One of my colleagues today pointed out how disgusted she was when the guy at Dunkin Donuts wouldn’t change his gloves after he made a tuna salad sandwich. It appears I’m not the only one affected by the tuna salad sandwich…
I’ve been driving around Albany disturbed by giant pictures of tuna salad and chicken salad sandwiches on billboards. I don’t want my coffee and donuts anywhere near these sandwiches!
From an HR perspective, I often wonder if marketing departments of companies take into account the implications of their marketing campaigns on the people who have to work every day. I can only imagine the pain that employees have to go through to upsell or recommend the tuna salad sandwich or that have to face people like my colleague who are disgusted at the sight of tuna near their bagel with cream cheese.
How has marketing affected your team? I’ll share more stories next week when I return from a few days away…
