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(47,953 posts) Thu Jun 19, 2014, 02:40 PM Jun 2014

T-Mobile's CEO Went Off Last Night And Said AT&T And Verizon Are 'F------' That Are 'Raping You' [View all]

T-Mobile's CEO John Legere has a reputation for profanity-laced off-the-cuff remarks, but he may have pushed it a bit too far Wednesday night at the company's press event.

Everyone expected some f-bombs from Legere, but the following quote is extreme.

Speaking about AT&T and Verizon, the two largest carriers in the U.S. by a wide margin, Legere said:

"These high and mighty duopolists that are raping you for every penny you have ... the fuckers hate you."

In an interview with Business Insider a few weeks ago, Legere acknowledged he speaks like that as a way to connect with his employees and customers. He sees himself as a man of the people, someone who can speak on the level of the average joe instead of coming off as a stiff executive.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-legere-profanity-2014-6

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T-Mobile's CEO Went Off Last Night And Said AT&T And Verizon Are 'F------' That Are 'Raping You' [View all] n2doc Jun 2014 OP

Sounds correct...NO question just about all corps are stealing from us randys1 Jun 2014 #1

No randy - I used to work for that JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #2

Oh I included him in the comment that they are all ripping us off... randys1 Jun 2014 #14

He made his choices JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #17

Wow, you know your shit...I hear Amazon has a new phone randys1 Jun 2014 #21

I think that looks cool JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #23

Hi... Google'd both of them but didn't find anything. Jolo Jun 2014 #18

Are you the guy that's calling me? JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #24

And he hates attractive young women JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #3

And what did he say that was untrue? valerief Jun 2014 #4

Legere whining JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #6

Man of the people? JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #5

So he's a criminal and a hypocrite. Typical 1% er. Initech Jun 2014 #10

Exactly JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #16

I agree about ATT ecstatic Jun 2014 #7

Nitpicky, but YarnAddict Jun 2014 #8

He's one to talk! T-Mobile is about to buy Sprint for $32 billion. Initech Jun 2014 #9

From an Ex-T-Mobile Customer MagickMuffin Jun 2014 #11

Same here. Dropped T-Mobile for Virgin pre-paid and cut my monthly cost in half. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #13

Isn't he fighting the unionization of T-mobile? Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #12

Because T-Mobile isn't doing the same thing, of course. Never. Arkana Jun 2014 #15

Well, of course they are. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2014 #19

And a few months ago, he was for merging T-Mobile with AT&T. backscatter712 Jun 2014 #20

How much has T-Mobile paid him over the years? Orsino Jun 2014 #22