Posts Tagged ‘timing’

While sipping our caffeinated beverages each morning, we’re also likely to be shaking our heads at news reports of public figures trying to recover from PR nightmares brought on by bad timing:

• With his re-election already in doubt, soon-to-be-ex British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is mortified to be caught open-mic’d ranting about being annoyed by Jane Q. Voter.

• The Virginia Department of Transportation announces 678 layoffs the same morning a huge snowstorm blankets the state’s roadways, overwhelming snow-plowing crews already short-staffed by previous layoffs.

• Reality star Kim Kardashian apologizes profusely for publicizing her new “pet” chimp—actually rented to punk her mom—just three days after another pet chimp makes worldwide headlines for viciously attacking a Connecticut woman.

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