Travelers Insurance: Drop Dead

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:29:29 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Joel Spolsky - Travelers Insurance has an ad in Inc. magazine warning people to protect themself from geeks. Mr. Spolsky gives them a piece of his mind.

I'm sorry, Travelers, maybe the current Bush presidency has given you the idea that it's ok to make fun of the scientists, inventors, researchers and programmers who are creating the future, finding cures for your diseases, building the spreadsheets you use to figure out how much commission you're making, and educating your idiot progeny. Maybe a know-nothing in the White House has given you the idea that it's somehow acceptable now to poke fun of geeks and nerds, in big two-page ad spreads on the inside front cover of a magazine for founders of startups. But you know what, morons? You probably forgot that most of the people that read Inc. are geeks. And we buy insurance. Lots of insurance. Like me. And in fact I used to buy it from you. But not any more.

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