Quote of the day:

Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got used to it.
—H.L. Mencken

So let me get this right.

Robert Garza was a cybersecurity analyst at Campbell’s Soup Company. That’s him in this photo:

He went in for what was supposed to be a routine salary discussion with Campbell’s vice-president and chief information security officer, the sleazy looking Martin Bally. That’s him in the following photo:

Almost at once Garza realized that “something wasn’t right with Martin”. Ya think? Just look at him!

Anyway, Garza decided to record their conversation, which took place in Michigan, as it is legal in Michigan for one party in a conversation to make a recording without the consent of the other party.

And what a conversation it was! He ended up with a 75 minute recording where that sleaze-bag Campbell’s vice-president Martin Bally claimed that “We have shit for fucking poor people. Who buys our shit? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore.”

And:

“It’s not healthy now that I know what the fuck’s in it.”

“Bioengineered meat — I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer.”

When he was tired of kicking the shit out of the crap that Campbell’s cans and claims is food, Bally had some choice words for people of other ethnicities. 

So what did Robert Garza do? He reported vice-president Bally’s words to his manager, JD Aupperle.

And after a suitable interval, Campbell’s fired his ass.

Oh, not Bally’s ass. No, in what probably ought to be described as a trumpy move, they fired the whistle-blower, Robert Garza. (A trumpy move is an act that is extremely stupid with easily foreseeable negative consequences.)

So now Garza is suing Campbell’s Soup, and all their dirty laundry is being aired for the public to see. Serves the fuckers right, too!

We used to eat Campbell’s soups when I was growing up, but then somewhere along the line I developed good taste.

I remember buying a can of Campbell’s soup sometime back, maybe 20 or 30 years ago, and being rather appalled at what I found. Did their soups change or did I? Their soups are condensed, meaning you need to add water or other liquid, but still. What emerged from the can was a gelatinous glop. Adding the liquid and heating didn’t erase the memory of that glop, and the flavor of the finished soup, if that’s what you want to call it, well, I’m perfectly willing to believe vice-president Bally when he claims that their soups contain chicken from a 3-D printer.

Why do all these large companies have fools for managers? I suppose it’s because the only way to get ahead in a large corporation is to kiss the ass of the guy above you, so of course, they all end up being run by idiots. Or most of them, anyway. Yes, I know that’s oversimplifying it; I’m simply venting.