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None. GM execs aren’t capable of changing anything.
None. What purpose would be served by acknowledging that it is burned out in the first place?
Is this a trick question? First of all, you’re expecting that the executives NOTICED the light bulb. Second, even if they did notice it, they would have to hold about a dozen meetings over the next year to discuss the “lightbulb issue.” Then they would have to do a study to see if it was cheaper to offshore the operation, or grind the union maintenance man for a concession. In the end, someone from Toyota would have taken the initiative and changed it for them.
Changing of light bulbs is very important to ultimate customer satisfaction. To insure industry leading performance we have a cross functional team studying the necessary critical measures to benchmark this process. We expect some initial results sometime in mid 2014 after conducting detailed customer studies.
Whatever Steve Rattner says they need to be given a better opportunity to succeed than they have in the past.
I’m confused; the lights were on?
What lighbulb issue? There’s no lightbulb issue. It’s just as bright as it’s always been: the idea that lightbulbs could burn out is a crock of shit.
What we do have a luminance perception gap in the minds of the customer that’s being pushed by the media. Of course, it’s just as bright as it’s always been; in fact, it’s never been brighter.
It takes 3. One person from the Fed to hold the ladder, one UAW leader to hold the light bulb, and one member of Congress to tell them which way to turn.
The lights are on, but nobody’s home.
Zero. They’ll get the guys from Wagner on the phone. They should appreciate the privilege of working for GM and they’ll be glad to foot the bill for the R&D, tooling, engineering ….
The 2015 Cruze currently in development will have an all new bulbless light system.
I think Superbadd75 wins the prize (if there was one).
I don’t know but considering how many dim ones they have, they better get crackin’
If we’re talking about the bulb from their Powerpoint projector, we can assume that there’s going to be some serious setbacks in their development and marketing plans for their bold new future.
Dunno. Let’s get a billion from Uncle Sugar to fund an engineering study and find out….
None. The lightbulb is a ‘ringer’ and is replaced daily at 2AM by a dedicated staff of highly-trained professional technicians.
At least 1000. One to hold the bulb, 999 to rotate the ceiling!
One, but he will be distracted by a pelican.
Psarhjinian read my mind. I would only add…
We have heard ’bout them whiz-bang LED thingys, and though they may be fine for those commie-lovin’ import buyers, we know that a real ‘murican is quite happy with the inefficiency and unreliablilty of an incandesant filament bulb. Them folks is only a tiny slice of the market anywho.
It takes three. One to borrow money to go to the hardware store and get a new one, one to try and convince everybody in the room it’s still on, and one to promise to they’ll switch to CFLs.
Hire about 150 bankruptcy lawyers at an average billing rate of about $600 an hour. Have them file motions asking to be discharged from any liability for changing burned-out light bulbs, and explain to the judge in court that all the burned-out bulbs belong to the old company in any event.
I have no funny or insightful comment to add. Only a tip of the proverbial cap to Farago for the question and the B&B for making the answers so damn entertaining.
Mr. Farago, you will be missed.