I asked LOLCat if, in the end, our series on the “future” of Procurement was worth the effort.
However, he side-stepped the question and just told me that, no matter how horrendous they are, never, ever, flush analyst reports of any kind down the loo, no matter how tempted you may be to use them as toilet paper in a pinch.
Don’t worry, we aren’t pyromaniacs. the doctor still uses a wood-stove for heat during the cold Canadian winter months.
Yesterday we asked Mr. LOLCat if he agreed that the “future” trends we were discussing were old news. Here’s what he had to say:
Today, SI is going to pay homage to SM and Jason’s recent experience with Air Canada Rouge, summarized in this post on “A Review of Air Canada Rouge – Just Say No for Business and Personal Travel” over on Spend Matters. In consideration of his predicament, I suggest that one takes a South Park view and, in the spirit of consideration granted us by Trey Parker and Matt Stone … Blame Canada! (South Park Movie Clip; language NSFW)
Times have changed
Our flights are getting worse
They won’t upgrade their planes
They just want to fatten their purse!
Should we blame the government?
Or blame society?
Or should we blame United* for their misdeeds?
No, Air Canada<sup>**</sup>!
Blame Canada!
With all their beady little eyes
And flapping heads so full of lies
Air Canada!
Blame Canada!
We need to form a full assault
It’s Air Canada’s fault!
Don’t blame greed for old aircraft
Canada is so lax, they don’t know how to spend the tax!
And CEOs once had our travel needs first
But now amenities, one by one, have been dispersed!
It’s Air Canada!
Blame Canada!
It seems that everything’s gone wrong
Since Air Canada came along!
Blame Canada!
Air Canada!
They’re not even a real airline anyway
My son could’ve flown with dignity and flown in comfort too
Instead he froze like an eskimo without an igloo
Should we blame the captain?
Should we blame the crew?
Or the VPs who cut the fuel budget too?
Heck, no!
Blame Canada!
Air Canada!
With all their hockey hullabaloo
And that loser Harper too!
Blame Canada!
Shame Air Canada for…
The dirt we must avert
The excess we must redress
The despair and woe, out it all must go
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
** Before you tell me Air Canada Rouge is technically not Air Canada, as they are a (wholly owned) subsidiary, ask yourself if the average person is going to know that.
SI was going to give you a brief history of Labour Day in North America, and Canada and the United States, in particular, where it is observed as the first Monday of September (and not May 1, which is International Workers’ Day and synonymous with Labour Day in Many Countries), but the LOLCats thought that was just too boring and did this:
Thirty years ago today, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on its maiden voyage. Before it embarked on its final mission on 24 February 2011, it flew 39 missions over 27 years and accumulated more flight time than any other spacecraft to date. This historic spacecraft assisted in the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) and assisted in research missions as well as carrying the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
