"Piotr Szczerek, a Polish chief executive of a paving firm, said he was "convinced" tennis star Kamil Majchrzak had been "passing his hat in my direction"."
(Also the kid got to meet Kamil later on and got another hat from him)
I don't know the validity of that claim in the original picture, but IMO the CEO is a lying sack of shit in this declaration. Look at the video. The way he snatched the hat clearly indicates he intended to get it before the kid could. He knew fully well what he was doing and his only regret is to have been caught on camera.
It's a legit quote by him from a now deleted forum post on his website:
“The recent incident at the tennis match has caused a disproportionate online uproar. It’s all about the famous hat, of course. Yes, I took it. Yes, I did it quickly. But as I’ve always said, life is first come, first served,” he claimed.
“In the end, chin up, hats off, less venom, more sportsmanship.”
The douche still has the hat and that's unacceptable.
If I were Majchrzak I would clarify he did certainly not 'pass his hat in his direction' and that he wants it back.
Otherwise he can file a police report for theft.
A normal person who actually did the mistake he claims to have made in the BBC article wouldn't be able to keep that hat because it would make them feel intense shame every time they looked at it.
F yeah. These so called "alphas" like this exemplar wouldn't live too long in prehistoric times. People don't like selfish idiots and never did. What took us through all the dangers in the early history of humanity was our bondage, helpfulness and compassion, not "uga uga I was faster".
These kids aren't there by themselves. How do you not confront a shithead like that as their parent? Cause to me it sounds like we're getting thrown out of here, junior but you're getting that hat.
Some people don’t want to teach their kids that immediately going to violence is any way to solve things. The ceo is being tarred in the media and the kid got to meet the player and got a hat anyways so it seems like the parents made the right decision.
Yeah as a parent this kind of thing is tough. You don't want to teach the kid it's ok to let people walk over you but you also don't want to teach them it's ok to use violence. I'm not sure exactly how I'd react if that was my kid and I was sitting close..
He's been made to apologise now, presumably by his board or shareholders. The US Open is a nuts sports tournament; there's always some crazy scandal or meme coming out of it. The chicken tendies and pepsi lady, who got a record deal out of her bizzare food combo, springs to mind
He's got some regrets now, but he is acting like it was all some big mistake instead of him being a fucking sears tower of feces. Get bent rich asshole, the world is not your oyster and we see right through your B's excuses.
not regrets that he is an asshole, regrets that he wasn't a more efficient asshole probably. More like "I should have covered my face better" or "I should have snatched it faster"
can we make an income level exemption? i'm arguably the ceo of my flailing music business. we've made a total of like a thousand in revenues dollars over 30 years and given away way more than that in free services.
yea there are many small scale businesses with CEOs on top which are not generally assholes. I think a criterion could if the business has some billionaire shareholder then the odds that the CEO is an asshole significantly rises.
Okay, so the video I posted is AI bullshit. Right. But I've seen the clip within the video of him grabbing the hat from the kid on numerous other non-youtube videos.
Very shortly, I will back away from all of these social media and video playback services completely. I'm too old to deal with this bullshit.
I'm not debating whether he is an asshole or not. He probably is. However, we don't need to put words into his mouth to see that. Creating fake quotes to make him seem even worse than he is is how the right wingers do it. I'm not going down that road. That's what I meant when I said the quote was a likely a lie. As of that article the only person he'd spoken to about it was that journalist, and he didn't say what's in the OP.
Yeah, read that he (once and only when caught, of course) gave the kid back the hat with some kind of apology. Being exposed worldwide as a dick really can shake a world.
Bestest news cycle distraction, with free attention for CEO. The even bestest part is that a few days from now, magnanimous CEO will hold ceremony with full media coverage for how graciously selfless he is for donating the hat to a/this child. Hopefully, Cracker Barrel will not change their logo again to upstage him. Obviously nothing serious is destroying America at the moment.
That’s what the article I read say, he gave the hat back and apologized, still, gives feelings of he’s sorry he got caught, but not quite as craven as the op quote
I've just done a dive into this myself. It's not fake. The CEO is an arsehole and a bully. Luckily, the tennis player meet up with the boy later and more than made up for the arseholery.
It says the initial comments were made in Poland's GoWork forum with apparently hundreds of people calling him out but the post has been since deleted. Also even if the comments really existed, perhaps it would be impossible to really prove that the commenter is really this CEO.
