Gen Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Ha ha ha @geraldm24 I just got my sms.. they should pay you for giving them some tips on how to deal with a PR mess
Tristand Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Ha ha ha @geraldm24 I just got my sms.. they should pay you for giving them some tips on how to deal with a PR messIt amazes me that their specialist PR agency needed someone to give them some instruction on handling a PR incident. Simply incredible.
PygaSchmyga Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 It amazes me that their specialist PR agency needed someone to give them some instruction on handling a PR incident. Simply incredible.What amazes me is how the foreign owners of L"etape could have done SO little diligence on the SA franchise owners, and everyone involved, including the miserable excuse PR bunch when awarding the SA franchise. This is not a no-harm scenario - people have incurred HUGE costs and inconvenience, well above the ticket price, which itself was extremely high. I sincerely hope that if this event is ever staged in SA, it is given to reputable and responsible organizers, and NOT some fly-by-nighters. I mean, FFS, giving it to the clowns that worked with Mbalula and the Commonwealth Games? Come on, TDF Organizers - you can do better!!!
carbon29er Posted March 27, 2017 Author Posted March 27, 2017 With respect, your comment is not fair... If CTCT had been allowed to start, cyclists would have been injured with the possibility of deaths. Then, the Hub would be full of abuse and recriminations against the organisers. That wind was a freak of nature over which the organisers had no control. This event has been cancelled because of fraud or incompetence or stupidity. Time will tell.Not even a close comparison... With respect, Meezo...At least someone has bought the PR offensive by CTCT hook line and sinker. Gullible much? I better pull out the old gullibility virus email. It's like the helmet saved my life. How do you know people would have been injured or died because the CTCT started? Do you know that EVERY YEAR riders get injured in the CTCT, some have even died? Hell, every day someone on a bike gets injured. What is next, the nanny state of cycling. Meezo is 100% correct, whatever the reason the benchmark for an event getting cancelled has been set.
carbon29er Posted March 27, 2017 Author Posted March 27, 2017 What amazes me is how the foreign owners of L"etape could have done SO little diligence on the SA franchise owners, and everyone involved, including the miserable excuse PR bunch when awarding the SA franchise. This is not a no-harm scenario - people have incurred HUGE costs and inconvenience, well above the ticket price, which itself was extremely high. I sincerely hope that if this event is ever staged in SA, it is given to reputable and responsible organizers, and NOT some fly-by-nighters. I mean, FFS, giving it to the clowns that worked with Mbalula and the Commonwealth Games? Come on, TDF Organizers - you can do better!!!100% Maybe the connection to Mbalula and CG gave them credibility. Remember at the time it was announced back in October the CG were still on. Even if only in the minds of the Ministry of Sport and his cronies.
Slowbee Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 I smell a Business RescueI am sure you have a cold. *ok bad trolling, serious wabbing*
Spirog Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 At least someone has bought the PR offensive by CTCT hook line and sinker. Gullible much? I better pull out the old gullibility virus email. It's like the helmet saved my life. How do you know people would have been injured or died because the CTCT started? Do you know that EVERY YEAR riders get injured in the CTCT, some have even died? Hell, every day someone on a bike gets injured. What is next, the nanny state of cycling. Meezo is 100% correct, whatever the reason the benchmark for an event getting cancelled has been set.Maybe I'm not very bright... Why would the Organisers of CTCT have cancelled the race if not for the safety of the cyclists? Where is their gain?
carbon29er Posted March 27, 2017 Author Posted March 27, 2017 Maybe I'm not very bright... Why would the Organisers of CTCT have cancelled the race if not for the safety of the cyclists? Where is their gain?Read the conspiracy threads. They got so close to the truth they were shut down. Or not.
Skubarra Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Maybe I'm not very bright... Why would the Organisers of CTCT have cancelled the race if not for the safety of the cyclists? Where is their gain?Put it this way. The people who have this comprehension despite their disappointment are not the stupid ones.
Thor Buttox Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 I smell a Business RescueIs that cockney rhyming slang for a 'barbecue'? Edit: sorry, I appear to have STS (Slowbee Trolling Syndrome)
eddy Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 I smell a Business RescueHow about a class action suit ?
Patchelicious Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 How about a class action suit ?Do you think it will work?
eddy Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Do you think it will work?Not as well as a few well aimed P-klappe....
Popit Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Not as well as a few well aimed P-klappe....Maybe the organisers eat at Spur
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