The skit that “missed the mark” occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets’ mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.
The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.
Certain headlines get really funny if you pretend sports don’t exist.
Or, in my case for this particular situation, if you are a foreigner and are missing a lot of context for American Sports.
Reminds me of the time some asshole tried to switch some kid who was meant to walk out on the field with Zlatan with his own and got caught Link: https://youtu.be/NFYN3bY0kc8
See this is why everyone hates Hornets, first the bullshit with the not making any honey and then this shit. They’re so aggressive.
I swear The Boys gets more and more blatant with how evil Corporate America is, but cmon, this episode is just completely ridiculous. Not even Homelander would be that ev…
Wait this happened in a REAL Sportsball game? This is not a bit? sugh
I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed
It’s absolutely amazing to me that they didn’t realize this was gonna cause a backlash.
Right? Like, I don’t understand in what universe did this seem like a good idea?
They actually read the fucking kid’s letter to Santa live at the Stadium, and only pretended to give him a PS5? This is basically bullying the poor guy.
I feel like this is so boneheaded that it has to be the case where the staff member in charge of this giveaway just wanted to keep the PS5 themselves and thought the kids wouldn’t complain about the ol’ switcheroo! This just even sounds like something Michael Scott would have done in The Office.
No, Michael Scott is a moron, not a jackass. He wouldn’t pull this shit. He’s tone deaf, he constantly thinks he’s doing the right thing without realizing why what he’s doing has the opposite of the intended effect even when it’s obvious to everyone else. Giving a kid something he wants and then taking it away when no one’s look is a move of calculated evil.
He’d imply heavily a PS5 then give the kid a Jersey, at no point would he actually have the thing in the kid’s hand and then take it back.
Maybe that’s just me, but I don’t see Michael Scott as a character that would knowingly choose to do something immoral. He’d do a bad deed, but without realizing it.
Mike Scott’s more the “We’re taking away free tampons on the women’s room, because we just don’t have the money for luxury goods.” type, who’s then baffled when he’s called sexist because he legitimately believed tampons were a luxury. Not the “Promote a woman? Are you insane? This is a man’s office sweetheart!” type.
I could totally see Dwight taking the PS5 for himself and mocking the kid over it though. Even then he’d do it out of Chaos, not Evil.
I’ve been playing as Michael Scott in that Funko Fusion game, I’ve been doing “The Thing” stages as him, because it’s the funniest thing I can imagine happening.
It has gotten me thinking a lot about the character and how he’d behave.
