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Slow Candy Sales Mean Trip To Hawaii Is Rerouted To Fargo

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-you-stay-get-the-undercoat dept.

The candy company that makes Hot Tamales promised its sales team a trip to Hawaii if it met its annual goals, and a trip to the tundra if it failed. The team didn't meet the goal so the company sent them to Fargo. From the article: "Outside, the temperature was 7 degrees. The ground had 2 feet of snow. Not exactly Hawaii: Honolulu was sunny, and a comfortable 82 degrees. 'Fargo is not what you would think is one of the greatest locales in the United States and technically we didn't make our year,' said Dave Bayha, a Just Born manager. 'It was somewhat of a punishment.'" Well, that don't sound like too good a deal for them, then.

5 comments

  1. Oh noes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Oh noes, -13.9 degrees Celsius, poor little Americans! You must be freezing! Meanwhile, in Canada, we routinely go shopping even when it's -20 C or even -25 C. A temperature of -14 C would be a break from the real winter weather.

    On the other hand, 61 centimeters of snow is a shitload of snow, even by northern Canadian standards.

    1. Re:Oh noes! by Kharny · · Score: 1

      yep, about as much as we had in last week here in Helsinki, :D

      --
      Make a man a fire and he will be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
    2. Re:Oh noes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      what's that in inches?

  2. Arctic Tundra? by dogsbreath · · Score: 1

    There is no arctic tundra in North Dakota. Insensitive AP story writer.

  3. Managers are dicks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For the ultimate in dickishness, did management announce that some of the staff would have to be laid off due to the costs of the trip? That'd be typical.