Irresponsibility at Amazon.com

Jan 13, 2004 03:20 · 103 words · 1 minute read

Searching for “old fart” at Amazon.com today produces this page with billionaire Jeff Bezos dressed as Austin Powers. The unbelievable irresponsibility of this! The programmers should be fired for pulling a stunt like this! There could be hundreds of people out there, trying to find the thousands of “Old Fart” products on Amazon today, only to be turned away by Bezos’ smiling face. Amazon could be losing literally dollars in sales. It could be worse, though. Imagine if Microsoft did a parody of the Matrix starring Ballmer and Gates…

(Yes, I am kidding. I like Easter Eggs as much as the next guy.)