Monday, October 22, 2007

David Mamet's Play

The whole experience of going to a play was really awesome. I had never been so it was neat. The seating and the sounds in between the scenes was interesting. I enjoyed seeing what type of people were at the play. The experience itself was fun.
The play was a lot different than what I expected. The cursing really threw me off. The cursing was insane, so much it was kind of annoyingand shocking. I knew their was going to be some but that was a whole lot. The play was set up cool, seeing how all the characters came together. It took me a little while to figure out what was going on. I liked how it would tell a little part of the story with each group talking. It reminded me of an old mystery of who stole the leads.
For the second half of the play the scene was set up good. I finally was getting into the play. I enjoyed some of the humor thrown in every once in awhile. I could relate the play to some of the ethical behavior we will use in PR. Each character had to decide whether stealing the leads was right to do. The old man who stole them was the least likely and it was sad he did it. The play was cute with all the excitment from the characters. It was over much quicker than I expected. I thought it was a short play. Overall I liked the play and enjoyed the experience a lot.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Southwest Airlines

Last class we discussed the Southwest Airlines case. I think this case is opening up a can of worms. I kind of feel that southwest needs to be really prepared to take on this kind of dress code stuff. Southwest is known for being a cheap airline. I think it bothers me that they are installing this new rule and it has not really been broadcasted. There is no rule about dress codes on planes. Southwest use to wear really short mini shirts, so the whole idea of changing their image to a family airlines might should have been broadcasted. I think they will lose some customers over this petty dress code stuff, but they are the cheapest airfare so who knows. It will be interesting to see what works out with it.
The apology that their president gave was rediculous I thought. I saw it on the news the night they sent it. It seemed to be a joke. It was almost making fun of the incident(which they made a big deal) and it was rude. It also took them a long time to get out. I thought southwest was a good airline, but they've kind of made me question that.

Apple case

After all my reasearch on apple (which I'm so glad is done) I've decided that Steve Jobs is pretty sorry. I think the way he treated his customers in this case was terrible. Even though it is business and profitable, long-term is what is going to hurt apple. I think apple should fire him, because he is not doing whats best for their company. The price cut was done way to fast for a business. Everyone knows its eventually going to be cheaper, but not after 2 months. The rebate seemed to be even more of a money maker for apple. If I was a customer I would not have even appreciated it, because it seems to say, "We're sorry we made a mistake, so here is a rebate that you can only spend at our store, so we can make more money off you!" I think apple needs to rethink its startegies on promotions and marketing. It will be curious to see what happens on the next technology that apple comes out with.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Cowboys Scandal

The cowboys "sissorgate" scandal was pretty interesting. I thought it was even more cool, that my professor had written on it. I thought the scandal was interesting because it was kept so quiet. I had never heard of the incident, and even when I told people later on about it, they did not even remember the incident. Crazy how quiet it was kept. Still so many years later, and trying to discover the truth is impossible.
The part I thought was interesting was the questioning. Was McIver paid off, or was he concerned about his career? Who will know. Was Michael Irvin the one who stabbed him? It bothers me that these questions were not answered.
Personally I am sick and tired of profession athlete's getting away with horrible stuff such as: drugs, abuse, dog fighting. I don't understand because there are plenty of people to replace them. I hope one day that someone will make a stand for whats right.