Here we go, folks. Your first match-up of the 2009 season. Tie your sneakers and put on your gym clothes.
#1 AIG takes on #32 Target in a battle of retail vs. insurance.
This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers, and seeded according to number of nominations. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america. Download the bracket here.
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Why is target even on there…compared to most companies, they would be Captain America compared to AIG’s Hitler.
4%?!!
AIG. You should have picked an equally evil company to go against it.
Giving people trouble returning that ugly sweater versus playing a major role in destroying the economy? Hmmm, decisions decisions…
Duke versus Tri-County VoTech.
Wow, that’s no fun. Target just laid me off and I don’t even get to vote for them once. I may not be happy with them, but they definitely are no where near the bowels of hell evil that AIG is.
Lighten up people! The 1st round seeds play the weakest opponents first because they have earned the right. In fact, this might be the only thing that AIG has truly “earned” in the last few years.
Way to go AIG!
This isn’t fair because Target regularly pisses me off with their wrong pricing! The tag on the shelf says one thing but the cash register rings up something entirely different! I still have to go with AIG because they are just horrible.
I am guessing this is the 1/16 matchup.
Hmm.. If AIG is in it this year, can we put Halliburton back in the running since they finally have a rivial?
On the same account, most consumers didn’t directly buy the products that caused the downfall of the financial system.
The Consumerist should send a mock trophy to AIG execs/Corporate Offices.
The only people voting for Target must be people that work for AIG…
gee, this vote isn’t going to be lopsided?
If you picked Target over AIG I think you hit the wrong button and you can’t read!
Although I voted in your poll for Tarbutt for the worst company I was NOT surprised at the result. You should have paired Tarbutt up with another RETAIL company not those bone heads at AIG.
You want info on Target then take a look at: http://www.targetfiling.blogspot.com
I’m going to go ahead and call the WCIA 2009 award for AIG *right now*. It’ll be a miracle if anyone else wins.
Seriously one-sided. Couldn’t they have found a company that employs child labor to skin puppies alive and then sell the hides to buy blood diamonds, so it’d be slightly more even?
As a (16-seeded) Morehead State alum, let me just say…
AIG: FTFTW!
Read in Cromartie or Cameron voice
Target: Despite egregious actions and customer service, innocuous by comparison.
I don’t see how A.I.G. doesn’t win the tournament.
Isn’t AIG already a target? Oh wait, it was MADE the target of enraged Americans by the far-more-guilty congressmen and senators WHO MANEUVERED AND VOTED TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY. It’s no different than people suing the bar owner because a relative got sh*tfaced and wrapped his car around a telephone pole.
What’s AIG?
It is NOT supposed to be fair.
You don’t match up your best players in a bracket sport such as tennis, bowling or whatever.
The idea is to seed things so we have an exciting finish of AIG vs Peanut Guys or whoever makes the cut.
How can this even be a contest? Target v. AIG? Are you kidding me?
Hmmm…let’s see, Target or AIG?? That’s a no brainer!