Kids Sue Santa Over Screwed Up Spreadsheets
Santa gets sued in a class action lawsuit by children because he got the naughty and nice lists mixed up. He even managed to get Paris Hilton on the wrong list. It was all due to poor version control of his Excel spreadsheets. He goes on TV and does a celebrity mea culpa with Larry King … er, I mean eXpressoMan.
From my good friends at eXpresso Corp. Thanks guys!
December 18th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Cut Santa a break-it’s Christmas, he learned a good lesson. Thought this cute.
December 18th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
He should have used OpenDocument…
December 19th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Hi EJ, yes I got a chuckle out of it, too. I also thought it was a cute holiday greeting — very creative. Anita
December 19th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Santa pimping Excel. What has Christmas come to?
December 19th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Hi Terry — it’s just a fun thing.
I think it’s creative.
I see nothing wrong with making others aware of new services and products and having some fun while doing it. In fact, I’d rather get a chuckle out of it, than be presented with something boring.
Merry Christmas!
Best,
Anita
December 19th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Hey why not tie into celebrity status… Paris Hilton, Larry King,Bill Gates, Al Sharpton and Santa… to pimp your product?
Creative and genius… these people actually understand marketing.
Except…
“Santa switched to eXpressoCorp.com to share and control his spreadsheets. Shouldn’t you?”
Well… actually…ah… “No”
Where’s the call to action here?
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Merry Christmas… Ho, Ho, Ho,
Walt
Thanks for sharing this Anita. I plan to put a post on my blog linking to it.
December 21st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
As a CPA and finance professional, I can relate to Santa!!!!! We once pushed around the wrong valuation numbers for weeks because we used the wrong Excel work sheet. What a waste.
Found you through Accounting Web, Anita.