At 08:47 AM 7/9/97 -0700, James Michael Craven wrote: [SNIP] >purported CEO "marginal productivity" or MRP. Often, behind the slick >suits, executive penthouses and the trappings of executive power, one >finds individuals who might best be described as fluff n' puff, >predatory, machiavellian, superficial, sycophantic, calculating, >narrow, myopic, cliche-based, corporate creatures whose real MRPs, if >they could be really calculated, would be closer to that of a pimp or >a counter person at Mc Donalds. Just watch some of these business >programs and when these imperial creatures deign to give an interview- >-highly structured and mostly softball questions--many >unintentionally reveal themselves to be quite empty and devoid of >substance. > Jim: You do an injustice to the hard-working minimum wage workers at McDonalds. Unlike the CEOs about whom you speak, they actually work for wages, earn their paychecks, and suffer the indignities of fast-food exploitation. By comparison, CEOs are just large-scale thieves. In solidarity, Michael
