“F–k ‘em early and f–k ‘em often.”

[KansDem]

Case against Pilot Flying J involves extensive recorded conversations

The affidavit explains at paragraph 6 that a confidential informant contacted the FBI on or about May 4, 2011 to report that another employee of Pilot Flying J had confided “that certain Pilot employees had been intentionally defrauding some of Pilot’s Customers by deliberately charging these Customers a higher price than the contractually agreed upon price, and then concealing the fact and nature of this increased price from these victimized customers.”

The informant recorded conversations with the other employee, who then agreed to cooperate in the investigation. The second employee, after entering into a non-prosecution agreement, provided information about the fraudulent practices — and began recording conversations with other Pilot Flying J employees.

The affidavit contains excerpts from numerous conversations and meetings. For example, at paragraph 63 of the affidavit Pilot Flying J V.P. of Sales John Freeman had this to say during an October 25, 2012 Regional Directors meeting at Freeman’s lake house: “Hey this is a game. We’re playin’ f–kin’ poker with funny money, and it’s liar’s poker with funny money because of all this cost-plus stuff. So, you know, I’m not, I don’t want to get into a moral or ethical conversation, because I believe that if a guy’s gonna butt-f–k you then we got to go to butt-f–kin’ him harder. . . . Some people are tits and some people ass guys and some people want their discount managed through the system and some people like a big check. I mean, f–k, sell it to ‘em the way they want to buy. And understand, the f–ker’s got the ability to know what the hell you’re doing to ‘em. Okay?”

Freeman said later in the meeting, “F–k ‘em early and f–k ‘em often.”

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/20/case-against-pilot-flying-j-involves-extensive-recorded-conversations/


Ahhh! Kapitalismus!

[spanone]

1. our governors family owns this company...our governor is an owner...good, christian republican.

billionaires screwing truck drivers...now that's america in tennessee

[KansDem]

4. "billionaires screwing truck drivers..."

That about sums up the nation's current zeitgeist

[Fawke Em]

2. And Pilot is supposed to be so pious!

[bemildred]

3. Great business strategy, Dude. nt

[freshwest]

5. Most business models are intrinsically anti-social. It commodifies life in various ways.

From the treatment of animals sold by the pound for slaughter, to the use of bodies of prisoners in concentration camps, who owns natural resources and all the way down to the system of barter, buying and selling.

An example like the OP were the guffaws of ENRON employees over gouging 'the little old ladies' in California as they manipulated that which they knew people needed to survive in the summer heat. Yes, some of the little old ladies and other died. What a great incentive for people to pay more to make the 'smartest guys in the room' richer. Winner and losers in a game of life and death.

It's seeking a living out of the lives of others, and the amount of regard we have for them is inherent in the lack of or great amount of wealth obtainable. That's why I support government or cooperative organizations to remove the profit factor as much as possible, and not waste the value of things.

If we valued the lives of others, we would not wage war in either the military or economic way; we would not demonize people or quantify the value of life on this planet.

Just a few thoughts, and I don't expect anyone to agree with me.