Remembering the time in 1999 or so that I applied for a job at the brand new e-commerce unit of [ LARGE BRICK AND MORTAR BOOKSTORE ], and they flew me out to their headquarters and gave me the grand tour, and at the end they asked me if I had any quest...
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Remembering the time in 1999 or so that I applied for a job at the brand new e-commerce unit of [ LARGE BRICK AND MORTAR BOOKSTORE ], and they flew me out to their headquarters and gave me the grand tour, and at the end they asked me if I had any questions and I said "yeah, why would I buy a book online from you instead of from Amazon?", and they replied "because we're [ LARGE BRICK AND MORTAR BOOKSTORE ]!", and I knew right then that they were doomed
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
The only thing every bit of roadkill has in common is that it did not see the car coming
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@jalefkowit Was this a LARGE BRICK AND MORTAR BOOKSTORE that used Amazon for fulfillment because that couldn't possibly go hilariously wrong?
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@wordshaper Oh, this was long before anyone else could use Amazon for fulfillment. It was the days when Amazon was still mostly a bookstore
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Lea de Groot 🇦🇺replied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit not true! Australian kangaroos sit beside the road, see the big metal thing barrelling in a particular direction, then panic (?) and try to run away in front of the car.
Always trust a kangaroo to do the stupidest thing
Possibly this applies to large corporations too ️
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Lea de Groot 🇦🇺 last edited by
@leadegroot See, this is what I get for trying to be pithy