Dell employees arrested for poor decision making skills

Round Rock police responded to multiple 911 calls of a suspicious man carrying two metallic objects inside a building at Dell’s HQ campus. The “biker,” dressed in all black and wearing a skull mask, was yelling at people to “go to the lobby,” according to police reports. The ensuing panic resulted in the arrest of two Dell employees charged with interfering with public duties and deadly misconduct. Now get this: the incident was the result of a marketing stunt gone horribly wrong with the purpose of internally promoting a new product for the Dell Streak tablet “which can interface with Harley-Davidson motorcycles.” Because really, leather-clad motorcyclists are constantly complaining about the lack of peripherals for their choppers. Dell employees arrested for poor decision making skills originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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