It's The End Of The World As We Know It...

OK, not really, but there are some seriously screwed up things happening in my neck of the woods. And I've decided to share them with you...

Happy Holidays - Corporate America Is Insane - From The Plant Lady's Perspective:

The company I work for did some major Holiday Decor stuff for a multi-national corporation that you probably own stock in (if you have a 401-K). This company wanted decor that celebrated all relegions / ethnic groups that were observing significant holidays in December. This included Christmas, Hannaukah, and Kwannza. Here's the feedback we got this week from the contact at that account (to be fair, she is only reporting the comments that she got from employees working at the sites that we decorated):

The Menorahs - We screwed up because they needed to be lit, one candle at a time, from the left. Apparently, we lit them from the right. (But isn't that the way that Hebrew is read? I am so confused....)

The Kwanzaa Tree - First off, there is NO SUCH THING as a Kwanzaa Tree. I'm not an African-American, but I'm pretty sure this is true. The company that I work for was trying to provide a well designed icon that would make the company buying it feel politically correct. What the company buying the Kwanzaa Tree was doing was pandering to the 4 or so African-Amercans working for their company. This is pretty sad. What is even sadder is that an employee of the company buying the erzatz Kwanzaa crap bitched because the tree had fruit on it, and didn't have enough giraffes. And that employee isn't even an African-American. She just likes to bitch.

The "Christian" Tree (their words, not mine) - It wasn't CHRISTIAN ENOUGH. We spent another 500 bucks or so buying and installing Angels and Stars to make it more "Christian". Whatever that means. We charged them $1000.00. That's a lot of dough, but it's not painful enough, in my humble opinion. The person requesting this change will probably burn in hell for eternity. As well she should. I'm a pretty sad example of a Christian my own self, but even I know that Christmas isn't about trees, and stars and angels. It's about the LBJ (Little Baby Jesus), and these days, he's way too politically incorrect to install in a corporate atrium. And how sad is that?

Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be Corporate Dorks....

Comments

[Penny]

I was just watching a TV program on centerpieces and noticed that the Kwanzaa center peice was made of up fruits and veggies and NO giraffes! That woman was just wrong.

Maybe next year they should also consider a winter solstice tree to honor their neo-pagan employees. Something with moons and stars and a star burst on the top instead of an angel?