BP Chief Tony Hayward is Attending a Yacht Race; Now Everyone's Really Mad
For Tony Hayward, after dealing with the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history every day for 60 days, it's vacation time. He's currently attending a yacht race around England's Isle of Wight, where his 52-foot boat named "Bob" is participating. "He's spending a few hours with his family at a weekend. I'm sure that everyone would understand that," said a BP spokesperson, insisting it was Hayward's first break since the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig April 20. Sixty days and nights! As for the race, Hayward is "well known to have a keen interest in it." Straws, camels, backs, etc. Tony, get used to vacation.
Though it seemed like Hayward's time running (ruining?) operations in the Gulf of Mexico was over, today it's merely a brief reprieve, according to the New York Times:
BP officials scrambled on Saturday to say that Tony Hayward, their embattled chief executive, was still in charge of all BP operations in spite of comments from the company's chairman the day before indicating that Mr. Hayward was relinquishing his duties in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rahm Emanuel, Mr. Shit Sandwich, called it "part of a long line of PR gaffes and mistakes." At this point, the only question remaining is how many hours until the official Hayward-getting-yanked announcement comes through. Or if someone's going sink his boat. "To quote Tony Hayward, he's got his life back," Emanuel continued.
If Hayward is around when I am next Saturday, I'll eat my shoe and put it on YouTube.
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