I think corporate America qualifies. True story: I once presided over a 200K market research project with the goal of creating an umbrella branding for a line of especially lightweight portable computers. A VP made the final decision and she chose the name Armada. You know, like that group of big heavy ships that sank on their maiden voyage? Definitely evokes mobility/portability amirite. The path to getting to this decision made me want to poke my eye out. Punch line; whenever a journalist asked the obvious questions about the origins of this terrible name, she had them call ME.
Ha! Every time someone asked the showrunner of "DRACULA" a question about what happened next in the series, he'd turn to me like I had the answers. Eventually, even in front of NBC brass, I'd say some version of, "I have no idea. I don't understand anything that's going on in the story anymore."
Yep. But not all of them result in stories this ridiculous. I'm glad I'm able to laugh about it now.
I think corporate America qualifies. True story: I once presided over a 200K market research project with the goal of creating an umbrella branding for a line of especially lightweight portable computers. A VP made the final decision and she chose the name Armada. You know, like that group of big heavy ships that sank on their maiden voyage? Definitely evokes mobility/portability amirite. The path to getting to this decision made me want to poke my eye out. Punch line; whenever a journalist asked the obvious questions about the origins of this terrible name, she had them call ME.
Ha! Every time someone asked the showrunner of "DRACULA" a question about what happened next in the series, he'd turn to me like I had the answers. Eventually, even in front of NBC brass, I'd say some version of, "I have no idea. I don't understand anything that's going on in the story anymore."