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I lost the logo contest

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Zysoclaplem

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If you recall this thread
, I was attempting to make a logo for the Goodyear Quality month.
Well, I lost. And that's not so bad.
I was just told by someone here that the winning logo was a hand drawn heart with the words passion and quality scattered around it.
I actually saw it, and it looked horrible.

I was told by a buddy of mine, who actually got to vote, that it's all just politics, and that I never had a chance of winning because I am a white guy? Seriously. I'm not joking.

The problem is, there was only one black person, a young pretty girl, who entered anything. She happened to win the logo and the slogan.

And about 30 white entries, some of them actually pretty good.

Crazy thing is, she has won all the logo and banner contests that in any way involve the union, as the union guy that gets to vote is also a black man.
That's fine and dandy, but he would not vote for any slogan or logo but hers.
Well everyone rushed to his side to avoid racial conflict.

I told them that she needs to start designing all the T-shirts, coins, and banners that I design for the plant that don't reward with prizes, because I am no longer going to do them. Not in my job description.
I did them because I am the only person in the plant that can effectively use design programs, and because I am a nice guy.







 
Originally posted by: dabuddha
Man that's BS. Sorry to hear bud. Do you have a copy of her logo?
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No it was hand drawn. Just picture a heart, and drop the words "passion" and "quality" around it in various places.
That's what it looks like.
 
maybe your friend is screwing with you?

also, just because you find something unnatractive doesn't mean others do. there are plenty of games, movies, and stuff in general I enjoy that others don't.
 
Originally posted by: Torghn
I bet this sort of thing happens a lot more often then any one would care to admit.
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Well, a black manager here recently retired, and the union guy insisted on replacing him with another black manager, as replacing him with a non-black manager would upset the balance.
As if that makes any sense. But they did.
 
Originally posted by: purbeast0
maybe your friend is screwing with you?

also, just because you find something unnatractive doesn't mean others do. there are plenty of games, movies, and stuff in general I enjoy that others don't.
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Oh and thats fine. Had he not told me otherwise. No I trust this guy. He was telling me the blunt and honest truth.
 
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that losing a pathethic quality logo contest at work pales in comparison to having had your ancestors captured, killed, and enslaved... not to mention living your life opressed in a white male dominated society.
 
Where I work we had 2 guys that showed up to work so drunk they couldn't stand straight. They were sent home and given the next day off. They had numerous complaints and they did terrible work. We didn't fire them, why? Because in an IT department of 108 they were the only 2 black guys. In fact, they were 2/5 desktop support guys. We HAD to keep them to meet quotas so what did we do? We had to fire all 5 desktop guys.


That's some BS if I ever experienced it
 
Originally posted by: QED
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that losing a pathethic quality logo contest at work pales in comparison to having had your ancestors captured, killed, and enslaved... not to mention living your life opressed in a white male dominated society.
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:frown:
 
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