101 Dumbest moments in business

[karee]

[I'm having mail problems with my work account (or maybe fork isn't 
receiving?)  so heregoes]




I forgot about some of these actually.  #2 is classic.  I have nice 
visuals
of stupid VP's walking over hot coals and burning themselves.

Morons.

. A dozen Burger King marketing execs suffer first- and second-degree 
burns
while walking over hot coals as part of a team-building retreat in 
October.
One of the injured, a VP for product marketing aptly named Dana Frydman,

tries to put a positive spin on having her feet flame-broiled like so 
much
ground chuck. "It made you feel a sense of empowerment and that you can
accomplish anything," she tells the Miami Herald.

Or even  better, # 101

101. Houston, We Have a Problem, Part 15 (and, No Doubt, to Be Continued
 ...): Proving that the Enron debacle is so ugly that not even a mother 
could love it, Jeffrey Skilling's mother, Betty, informs Newsweek, "When
 you are the CEO and you are on the board of directors, you are supposed
 to know what's going on with the rest of the company.... You can't get 
off the hook with me there."  



http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,38604,00.html

-bb