[jiggyboy]

Translation to investors: It's not MY fault!

It's never the CEO's fault. It's always "consumers failed to...", "changing markets reduced our...", etc. It's the typical prose of every quarterly report ever written.

[Atlas Sneezed]

It’s never the CEO’s fault. It’s always “consumers failed to...”, “changing markets reduced our...”, etc. It’s the typical prose of every quarterly report ever written.

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I prefer the “Animal House” excuse:
(Shrugging) “Hey, you f***ed up. You trusted us!”