Best Buy Says Creator Of iPhone/Evo Video Can Keep His Job; Guy Says He'd Rather Not
from the backtracking dept
Last week you probably saw the story of how the guy, Brian Maupin, who created this hilarious iPhone vs. HTC Evo video was suspended by Best Buy and told he was going to get fired:Reader Jupiter points out that Maupin is now saying he's not sure he really wants to go back to working at Best Buy, and noting that the CEO's backtracking is very different than what he was told by the company last week:
"(The company statement) is a 180 from what they were saying Thursday, but I guess me they either made peace with the videos I left up or decided the others weren't so bad. Here's a statement I'm issuing as well:
"Right now I'm planning on taking a leave of absence so I may survey my current career plans and the future. I'm not sure if it would be comfortable returning to Best Buy considering the circumstances, but I will definitely consider all options."
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Filed Under: evo, fired, iphone, video, viral video
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From the CEO's blog:
"The videos in question did not illustrate 'humility, respect and integrity' and that’s unacceptable to me, our customers and our employees."
As a Best Buy customer, I want a sales person with knowledge of their assigned zone, and a willingness to at least offer to assist me. If they have opinions, that's fine, frankly I don't care what they are, I'll make up my own mind.
Humility is false modesty-a form of lying-as far as I'm concerned, look me in the eye, say your piece clearly and we'll get along fine. Respect and integrity would be counter to humility in the event you have an opinion as in this case.
Being a kowtowing sack of manure is fit only for management, and no co-workers would want to be around cleaning up after that.
Perhaps the CEO should look over the video again and ask himself, would he like a wakeup call or to be cursed to visit walgreens forever? Oh and one more thing if he does happen to see this post...
IT'S A FREAKING CARTOON! GET OVER IT!
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