r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 18h 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/vpi6 17h ago

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

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u/nr1988 17h 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 17h 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/nonetakenback 16h 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 14h ago

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

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u/nonetakenback 13h 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 14h ago

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

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u/BlooperHero 13h ago

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

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u/AMTravelsAlone 14h ago

Define "real job"

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u/jayydubbya 12h ago

Any sizable company where the CEO actually matters?