Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 01, 2024

I really like the way you handle responsibility, so I’m going to blame some stuff on you.

That’s why they make the big money!

Using the corporate accountability avoidance clause.

The new CEO sat at his desk and drew an ecstatic breath. After surveying his huge, bare, desktop, he opened the drawer undeneath and found a large manila envelope from the previous CEO. He opened it and found a note and three smaller envelopes, labeled, 1, 2, and 3.

He read the note. “At each crisis in your administration open an envelope in the order they are numbered.”

So some time went by and a crisis developed. He opened the first envelope. Inside was a note, which read, “Blame me.”

So, he said, “It’s the fault of the previous CEO. I haven’t had time yet to completely correct all the wrong decisions he made.”

And things were fine. For a while. Then, he had to open the second envelope. Inside was a note, which read, “Blame the Board of Directors.”

So, he said, "It’s the fault of the Board of Directors. They haven’t given me the support I needed, and they haven’t fully funded my projects.

And things were fine. For a while, until he had to open the third envelope. Inside was a note, which began, “Get a large envelope and three smaller envelopes…”

“The five stages of bureaucratic grieving are: denial, anger, committee meetings, scapegoating, and cover-up.”— Charles Stross

Do you mind if we remind the shareholders that you hired us?

That chart could easily be the diagram for the seriously reduced quality and content of most goods on store shelves. And, if he flips it, it could double as a diagram of the price increases, too.

“Since we make ski equipment, these downward sloping trends look kind of cool.”

Take a close look at your annual proxy vote info, you will most likely find what amounts to a lot of nepotism when you see the who’s who of board members across the many companies & institutions where your money is invested.

And he’s going to make his millions even if he fails…

It is not your fault but I am going to blame you anyway.

Like Andy Murray, when he won he was English, when he lost he was Scottish

Owner class…William Domhoff…Who Rules America

Hm. Kinda stale, don’tcha think?

The chair is a 2009 summa c*um laude graduate of tRump University whose thesis was ‘summa c*um under the bus’.

Just this week Dexcom (medical equipment supplier) announced lower than expected 2nd quarter earnings. The CEO blamed it on “salesforce restructuring”

I remember “The Name Game” by Shirley Ellis. There has to be a way to put that music to new lyrics and call it the “Blame Game.”

Come on everybody

I say now let’s play a game

I bet I can make a profit

And put anyone to shame.

While I’m raking off $billions…

That only works for so long. They tried “blame delegation” at Boeing for years as one after another safety scandal surfaced in the press. It took a $1.4 billion quarterly loss before they decided to replace the CEO.

Too much truth and reality today, unfortunately. And yes, it Does roll downhill! ;-)

Yup.

C’mon Wiley! What American corporation is losing money TODAY?

Crap always runs downhill, seeming to escape the head culprit.

Didn’t they all stab themselves in the back a few days ago? Why are they still around?

Well, what’s the point of being in charge if you can’t throw your weight around??

Must be the Peleton Company