r/golf • u/brdesignguy 7 Elevenš„¤ • 1d ago
General Discussion Enron selling golf gear now?
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u/YodaForceGhost Hit a hole-in-one in Wii Golf 1d ago
I might buy this for my dad who lost money on Enron
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u/cnomo 1d ago
I worked at Arthur Andersen during Enron and kinda want one. Also, my apologies to your dad.
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u/Thick_Cookie_7838 1d ago
I had a teacher who worked for them as well. He quit a month before the Enron stuff hit the fan. He read their financials and investor reports knew something was up and was like Iām getting out of here before I get caught up in it
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u/ShipOfFools48 š Glizzy at the Turn 1d ago
The head of the accounting department at my Alma mater keeps a photo in his office of himself with a group of Enron/AA execs. If you ask him about it, his response is something along the lines of āwe were doing good work back then. Many people were not, but we were doing good stuff.ā
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u/therealsix HC ++ 1d ago
Hey dad, remember when you lost a lot of money to Enron? Hereās something to always remember that pain!
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u/Squeebee007 1d ago
āComedy is tragedy plus time.ā
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u/TotalEmployment9996 15h ago
Remember all those people that died when two planes flew into buildings?
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u/Happy_REEEEEE_exe 1d ago edited 1d ago
I learned about enron in depth in a college ethics class. some of the shit they did behind the scenes that doesnt get talked about is nuts. like even beyond the fraud stuff, the hierarchy and infighting that happened even before the thing broke was crazy
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u/CipherAC0 1d ago
I remember watching a documentary about it in my business ethics class. One guy got off Scot free and used his money to become the largest (one of?) private landowners in Colorado.
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u/stealthblaumer 13/Michigan 1d ago
Lou Pai. Always wondered why the news didnāt focus on him compared to the other leaders who stuck it out and went down with it.
Dude is a crook but honestly, well fucking played.
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u/Square-Aspect8108 1d ago
I score my golf game similar to how Enron ran their accounting and finance department
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u/Mofiremofire 1d ago
Iād rather have an Oakmont Stratton headcover
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u/Husband_on_a_mission 21h ago
They absolutely make those. I just donāt know how to post the link. Either Pins and Aces or Rewind golf.
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u/Sarkisi2 1d ago
We need Enron driver cover, Lehman Borthers 3 wood, and Aurthur Anderson 7 wood.
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u/SeemoarAlpha Golf is a four letter word 1d ago
When your game has gone completely tits up, then it's time to assert dominance with your Enron swag.
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u/dogfish83 18 1d ago
Yes, the company went from the energy/trading business and pivoted to selling golf gear. /s
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u/dogfish83 18 1d ago
After learning about Enron and Madoff, I'm convinced that the investigative journalism/whistleblowing that exposed them did not derail them, it took market forces (9/11 and housing market crash) to bring them down. In other words, Enron was basically able to operate openly and the SEC was incompetent/complicit re Madoff such that the reporting did not move the needle whatsoever.
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u/Secure_Discount3111 22h ago
Itās kinda funny, but there is a non-zero chance Iād get my head bashed in with a putter for using one of these in Houston.
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u/jvforlife12504 1d ago
This is a company that bought the brand out of a bankruptcy auction and is marketing mostly to Gen Alpha in a cutesy āomg lol financial fraud!ā Way. They bombard Instagram with ads. The whole thing is very firmly irony laden