IF bugs, THEN marketing director eats insects

Anonymous Coward writes "Ambrosia Software, Inc. announced that it would force Marketing Director Jason Whong to eat real insects if any Fall/Winter 1999 or Spring 2000 product shipped with a bug. Check it out at Bug free pledge. " Excellent.

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Insect consumption..

[technos]

A few years back, while at a seminar in LA, (Los Angeles, California), a local friend of mine dragged me out to dinner. She was hot to show off the ill-gotten gains of corporate America (Read: She wanted to rub her six-figure income in my face) We went downtown to some trendy, tres chic resteraunt. After watching her order a $20 entree and a $45 slab-o-meat, I felt a little revenge was in order. Choosing the third most expensive item on the menu (and I'm sure a value at its $90 price tag!) and a mug of Guinness, I figured I had gotten her back. She looked at me with this huge-eyed, 'you just mke2fs'd an active mount!' stare. Slowly she explained to me that I had ordered pan-fried African earthworms on a bed of exotic vegetables. I contemplated something dirty and underhanded to get out of it, but as I was kind of hoping for some 'female companionship' later in the night this was out of the question When the meal finally came (Thoughts of live worms were killing me) it actually looked pleasant. They were presented on a bed of leeks, sprouts and pine nuts. The looked like fried clams, chewed like Goodyear, and tasted something like chicken. All in all, I'd rather eat fried worms than curried [insert meat here]. Just one word of advice: Don't count on going home with anyone after they've watched you eat worms. (The next night was fortunatly a different story, or my California trip would have been quite dull indeed!)

The *Marketing* Director?

[DonkPunch]

Does anyone remember the Dilbert cartoon where the Pointy-Haired Boss offered a cash incentive for every bug the programmers found and fixed?

Result: "I'm gonna code me a minivan this afternoon!"

I sure hope this marketing director gets along well with the developers. I can imagine a few marketing types who would inspire exactly the wrong behavior -- "Let's see, here's a mealworm for you, and a couple of grasshoppers, and here -- in line 3327 -- is a nice big roach!"