101 Dumbest Moments in Business

[fredr123]

101 Dumbest Moments in Business

Fortune's list of the 101 dumbest moments in business from the past year.

[The Goon]

This used to be the best part of the Business 2.0 publication before it went out of business a couple of months ago. Good to see that Fortune picked up the list.

[MelBridgeman]

Can anyone justify how Stanley O'Neal former CEO of Merrill Lynch can get a 161.5 million compensation package after his company racked up the largest quarterly loss in its 93-year history..I know this isnt the first time, but how do you justify that

[BlackArcher101]

Shocked my company isn't the majority of that list.

[Robbob]

I lked the comcast one with the mother saying she will cancel her subscription after the hockey playoffs.

[mykalberta]

I love the Apple one, number 51.

[Temporary_User]

43. - The Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays trumpet the arrival of designated hitter Frank Thomas with a TV commercial in which the 6-foot-5, 275-pound slugger - nicknamed "The Big Hurt" - is seen pillow-fighting with a small boy. He swings so hard he sends the child flying from the bed. Though the boy pops up unhurt, the ad is banned by the Television Bureau of Canada.

[calf]

13. Disneyland
It's a fat world, after all
Disneyland announces plans to close the "It's a Small World" attraction to deepen its water channel after the ride's boats start getting stuck under loads of heavy passengers. Employees ask larger passengers to disembark - and compensate them with coupons for free food.

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by calf

13. Disneyland
It's a fat world, after all
Disneyland announces plans to close the "It's a Small World" attraction to deepen its water channel after the ride's boats start getting stuck under loads of heavy passengers. Employees ask larger passengers to disembark - and compensate them with coupons for free food.

I was just going to post that. I thought it was hilarious!

[RW99]

Originally Posted by calf

13. Disneyland
It's a fat world, after all
Disneyland announces plans to close the "It's a Small World" attraction to deepen its water channel after the ride's boats start getting stuck under loads of heavy passengers. Employees ask larger passengers to disembark - and compensate them with coupons for free food.

Good stuff

[OILFAN #81]

Rhode Island Hospital
It's not as if they're doing brain surgery or anything
The state Department of Health fines Rhode Island Hospital $50,000 when, for the third time in less than a year, one of its doctors operates on the wrong side of a patient's head.

[BlackEleven]

I like this one...

33. Oral B
And we just thought our wives were really into oral hygiene
Lawyers representing Procter & Gamble send a 66-page cease-and-desist letter to British sex-toy company Love Honey, demanding that it stop using images of its Oral B electric toothbrushes to promote a product called the Brush Bunny - a rabbit-shaped piece of plastic that slips over the top of an Oral B to turn it into a vibrator.

[RW99]

A true hockey fan!

40. Comcast
Oh, Manny, you're soooooo handy
Young Comcast customers in New Jersey are surprised when a scheduled showing of Disney Channel's Handy Manny - featuring bilingual handyman Manny Garcia and his talking tools - is replaced by hard-core pornography. A parent says she will cancel her Comcast subscription just as soon as the NHL playoffs are over.