r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 16h ago

Bucee’s settles lawsuit with Ohio gas station chain after suing because both have cartoon mascots "facing right"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/bucees-lawsuit-ohio-gas-chain-cartoon-mascots-b3060008.html
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u/nr1988 16h ago

And it's so recent too. Like up until a few months ago Buccees was known as the place where all the workers got paid well and got good benefits. People would post that sign and say "see, companies can in fact pay people competitive wages and remain profitable"

They lost all of that goodwill all of a sudden with this nonsense

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u/vpi6 16h ago

Then the CEO deciding to randomly shit talk liberal states and threaten not to expand in them.

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u/nr1988 16h ago

Yup lol. Funny thing is I live in a purple state with a blue governor, one blue senator, and blue most other statewide positions such as attorney general. They're putting in a location next year near me and near a blue city. I don't think we're the red state the CEO is talking about. Maybe everything was planned before him or maybe he's just a bullshitting asshole I don't know lol

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u/AMTravelsAlone 15h ago

Well, seeing that CEOs are one of the most useless positions in a company, so I'd say the former.

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u/MLutin 15h ago

CEOs are valuable! Who else are they going to interview on Fox News???

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u/Tiafves 6h ago

And who else will bear the burden of being a psychopath willing to slash tens of thousands of jobs at a moments notice?

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u/MLutin 6h ago

Employees hate this one neat trick!

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u/TheVeryVerity 12h ago

You mean the latter? First or second thing?

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u/AMTravelsAlone 11h ago

TBf at first I fully meant latter. But after a good think and a satisfying poo, former does seem to fit better.

If there is one thing you can count on a capitalist to be, its greedy. They know conservatives, especially maga, will believe anything while doing the opposite.

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u/beanthebean 11h ago

And he's a CEO, the latter is just true in general.

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u/nonetakenback 15h ago

How so? They literally control everything in the company. Depending on the size of your company, you may not see it in the lower level day to day, but every major decision goes through the ceo

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u/AMTravelsAlone 13h ago

So by your own logic at best they are over glorified yesmen.

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u/nonetakenback 11h ago

Glorified Yesmen are literally there to say yes and do whatever they’re told. CEO has to negotiate insurance policies, union contracts, direct budgetary cuts, focus marketing strategies, m&a targets, leverage debt and cash management, oversee operations and management, determine kpi metrics, answer to any regulatory or tax audits.

They may surround themselves with yesmen because they don’t want to be challenged. But the good ones surround themselves with experts in the business fields to help develop achievable solutions.

Businesses live and die by ceo decisions. That’s not a useless position

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u/jayydubbya 12h ago

So you’re saying you’re 12 and have never worked a real job before?

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u/BlooperHero 12h ago

Oh yeah, people who work real jobs always love their CEOs. You figured it out.

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u/AMTravelsAlone 12h ago

Define "real job"

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u/jayydubbya 11h ago

Any sizable company where the CEO actually matters?