You almost feel bad for the MBAs that had to come up with this sad meme. On the other hand, I'm pretty punch-drunk reading all this and wouldn't mind a few more months of corporate backpedaling. HN tends to make a good spectacle out of it.

  “A certain amount of killing has always been an arm of business,” the Baron said, “but a line has to be drawn somewhere. Someone must be left to work the spice.”