Worst Company In America: AIG WINS!
Congratulations to AIG for beating Comcast in this year's final.
Comcast is always a tough competitor in the Worst Company In America contest — but even after upsetting Bank of America, they just didn't have what it took to get past the economic meltdown's poster child for irresponsibility and corruption. Sorry, AIG. Between the attorney general's investigation, the fancy conferences, controversial bonuses and the fact that you made jolly old Ben Bernanke describe losing his temper on 60 Minutes — you really did have the "Strength to be there."
Stay tuned for the official mailing of the lucky golden poo trophy. We hope AIG will display it proudly in one of the skyscrapers that used to have their name on it — before they pried it off the building in shame.
As for Comcast, we feel like a runner-up prize is in order. Please add your suggestions in the comments.
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Congratulations?
Sorry, but Comcast will always be worst company EVER. I just want people never to forget this. AIG may have won this battle, but Comcast will always win the war.
You suck Comcast. There is a reason I pay way more for the competition, even in this economy.
called it in round 1
How about a soda bottle of urine? I'm sure you could find plenty along your nearest highway.
I think the Comcast consolation prize should be some sort of lifetime achievement award for "outstanding" performance in the WCIA contest over the last several years.
Can we get Comcast a complimentary fios subscription?
If they have a problem with that, they can twitter about it.
I called it day one. Then again I also said CueCats were a pretty good idea... so what do I know?
I smell a rat! Comcast had the inside track until the timely release of that AIG bonus data last week.
Congressional hearings into the fairness of this contest to come!
Perhaps a giant inflatable poo for Comcast. To be placed outside of their offices.
Or maybe just a real poo. In a paper bag. To be lit on fire and placed in all of their locations...
Awesome - the runner up trophy for Comcast is becoming a reality!
I think someone in another thread came up with the idea of a golden toilet seat? Golden poo, and golden toliet seats go quite well together.
Would really love to see a major news source such as CNN or Fox pick this up and run with it.
Would bring a really warm fussy feeling to all us Consumerist supporters.
Start cranking out those press releases!
Don't worry Comcast, you're a shoo-in for next year.
This year was special because of the economic meltdown. But Comcast is a regular suck-fest every year.
Maybe it was that guy with the prosthetic leg that pushed it over the top. I know I clicked on them after I read that one.
I've enjoyed all the Comcrap stories...mostly because I don't have them. And I thank my lucky stars every day!
Get over comcast, yes they suck, yes they're evil. But AIG played a large part in this clusterfuck to the poorhouse. Comcast provides media connections, they suck deal with it. AIG screwed the country.
@htrodblder: What on earth would Fox have to say about it?
"Breaking News: Anti-Capitalist Internet Communists Ungrateful for Free Market Offerings; Threaten Livelihoods of Millions, Declare Fatwah on AIG and Comcast"
"brown-haired guy who's not black-haired guy who's not Steve Doocy, back to you."
A wonderful choice! Congratulations on this truly deserved slap in the face.
@rpm773: It certainly looks like AIG manipulated this contest. No big deal for them. They probably think all publicity is good publicity.
Wow, Ticketmaster totally got robbed.
Oh, well. As the Red Sox fans say, "there's always next year" and "I'm functionally retarded, except I pronounce it 'retaaaaaaaahdid'".
@torgonius: Silver Poo is a good idea.
My idea that I posted in the past article was a golden toilet
Little sad Comcast didn't complete the job here but hey since when has Comcast ever really completed a job.....da dum chhh
@Eryk: I go with Eryk's idea. After all, judging from his user logo, he has plenty of experience supporting also-rans and runner-ups ;^)
Maybe add some runner-up categories next year, like "most evil", "unintentionally bad", "worst service" and many more.
@Harry Pothead: Don't know. I feel bad for Comcast Frank since he has been doing his darnedest to fight the tide.
@Harry Pothead: I ask again, what is so horrible about Comcast that they deserve to be the WORST company in America? Frankly I've not heard a compelling argument
I think a string of second place finishes will count for a lot when it comes to hall-of-fame balloting.
Also, can we start a hall of fame, except instead of "hall" we could say "colon" or something?
Comcast would enjoy a prominent place, like a baseball player who had a tremendous career but never won MVP due to others having singularly freakishly good seasons while he performed at a consistently great level.
How about a "worst customer service" award? Give them a nice silver poo with a brief letter describing why they won such a prestigous award.
@Eryk: What? You don't think those rich executives have ENOUGH golden toilet seats in the Executive Washroom?
@Slackerchan: Different categories, like the oscars, nice. That sounds fun. But how could we do that with the bracket?
AIU.
@rbb: As a die-hard Cardinals fan (note the 10 pennants versus Cubs' 0) I was about to say the same. You win.
Meh. AIG and other financial institutions are likely not guilty of anything other than incompetance and mass hysteria.
eBay/Paypal and Ticketmaster, at a minimum, on the other hand are flat-out EVIL - malicious, malignant, parasitic infections on the ass of society.
@YouDidWhatNow?: I highly recommend you do some reading on the current fiscal crisis. I know that since AIG is taking a beating in the popular media, many are starting to question whether they were really all that bad or not. They were. Along with many others, true, but AIG is not just a hapless victim.
And boom goes the dynamite.
A 1 year supscription to Time Warner Cable's "All the best" package for CEO Brian L. Roberts.
@veg-o-matic: "Brown-haired old White guy who's not black-haired old White guy who's not Steve Doocy (an old White guy), back to you."
Fixed! :D
I hope that we recover enough in the next nine months so that AIG can take down the entire global economy AGAIN*, just so we can vote for them a second time.
* Yeah, yeah, yeah: others share large chunks of guilt too. H-u-m-o-r. Yeesh
I think the runner-up prize (because we all think Comcast is special) should be that all of us stuck with the behemoth should pay our next month's bill with urine-soaked change.
@tc4b: Shouldn't it be called "Hall of Shame"? In the case of AIG, it certainly fits.
Also I like the idea of runner-up categories. Maybe concurrent voting for several categories would cut down on these 16-finalist matchups that seemed to go on forever.
@johnva: Just this morning, half of the midwest dropped offline due to Crapcast not being able to keep their upstream connection up. Way to go, guys.
Since #1 in the contest gets a golden #2, I think the prize for #2 should be something urine-themed.
Perhaps a Silver Poo for 2nd place?