boogie scapegoat

the more i think about it as i lay in bed rather sleepless, tony hayward almost got away with the bp incident. it wasn't his fault...per se.

we haven't sat around blaming the toyota maelstrom on watanabe or leaded toys on eckert, but we certainly glared at brown for hurricane katrina and glowered at davis, eventually leading to the second recall in history. of course, ford's nasser got shat on as well for sitting around willing tires to explode, right?

anyway, this makes me wonder why some get the boot, and others get lavish compensation in light of some seriously questionable offenses (ahem, mozilo). bp certainly wasn't looking to kick hayward out, but due to delayed and inadequate response, people were becoming furious and demanding accountability. while it's easy to hate a large corporation (i.e. walmart), you just can't derive any joy from hating an inanimate object. so of course the hate started piling onto hayward. and then the bloke decided to go sailing. i'm not saying he didn't deserve a day off, but couldn't he have absconded elsewhere? well, i've gotta say that was the straw that broke the camel's back. while bp didn't intend to give hayward the boot, the opportunity rapidly hit a haitus with the last act. so in saving face for the corporation, they kicked out the face of the company, who had drawn all the anger. the kleenex was covered in boogies, so why not just toss it out?