67 Comments
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 200 pts · 355d
Wow. Another sociopath CEO. What a shocker.
omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 52 pts · 355d
It's a prerequisite for the job.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 354d
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 354d
"If I don't steal it, someone else is gonna steal it!"
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 129 pts · 355d
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce93klk0jpzo
(Also the kid got to meet Kamil later on and got another hat from him)
I don't know the validity of that claim in the original picture, but IMO the CEO is a lying sack of shit in this declaration. Look at the video. The way he snatched the hat clearly indicates he intended to get it before the kid could. He knew fully well what he was doing and his only regret is to have been caught on camera.
Bubs@lemmy.zip · 67 pts · 355d
It's a legit quote by him from a now deleted forum post on his website:
Source
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 355d
More sportsmanship after that? What??
gdog05@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
There can be sportsmanship now with others because he got his. Which is the only important part. Whatever happens after he gets his is "meh, whatever"
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 355d
Thanks. He is now a confirmed grade A piece of shit.
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 355d
A polish paving company called Drogbruk
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 353d
Drogbruk literally translates to Road Pavement, there's at least twenty companies in Poland named Drogbruk.
gressen@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 353d
It's more like Roadpave, but yeah.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 354d
The douche still has the hat and that's unacceptable.
If I were Majchrzak I would clarify he did certainly not 'pass his hat in his direction' and that he wants it back.
Otherwise he can file a police report for theft.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 354d
A normal person who actually did the mistake he claims to have made in the BBC article wouldn't be able to keep that hat because it would make them feel intense shame every time they looked at it.
This CEO is a narcissist.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d
True, he will show it to his scummy friends and be proud while telling this nice anecdote.
The hat has to return.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 355d
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 354d
Well, seems Luigi will be having another talk.
DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 355d
I think we found the next GOP candidate for president.
Phegan@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 355d
jaemo@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 354d
Thought experiment: how would our closest ape cousins deal with an individual like this in their midst?
My guess would be: fangs.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 17 pts · 354d
His valuable protein would be redistributed to the rest of the group.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 354d
Much bludgeoning.
foggianism@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 354d
F yeah. These so called "alphas" like this exemplar wouldn't live too long in prehistoric times. People don't like selfish idiots and never did. What took us through all the dangers in the early history of humanity was our bondage, helpfulness and compassion, not "uga uga I was faster".
MotoAsh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 354d
Possibly a smidgeon of feces flinging
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d
thank you for the invite to the party
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 354d
Put him an ape enclosure and find out what happens.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 354d
On live TV, put the money towards the kid's college.
frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 354d
This popped into my head. Part of the ending of Trading Places.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 353d
Is that Norm Macdonald?
FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 353d
I watched this movie for the first time with my grandma, really funny and since it was so fresh in my mind i knew exactly what scene it was
El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 354d
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 355d
These kids aren't there by themselves. How do you not confront a shithead like that as their parent? Cause to me it sounds like we're getting thrown out of here, junior but you're getting that hat.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 49 pts · 355d
The kid might actually be down at the front by themselves
teft@piefed.social · 24 pts · 355d
Some people don’t want to teach their kids that immediately going to violence is any way to solve things. The ceo is being tarred in the media and the kid got to meet the player and got a hat anyways so it seems like the parents made the right decision.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 353d
Yeah as a parent this kind of thing is tough. You don't want to teach the kid it's ok to let people walk over you but you also don't want to teach them it's ok to use violence. I'm not sure exactly how I'd react if that was my kid and I was sitting close..
sad_detective_man@leminal.space · 26 pts · 355d
rabid dogs. the rich have no concept of restraint
b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 353d
Oh Luigi, where art thou?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 353d
In jail
BanMe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 353d
and in our hearts
steeznson@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 354d
He's been made to apologise now, presumably by his board or shareholders. The US Open is a nuts sports tournament; there's always some crazy scandal or meme coming out of it. The chicken tendies and pepsi lady, who got a record deal out of her bizzare food combo, springs to mind
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 353d
"apologise", After writing not one but three posts to say that not only he was right, but gave a free life lesson to the kid.
