TAPPY's Announced & FAQs

Thomas' Award for Poor Performance or Product
the TAPPY

Hey, everyone else has their own awards, so why not me too? It doesn't look like anyone else has used the name for some other award, so it's about damn time that I claimed it and made it mine. All mine!

But unlike so many out there, I am not selfish. I live to give and this award is for anyone, any company, any group, any non-profit that excels at doing a really crappy job at whatever they do. It doesn't have to be all they do, but when it's really top-notch bottom-of-the-barrel, then it's time someone recognized that fact and pointed it out. There's no time like the present, they say!

F A Q s

What is a TAPPY?

Simply put, a TAPPY is recognition for a job poorly done! No more. No less.

Who can be awarded a TAPPY?

Currently anyone (real or incorporated) who produces a product or performs a service.

When is a TAPPY awarded?

Whenever I feel like I've spotted a truly inferior product or received really poor service.

What do you get when you get a TAPPY?

Besides recognition and mention is this blog, absolutely nothing! (At least until I get rich enough to make nifty little golden idols and host wildly exorbitant televised extravaganzas.

Hey, I know of a sensationally poor product (or have received horribly dismal service), can I nominate someone for a TAPPY?

Sure, knock yourself out. Give me all the details -- the more sordid, the better! Reply to this message or contact me via this form. However, remember all decisions of the judges are final and as of now, I'm the only judge.

When will the first TAPPY be awarded?

Probably long before you finish reading this.

Why don't you have one of those nifty little graphics people can put on the their websites to proudly announce to the Whole Wide World they have received a TAPPY?

Good question! Maybe because I'm not designing cool graphics at the present time. However, if you'd like to design something, contact me via this form.

Why bother making such an obscure award as the TAPPY?

Because I need the satisfaction of calling an undue amount of attention to things which really deserve to be branded as not only inferior, but TAPPY!

Remember, most of all, TAPPY rhymes with crappy.