Ford fired a $200,000-a-year employee over a $1.95 cookie he paid for.
Kurt Kromm, 11 years at the Kentucky Truck Plant, felt his blood sugar drop at 3:30 a.m. He's diabetic. The kiosk flashed red on his card, so he paid at the second machine, ate the cookie, went back to building trucks.
A week later security walked him out. Wouldn't even let him take his tools.
Then he pulled up his bank statement. The $1.95 charge was sitting right there. Ford checked with the kiosk company, confirmed he paid, cut him $28,000 in back pay, and begged him to come back.
He said no. Took a job closer to home with a raise.
So the final scorecard: Ford spent $28,000, lost an 11-year veteran, and took a national PR beating to recover a cookie that was never stolen. The cookie cost $1.95. Firing the guy who bought it cost 14,000 cookies.
> raise console prices
> get rid of physical media
-> you are here <-
> raise game prices to $100 and beyond
> completely remove the ability to share any digital games
> buying new games will become an expensive hobby, but don't worry they'll definitely make a subscription tier for new games that come out
> hardware will become pricier, the cheapest way to play is using cloud gaming services
> offer a subscription that is reasonable at first
> gradually raise subscription prices
You will own nothing and be happy
If we don't act about Sony's outrageous decision to stop physical media in 2028, gaming might be doomed
It really pisses me off how all this legislation is trying to use "protect the kids " as a scapegoat but when the kids exercise free speech, suddenly it's a problem. The blatant hypocrisy is disgusting.
11 stars for the Confederate states instead of 13 stars for the original colonies is a detail most Americans won’t notice because of our public school system.