# Braaaad is Befuddled! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 10, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaaad-is-befuddled/293798 "2005-03-10T06:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaaad-is-befuddled/293798/41 "2005-03-14T03:55:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > So, does he say “Work smarter, not harder!” ?? No, he’s not nearly so concise. ---
**Author:** ![Tenzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tenzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenzin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaaad-is-befuddled/293798/42 "2005-03-14T04:19:37Z")
So, to give you a taste of Ben Hamper: In Rivethead, he tells of how GM introduced the “Quality Cat”, a guy they hired to dress up as a mascot in a big cat costume, and prowl the plant, encouraging the workers as any team mascot might, prime slogan being “Quality is Job One!” Ben then describes how well that went over with the plant workers, and promptly renamed him “Tuna Meowt”. Again, that book is brilliant, and I see your posts in the same light. Hope the Ides of March treat you well this week. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaaad-is-befuddled/293798/43 "2005-03-14T04:33:47Z")
> [@Tenzin](#): > > Tuckerfan, > > Love your posts, you’re a fine writer. Any chance you’ve read “Rivethead”, bout ten tears back, by Ben Hamper? I’ve not read his stuff, but I’ve heard of him. (I used to work in a book warehouse about 10 years ago.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braaaad-is-befuddled/293798.md?page=2)