BrewDog: yet another hip company using 'rebel' language to sell its stuff

[friedaweed]

Bet they're gonna bring a beer out now called Crowd Fun DA to help pay their legal fees to sue the Beeb.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Not seen it yet but this is doing the rounds

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[teuchter]

If this programme has serious allegations in it, I don't think you should all be making jokes and treating this like some sort of entertainment. Totally inappropriate and disrespectful.

 

[belboid]

If this programme has serious allegations in it, I don't think you should all be making jokes and treating this like some sort of entertainment. Totally inappropriate and disrespectful.

Fuck off

 

[equationgirl]

If this programme has serious allegations in it, I don't think you should all be making jokes and treating this like some sort of entertainment. Totally inappropriate and disrespectful.

Where were you when I was being bullied for the entertainment of certain posters on this thread? Didn't see you stepping up to the plate then.

No-one's making jokes about the intimidation or the inappropriate conduct. There's some play on words around the company itself, like the image of a beer called 'Damage Control'. If you can't see the difference then you really need to not post on Urban.

 

[teuchter]

Also disgusting to see "ascension cider" using it as a free PR opportunity. There's not even a charity benefitting on the side.

 

[belboid]

Also disgusting to see "ascension cider" using it as a free PR opportunity. There's not even a charity benefitting on the side.

Did you not hear? Fuck. Off.

You’ve been one of the biggest apologists for these fraudulent scumbags and there misogynist in chief, so don’t try it on with the moralistic bullshit, you are totally transparent.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Also disgusting to see "ascension cider" using it as a free PR opportunity. There's not even a charity benefitting on the side.

Maybe distancing themselves is good for their brand and will drive shareholder value or whatever the fuck people on here now spend their days caring about. Or they are sincere. Who knows.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

No, it fits in with the tone of their marketing in general.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[belboid]

“now on to the TSG stake, in which the PE giant took almost a quarter of the brewery and cofounders Watt and Dickie sold off almost 100M pounds of shares”

That was 100m EACH. couple of months later they did another crowdfunder for 30m from fucking mugs.

 

[equationgirl]

James Watt declined to be interviewed by the BBC, I understand.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Humberto]

That's a win for editor equationgirl

 

[Humberto]

Laughable effort to obey Clarkson and Eat red meat

 

[Raheem]

Maybe it's just proof that if you try to fight the system with edgy marketing and hapless small investors the deep state will use the BBC to try to bring you down.

 

[PR1Berske]

Maybe it's just proof that if you try to fight the system with edgy marketing and hapless small investors the deep state will use the BBC to try to bring you down.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Laughable effort to obey Clarkson and Eat red meat

?

 

[brogdale]

The programme portrayed the founding owners as pretty standard capitalists, entitled, arrogant, greedy and with elements of personality disorders displaying symptoms of psychopathy and/or malevolent narcissism.

"Punks"

 

[hitmouse]

The programme portrayed the founding owners as pretty standard capitalists, entitled, arrogant, greedy and with elements of personality disorders displaying symptoms of psychopathy and/or malevolent narcissism.

"Punks"

Are we really not going to have anyone giving it the "this just shows what brilliant Machiavellian geniuses they are, tricking the BBC into giving them all that publicity for free" bit? Standards are slipping.

 

[ska invita]

The programme portrayed the founding owners as pretty standard capitalists, entitled, arrogant, greedy and with elements of personality disorders displaying symptoms of psychopathy and/or malevolent narcissism.

"Punks"

is partly why i find it hard to get too excited about any of this - standard stuff - another one for the endless list
good luck to those kicking back against them

 

[brogdale]

Are we really not going to have anyone giving it the "this just shows what brilliant Machiavellian geniuses they are, tricking the BBC into giving them all that publicity for free" bit? Standards are slipping.

Saving the trolls the bother again.

Makes for a better thread.

 

[PR1Berske]

Always of interest when the mood of a thread shifts, as this clearly has.

 

[hash tag]

I haven't seen the programme yet. This make uncomfortable reading Brewdog chief James Watt accused of inappropriate behaviour


"James Watt declined to be interviewed for the BBC Disclosure programme." His solicitor was quoted.

 

[danny la rouge]

Where were you when I was being bullied for the entertainment of certain posters on this thread? Didn't see you stepping up to the plate then.

No-one's making jokes about the intimidation or the inappropriate conduct. There's some play on words around the company itself, like the image of a beer called 'Damage Control'. If you can't see the difference then you really need to not post on Urban.

Thanks for keeping going.

 

[baldrick]

I haven't seen the programme yet. This make uncomfortable reading Brewdog chief James Watt accused of inappropriate behaviour


"James Watt declined to be interviewed for the BBC Disclosure programme." His solicitor was quoted.

Might be just me but I'm feeling like Watt's position here is a bit fragile now. He's spent a decade being the mouthpiece of brewdog and now it turns out he's a sexual predator as well as presiding over awful employment conditions that he tried to DARVO publicly and repeatedly.

I know someone else raised this earlier but how come we never hear from Martin Dickie?

 

[Dogsauce]

Branson used to do this rebellious upstart/disrupter thing too. Same fucking shit here isn’t it? Only without the bargain fares.

 

[dessiato]

The behaviour of Watt is appalling. There's no excuse for it. I shall be asking for "explanations" and, as an absolute minimum, apologies. There is no excuse for this behaviour. We all know better.

 

[PR1Berske]