A certain phone megacompany has bought the naming rights to the Seahawks' stadium. I don't know where to start with this, except that I always view it a bad sign when a company can't find anything better to do with its resources. Like, say, investing in its core business or paying back its shareholders. Consider:
- Qwest lost $310 million last quarter. With 25 million customers, that works out to be $48 per customer annually. (Insert dot comment about "making it up in volume.")
- They're spending about $500 per employee on the "Spirit of Service" campaign while, at the same time, petitioning the utility commission to waive the fines for poor customer service. (Hint: the fines are far less than they're paying for the stadium name.)
- They're not even locally-based -- the headquarters is in Denver.
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