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Digging deeper into the "protest" linked from the OXO site: http://www.quirky.com/blog/post/2013/01/rise-up-quirky-seeks-justice-for-bill-ward/ http://www.quirk

Digging deeper into the "protest" linked from the OXO site: http://www.quirky.com/blog/post/2013/01/rise-up-quirky-seeks-justice-for-bill-ward/ http://www.quirky.com/blog/post/2013/01/rise-up-quirky-seeks... And the whole thing feels cheap and desperate. I like the idea of being scrappy and unorthodox, but one corporate entity protesting another? It just smells terrible.

jessaustin 14y ago
Yeah this is really lame. Shouldn't they be busy with more "innovative" products? Couldn't they have just hired some non-union union protesters for this?
- ballard 14y ago
  Have to go to Canada for that.
bcoates 14y ago
In 'Che' shirts, even. Satire is dead.
dasil003 14y ago
What feels even cheaper are the public protesters (assuming they are in fact real unpaid people). It's bad enough when people go all frothy over iOS vs Android, but over household product brands? I mean time to re-evaluate your priorities people.
- philwelch 14y ago
  I think the protestors were just the company staff, who took the day off to participate in a publicity stunt.
  - dwiel 14y ago
    "That’s exactly what happened ... Quirky staffers took to the streets to protest ..."
  - dasil003 14y ago
    Okay good. Faith in humanity restored.
mosselman 14y ago
Hipsters...
ChuckMcM 14y ago
It does smell of an attempt to create the Streisand effect in reverse. Which would be kind of quirky (sorry couldn't resist). I really enjoyed OXO's response. I wonder if you see that someone is trying to create something out of nothing, how to blunt that? The OXO response seems to try for that, a bit low key, sort of 'kids will be kids' kind of thing.
smsm42 14y ago
To make it even better, they brought the kids to it too. Because, you know, whichever side brings the kids is the right one, because, think of the kids, right?!

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Digging deeper into the "protest" linked from the OXO site: http://www.quirky.com/blog/post/2013/01/rise-up-quirky-seeks-justice-for-bill-ward/ http://www.quirk

by MartinCron 14y ago

jessaustin 14y ago
Yeah this is really lame. Shouldn't they be busy with more "innovative" products? Couldn't they have just hired some non-union union protesters for this?
- ballard 14y ago
  Have to go to Canada for that.
bcoates 14y ago
In 'Che' shirts, even. Satire is dead.
dasil003 14y ago
What feels even cheaper are the public protesters (assuming they are in fact real unpaid people). It's bad enough when people go all frothy over iOS vs Android, but over household product brands? I mean time to re-evaluate your priorities people.
- philwelch 14y ago
  I think the protestors were just the company staff, who took the day off to participate in a publicity stunt.
  - dwiel 14y ago
    "That’s exactly what happened ... Quirky staffers took to the streets to protest ..."
  - dasil003 14y ago
    Okay good. Faith in humanity restored.
mosselman 14y ago
Hipsters...
ChuckMcM 14y ago
It does smell of an attempt to create the Streisand effect in reverse. Which would be kind of quirky (sorry couldn't resist). I really enjoyed OXO's response. I wonder if you see that someone is trying to create something out of nothing, how to blunt that? The OXO response seems to try for that, a bit low key, sort of 'kids will be kids' kind of thing.
smsm42 14y ago
To make it even better, they brought the kids to it too. Because, you know, whichever side brings the kids is the right one, because, think of the kids, right?!