WCIT: Lubbock Wins Tote-Bag Battle With Austin
Yes, indeed, Austin. You let Lubbock show you up in the SWAG department. Shame, shame.
As a follow up from yesterday's update, Tony Plohetski and Robert Elder write in The Austin American Statesman:
A shipping delay for one city, a marketing win for another.More here.
Austin City Manager Toby Futrell, frustrated that Lubbock tote bags were being handed out at an international conference in her town, had ordered 2,000 Austin-centric bags to give World Congress on Information Technology participants.
The bags, which cost the city about $2,000, were supposed to arrive by noon Thursday, but Lubbock claimed victory when Austin officials learned that their shipment wouldn't arrive until noon today — just as the conference ends. Austin Chief Financial Officer John Stephens said "some sort of logistical breakdown" caused the delay, but he didn't know the specifics.
posted by Fergie @ 5/04/2006 07:45:00 PM
1 Comments:
I think this story is just hilarious!
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