It's more like that someone else used his account to write that, maybe even without permission
AlexLost@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 354d
He's got some regrets now, but he is acting like it was all some big mistake instead of him being a fucking sears tower of feces. Get bent rich asshole, the world is not your oyster and we see right through your B's excuses.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 353d
not regrets that he is an asshole, regrets that he wasn't a more efficient asshole probably. More like "I should have covered my face better" or "I should have snatched it faster"
AlexLost@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
Sounds like a job for Captain Hindsight, the hero of the modren world.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 355d
When we do a much needed global French style revolution can I suggest all CEOs be put on the list
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 354d
can we make an income level exemption? i'm arguably the ceo of my flailing music business. we've made a total of like a thousand in revenues dollars over 30 years and given away way more than that in free services.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d
Fair
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
yea there are many small scale businesses with CEOs on top which are not generally assholes. I think a criterion could if the business has some billionaire shareholder then the odds that the CEO is an asshole significantly rises.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 355d
Summoning Luigi
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 355d
I think this is fake. According to this article, there were fake reports of things he said in regards to the event. Here is an article about the situation. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/piotr-szczerek-polish-ceo-us-open-child-hat-b2817864.html
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 354d
Do you have eyes?
uhmbah@lemmy.ca · -9 pts · 355d
To me, the video does not match his current apology
https://youtu.be/-BFaPFcInBE
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 355d
OK, please hop back onto youtube and block that AI slop so that it never shows up in your feed again.
uhmbah@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 355d
Okay, so the video I posted is AI bullshit. Right. But I've seen the clip within the video of him grabbing the hat from the kid on numerous other non-youtube videos.
Very shortly, I will back away from all of these social media and video playback services completely. I'm too old to deal with this bullshit.
That CEO is a c-word. A fucking cunt.
AI? Feck. I don't think I can handle it
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
I'm not debating whether he is an asshole or not. He probably is. However, we don't need to put words into his mouth to see that. Creating fake quotes to make him seem even worse than he is is how the right wingers do it. I'm not going down that road. That's what I meant when I said the quote was a likely a lie. As of that article the only person he'd spoken to about it was that journalist, and he didn't say what's in the OP.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 355d
He should get served a bat
TorJansen@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 355d
Yeah, read that he (once and only when caught, of course) gave the kid back the hat with some kind of apology. Being exposed worldwide as a dick really can shake a world.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 354d
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 355d
Bestest news cycle distraction, with free attention for CEO. The even bestest part is that a few days from now, magnanimous CEO will hold ceremony with full media coverage for how graciously selfless he is for donating the hat to a/this child. Hopefully, Cracker Barrel will not change their logo again to upstage him. Obviously nothing serious is destroying America at the moment.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 354d
This happened in Poland. What point are you trying to make? That a polish CEO was hired by the CIA to distract from Epstein? Take your meds.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · -6 pts · 355d
Pretty sure this is fake. I read he apologised and was put in touch with the family.
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 355d
That’s what the article I read say, he gave the hat back and apologized, still, gives feelings of he’s sorry he got caught, but not quite as craven as the op quote
rylock@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 355d
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · -11 pts · 354d
this is fake lol
redwattlebird@lemmings.world · 7 pts · 354d
I've just done a dive into this myself. It's not fake. The CEO is an arsehole and a bully. Luckily, the tennis player meet up with the boy later and more than made up for the arseholery.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 354d
You got proof?
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 354d
The comments he supposedly said is hearsay but he deleted his social media accounts since the controversy so yeah lack of evidence is a form of evidence. https://www.primetimer.com/news/did-polish-ceo-piotr-szczerek-say-first-come-first-serve-following-viral-us-open-hat-snatching-backlash-viral-statement-debunked
Still an evil bastard though.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 353d
No, he didn't, here's his actual apology post from his company Facebook page.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 353d
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 353d
every article I found on it was a bs corporate apology
I'm just assuming that he's not stupid and gutless enough to say what's on the OP on public and then backtrack on it. maybe he said both, idk
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 353d
the most detailed story about this is I think here
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/polish-ceos-company-review-bombed-after-stealing-hat-from-a-child-at-tennis-game-3244263/
It says the initial comments were made in Poland's GoWork forum with apparently hundreds of people calling him out but the post has been since deleted. Also even if the comments really existed, perhaps it would be impossible to really prove that the commenter is really this CEO.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 353d
thanks, none of the articles I saw had the gowork forum info, just the bs apology