend.

Keith
Title: Only in America....
Post by: terryc on August 22, 2014, 03:44:06 AM: Keith H..Damn!!! yes I forgot the beer to which I will drinking copious amounts this weekend as we have an occasional day off(bank holiday in the UK)on Monday.
Sorry about forgetting Stan the Man as well
Title: Only in America....
Post by: pas on August 22, 2014, 10:21:05 AM: Newcastle Brown - the one and only...
Title: Only in America....
Post by: keith_h on August 22, 2014, 10:35:21 AM: I'm thinking of driving out the Carolina Brewery and picking up a couple of growlers of their IPA and red ales. Besides drinking it I also like to use the red ale in my BBQ sauce.

Keith
Title: Only in America....
Post by: ed_too on August 22, 2014, 01:36:39 PM: I discovered the Oktoberfest brewed by Goose Island - it's just malty enough to make me think beer candy when I drink it.

Ed
Title: Only in America....
Post by: flaxattack on August 22, 2014, 02:51:29 PM: i forgot to mention this
wahlgreens cashiers etc employees are paid minimum wage
Title: Only in America....
Post by: sonicus on August 22, 2014, 03:27:00 PM: For all you Ale fans , I recommend : Widmer Brothers Brewery Old
Embalmer , BARREL AGED BARLEYWINE ALE .

http://widmerbrothers.com/beer/#barrel-aged-old-embalmer-13 (http://widmerbrothers.com/beer/#barrel-aged-old-embalmer-13)
Title: Only in America....
Post by: lbpesq on August 22, 2014, 03:29:20 PM: Steal a little and they throw you in jail
Steal a lot and they make you king

Dylan

Bill, tgo
Title: Only in America....
Post by: bonesrad on August 22, 2014, 04:07:09 PM: We used to get Pliny the Elder here in Washington, but no longer. I've told my wife that I want to do a trip to Santa Rosa to visit the mothership and Russian River Brewery.

Bones
Title: Only in America....
Post by: pace on August 23, 2014, 04:39:40 AM: I could give a F%#K about corporate America.....

Lets talk religion!....
Title: Only in America....
Post by: peoplechipper on August 23, 2014, 10:25:36 PM: Pace...do you REALLY want to do that? If ya wanna, I'll tell you all about 'the Church of Lorne Greene', my future cult that I intend to start, and when I explain it, you might be sorry! Tony
Title: Only in America....
Post by: edwin on August 24, 2014, 12:10:16 AM: Or how about a really contentious topic: active DI or passive?
Title: Only in America....
Post by: pauldo on August 24, 2014, 10:12:27 AM: Here's a Church that I recently attended with my 1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim:
http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14692.html (http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14692.html)

Beer? Anything super hoppy wins for me; however my wife has gotten into the habit of checking for the highest ABV before we buy anything!!!

:-D