Some dimwit in the marketing department at a rapacious megabank had a bright idea: Let’s think outside the box, disrupt the industry, establish new paradigms and build our brand by engaging the unwashed on social media:
It didn’t go well:
Ouch:
Oof:
Yikes:
It goes on and on like that at #AskJPM. Finally, banksters raise the white flag:
Ya think? Stupid fucks. Ha ha. The end.
debbie
Well, at least American wit is alive and thriving.
c u n d gulag
And “Vice Chairman” sounds so much better, than ‘Chairman of Sexual Procurement,’ or ‘Chairman of Pimping.’
Randy P
Dammit, this is why we have a corporate press that is supposed to insulate us from contact with these peons, so we can pretend that the unwashed masses don’t actually exist.
We need to see if our minions can make this Twitter thing look real but only show responses from fake IDs created by financial reporters.
kc
This makes me happy.
ericblair
I guess when you have a corporate Q&A where you can’t fire people who ask inconvenient questions, things go a little differently.
Ash Can
This really made me laugh when I saw it yesterday. And here’s a tip: Doing a Google search for “JP Morgan Twitter Q&A” yields a wealth of hilarious headlines and articles. A great way to start the day!
eric
After all the laughing is over (ha ha, very funny, i know), it is quite uncivil to lash out in such an infantile way. Perhaps if these tweeters had not been such slackers in Finance 101, they too could be Captains of Industry. Such bitterness gives you wrinkles.
David Broder.
NorthLeft12
I think even more hilarious [if that is possible] was the response of the CNBC talking heads, blaming the “rude” questions on the nature of Twitter and society in general while completely ignoring the source of that anger.
As an afterthought, I fully expect to hear that Obama and the Dems [specifically Sen. Warren] will be blamed for these unwarranted attacks on your Galtian overlords.
eric
@ericblair: or, if you are the Mayor of Toronto, perhaps some corporate T&A.
Keith G
Yet another large American institution gets p0wned by the internets.
NotMax
Attn: JPMorgan
There is life outside the bubble.
c u n d gulag
@eric:
STAY!
DEAD!!
BRODER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OzarkHillbilly
Thanx Betty. Now I can start my day.
eric
@c u n d gulag: sad, how you bash one of the true greats of our time like that.
Tim Russert
Emma
What a lovely way to start my day. Thank you, Twitter!
MattF
FYI, my sources in bank-land say that the smart ones have left JPMC. Expect more WTF moments in the weeks to come
Bill E Pilgrim
The virtual equivalent of having their testicles nailed to the public square. Guess letting it all hang out wasn’t such a great idea.
geg6
Thanks Betty! Damn, I needed that. What a horrible week, both politically and personally. Nothing has seemed to go right in either place. This makes it a bit better though.
maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor
It would be funnier if there was a hope that it might trigger a nanosecond’s worth of self-reflection in their offices. It won’t. They think they’re goddamn heroes.
Citizen_X
@NorthLeft12:
Aha ha ha ha haaaa! Here, assholes, have a Molotov cocktail.
Trinity
Awesome.
Comrade Dread
Needs more pitchforks.
Frankensteinbeck
@maximiliano furtive, formerly known as dr. bloor:
Unfortunately, This – which is why they thought this was a good idea in the first place.
Hunter
OK — made my day.
Maybe I should start tweeting after all.
Amir Khalid
Alas, this is not the twilight of Twitter, or a twilight brought about by Twitter. That this little oopsie might be any sort of twilight for JP
FinchMorgan is too much to hope for. It’s just a laugh at their well-deserved expense — not much, true, but comic relief is better than no relief at all.handsmile
@Bill E Pilgrim:
I wondered when that particular news item would make an appearance here, even if in the indirect form of your comment. Kudos on the metaphorical discretion.
handsmile
@Bill E Pilgrim:
FYWP won’t let me edit my comment for some reason. Wanted to revise my last sentence above (#26) to read simply: “Kudos on the metaphor.”
WaterGIrl
@handsmile: Okay, now inquiring minds want to know.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
Clearly these young people know nothing of sacrifice.
Tom Brokaw
handsmile
@WaterGIrl:
Okay, per your request, but do have the brain bleach nearby:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/artist-nails-testicles-red-square-pyotr-pavlensky
(How nice to see you nym! I’ve come across it but rarely in recent months and then always hours after you’ve submitted a comment. Hope most things are going reasonably well in your life!)
Petorado
The news media’s getting it all wrong and focusing on how the use of social media in the #AskJPM context is a PR disaster. The greater truth is that JP Morgan acting as a completely amoral entity hell-bent on destroying people’s lives and the world’s economy is what’s really the cause of their PR problem.
maya
You missed……
Maria B
@CNBC
Jamie. Tough day sweetie? Come over to my house for soothing back (and front) rub.
Luvya. Maria #ASKJPM
LanceThruster
@kc:
So very true.
WaterGIrl
@handsmile: Thanks for the warning – just reading the title of the article was enough for me!
Yeah, for nearly 6 months I have been mostly gone from BJ and everything else. Thanks for noticing!
My huge silver maple tree fell on my house on may 31st, and 5 months of construction and insurance negotiations later, I am now getting settled into the house again. First I called it the lost summer, then it became the lost fall, and now I am going straight into christmas, holiday-wise, because by the time I get everything together I am certain thanksgiving will have come and gone. :-)
Something seemed to click with me last night, because I breathed a huge sigh of relief and all of a sudden it felt like the long siege was over. I still have work to do getting settled in the house, and I am still working on the financial side of things, but I suddenly feel so much better.