Google sheep piss me off
So I am sitting on the plane from Atlanta to Chicago and this woman next to with me asks me if I work for Google. I said no and she went on to say… “Well you have a Google backpack, a Google watch, and you are wearing a Google shirt so I thought you worked for Google”. Ok I can understand that =P
Anyway she then goes on to ask me if I was aware that the owners of Google buy hybrid cars for themselves and for all the employees of Google because they REALLY care about the earth. She went on to tell me Google offers $1,500 for buying a new hybrid and $2,500 for leasing one to employees. Come to find out her son was some tree hugger who was currently employed by Google and she thought it was her mission to tell everyone how great they are.
She went on for about 10 minutes about all the great things Google does for the earth and also how they stood up to the United States Government and would not release private information that US Citizens were searching for.
I could take it any more. I interrupted her and said, “Look I am heavily vested with Google and I am really glad you are proud of your son and the company he works for but you know that its just a business right? I mean they may be encouraging employees to purchase hybrid cars but what about the Boeing 767 they just purchase to chaffer employees and friends around? YOU DO KNOW THEY BURN MORE FUEL IN ONE TRIP THEN THEY COULD SAVE GAS FOR THESE SILLY HYBRID CARS RIGHT? Also you know the information the government asked for was what simply the number of times “child porn” was being searched for? It was not anything more. AND speaking of government interaction with Google -
Do you know that Google in china releases all information about what the citizens of the communist country are searching for? Do you know Google censors all searches in china? Ever tried to look up history on Tienanmen Square where the Chinese govt MASACRED students for protesting?”
I paused for a response from her…………………. Finally she said “Well Google is doing the best they can do”. Then she took our her pillow and acted like she was going to sleep.
I mumbled, “Yes, doing the best at making as much money as humanly possible”.
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hehe I liked that, the funnies post!
I think she’ll now start using msn after you told her about google’s policy on China
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Yeah , funny stuff, but why don’t you put on a suit instead of google stuff?
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wHy you call her sheep
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a suit HHAHAH
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anyone who just blindly follows something because everyone else does to me is a sheep
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Damn tree huggers. Heh heh.
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So, are you going to think twice about all the paraphanelia next trip? :p
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No not at all.. I have nothing against google… I am a huge fan. I am just not going to pretend they are the “do no evil” company they started now.
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Actually, the Wall Street Journal had a lengthy article a while back showing that the economics of the hybrid cars don’t make sense unless gas goes to like $50/gallon. I.e. you are paying a heck of a premium to use a little less gas. And this didn’t factor in the HUGE disposal issue of the batteries at the end of life. I.e. there’s a lotta questions how environmentally friendly this car is … but it gets good press as does Google’s plan to help pay.
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you should have slit her throat using a Google pen
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Hillarious…wow gary’s comment had me rolling…just found your blog and subscribed immediately. anyone who is a friend of chachi’s is a friend of mine. found you through a link you dropped at webmasterradio.fm
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If you guys are interested, a 45 mpg Prius carrying 5 passengers is making 225 mpg per passenger. A 200-seat 767-200 is making 75mpg per passenger at most economic speed of 530 mph at full occupancy (or 1410 gallons per hour).
Of course Prius is 3 times more fuel efficient on a (paved) road, but you will have a heck of a hard time crossing Atlantic or Rocky Mountains, which makes this argument just silly on your part, Jeremy.
Besides, these guys understand math all right: if you convince enough employees to switch to hybrids, you can enjoy a fast jet ride and still make a POSITIVE impact on the environment.
By the way, the jet fuel (kerosene) is half the price of the cheapest gas, so the cost difference does not sound all that outrageous if you fly far enough.
All the above, of course, assumes that Larry and Sergey take some company along when they fly. If they fly solo (duo ;-)), then the calculations do not sound that favorable. Also, the particular 767 is being converted into a 50-seater which will further affect the calculations.
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Some good points. However, the DOJ request wasn’t about child porn. They were looking for information related to kids getting access to porn. Kids finding porn on the net, not kiddie porn.
I read the whole request, wrote about it here:
http://www.sharpseo.com/blog/index.php/archives/8
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Good stuff… I’m here thinking about that situation. I can see her face after the final words. lololol
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Funny story. I think people need to stop looking for reasons to ahte G. When your that big your going to annoy someone. Let’s at least wait until we get the head implanted SERP whispering devices Serg recently promised us.
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I can’t believe the number of people that just buy into whatever BS is marketed to them while the owners of the BS laugh their way to the bank. If I had a dime for every B.S. service and site I’ve run into on the Internet. But there are suckers for everything business, not matter what it is you’re selling.
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