A rare apology and the Genocide Games tickets
Following on from this article, PR O’s country manager called Smartbrain today and apologised for the mix-up, taking full responsiblity for providing his name for the Dellli (no, that is not a typo) trip to their client and for the late invitation.
Apparently O provided D with Smartbrain’s name for the invitation, not as confirmation that Smartbrain had accepted to go. Not that Smartbrain ever got an invitation with the junket details, late or otherwise, but still, apology accepted and he does appreciate someone having the guts to apologise rather than disappear and get someone else to manage the account which happens once in a while after big mishaps in this industry.
Meanwhile, the start of the Olympics brings back some sour memories. Smartbrain never got an apology from the other, er, episode he had, the Atos-Origin “people like you” incident where the country manger of Atos Origin said he personally withdrew Smartbrain’s name from a junket to the Olympic venue in Beijing as he didn’t want his precious games associated with “people like you”. He also had the nerve to CC Atos’ VP for communications and neither of them sent me a reply afterwards.
Smartbrain is still trying to figure out what “people like you means” and he can only assume that the Atos country manager does not want any investigative reporters on the trip, especially ones who might ask why he married the daughter of an arms dealer and, through his father in law, won a big payphone contract with the state owned Telco TOT that was being investigated by the (now defunct) Assets Examination Committee set up post-coup to prosecute corrupt politicians. Of course, it is probably just a coincidence but it would have been nice to ask the question in person. But, after deep thought (read: burning hatred), Smartbrain is taking it as a compliment.
All of that has left Atos Origin, who have done the RFID ticketing system for the Genocide Games, sorry, Olympic Games, with zero coverage in Smartbrain’s paper for now, or forever, as long as he writes there.
Yes, Atos Origin does the ticketing for the Genocide games.
Atos Origin does the ticketing for the Genocide games.
Atos Origin does the ticketing for the Genocide games.
Ok. Perhaps Smartbrain is being a bit silly today.
