So rather than quoting a movie for sarcasm (to a stranger asking about his profession), his intent was to broadcast that he literally gropes breasts for a living? You saying this?
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Apple Procurement VP Departs Company After Vulgar TikTok Comment
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So rather than quoting a movie for sarcasm (to a stranger asking about his profession), his intent was to broadcast that he literally gropes breasts for a living? You saying this?
Cancel culture isn't real? The story is about a culture so hyper sensitive they fired a guy over a movie quote. Is it only real if you get fired?
People losing their jobs from the tiktok mob is cancel culture. Its real. It may be overstated, it may be a lot of things, but since we are talking about a story of it happening the statement its not real is disconnected from reality.
“The TikTok mob” is such a hilarious concept. You’re basically saying you’re being cyber bullied by teenagers.
He's a VP at Apple, the largest public company in the world on any given day. If he didn't think whatever he says/does on video would show up in public, then he should have been let go for being clueless.
I think people are arguing about the wrong thing here. Big companies, and especially Apple, have certain standards for execs. At that level, execs need to assume they are always speaking on behalf of the company. He broke whatever standard Apple has, and he's out.
I think in solidarity Apple should remove "Arthur" from its iTunes library and refund anyone who has purchased the movie. While you're at it remove most classic 70's and 80's movies; Animal House, Blues Brothers, Stripes, Slap Shot, the list goes on...
What a sad world we have let this become. There is no humor section in woke rule book.
What a sad world we have let this become. There is no humor section in woke rule book.
so not real a guy was sacked because of them.
Hey man, I’m just telling you how to live the life you claim to want.
If what you actually want is to be able yell your every thought from the rooftops and face no consequences no matter how much you deserve them then I can’t help you. People aren’t going to pat you on the head and tell you you’re a good boy for everything you say, this isn’t kindergarten. If you feel strongly about what you have to say, be prepared to stand behind it.
What happened with Blevins at Apple would have happened to almost any senior executive at any of the Fortune 500. His previous employer was IBM. Trust me, had he been a senior VP there, he would have been canned just as promptly. Do I like it? No, but that is the current state of corporate America. You want to keep your job? Toe the woke, progressive line in any place outside of a bar with close friends you completely trust. These days it’s good to be retired. The only person who can fire me now is my wife, and after fifty one years, I think she’s stuck with me.
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good that he's gone. bad aapl is losing a tough negotiator. hope aapl will find a good replacement who makes better public commets. dont worry about him - he's probably well off with out without aapl
Projecting a lot aren't you. 'telling you how to live the life you (i) claim to want'. Where exactly did I claim this?
oh and give it a rest with the 'yell every thought and face no consequences' act because that is not what is being said or even claimed here and you know it.
'oh look, isn't that one of Apple's VP's making a crass comment?, lets splash it across the media and shame him for it, it will give us good publicity'.
If people think the man did wrong then it is them who are the problem in my opinion.
Which he was doing NEITHER. He was on his time off at a car show. NO ONE knew he worked for Apple till it was reported by someone that saw it. I'd be amazed if ANYONE on this site had any idea WHO he was or WHAT he did till this article. The reason the World is so PC is because people just bend over to appease PC for publicity. Its literally easier to fire him then say "He wasn't on company time representing the company. We do not own our employees."
What company do you work for? we must report you!
If Apple fires a good supply negotiator over Tickery-Tockery they are on the way down.
Another reason Tickery-Tockery should be disbanded.
Another reason Tickery-Tockery should be disbanded.
Hey, MR editiors, one of the forum members just made a crass comment, can you do a report on it or is the member not important enough?
How is that projecting. You are complaining that people are being held responsible for the things they say. Go back and read our interaction, I’m not going to retour everything again just because you can’t remember what you said.
It is absolutely what is being implied by a good number of posters here, yourself included.
Good publicity for who? I couldn’t name a single person or channel involved in this other than Blevins himself. What publicity is this you’re speaking of? Also, no one made him say that stuff, nor did anyone force him to say it on camera. You can’t tell me this guy works at Apple and doesn’t understand what a smartphone is. What did he think the footage was going to be used for?
That’s pretty flawed logic, but at this point I’ve given up trying to understand how this all makes sense in your head. People are allowed to say whatever, but then if other people say anything about what they said then they’re the bad people, except if it’s you or an opinion you agree with, in which case they’re the good, anti-woke warriors fighting for… something? Makes no sense, huh?
LOL! @nikaru is still under 1000 posts so clearly not important enough, 8 more posts though and he reaches the "executive" level and needs to be canceled promptly!
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I don't think he should be fired but people that don't understand how quotes taken out of context can go viral and be used against their own company are ignorant and reckless. They deserved to be reprimanded for not understanding how basic media and culture currently function. There is no right or wrong here because the socially acceptable goal posts keep moving but he was probably just a liability waiting to happen so maybe it's best that Apple gets rid of him now before he does serious damage to their brand.
I don't make anything close to what that guy made and I know to stay off social media. Nothing but trouble and misinformation.
1. he probably didnt get fired only "for" this comment
2. he probably got fired after/because of this comment (because someone wanted him fired anyway...straw on camels back and such)
3. for this comment alone, given the context and the intent, he should have only received a reprimand
4. for this comment alone, many people -- certainly this thread is evident -- do think he deserves a firing. and those people are idiots.