Polish CEO Who Snatched US Open Hat Apologizes For ‘Grave Mistake’ After Global Shaming

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/09/01/polish-ceo-who-snatched-us-open-hat-apologizes-for-grave-mistake-after-global-shaming/

by underbillion

35 comments

  1. Only apologized cause he got caught damn far right Konfa voter.

  4. Guess he realised that the threat of suing isn’t going to work against a really big crowd on the internet…

  6. PSA: there is zero proof that this is actually him writing that stuff on there. Gowork.pl has no identity verification, you can hop on there and pose as anybody you want. You can try it yourself.
    This is true for both his alleged initial statements and this „apology“.

  8. “Wait, I might lose my job? I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. We good now, right?. Yes of course we are good now.”

  10. Too late. We all know what a complete and utter prick he is and no amount of grovelling will undo that.

    His initial actions were selfish.
    His response to the criticism showed he is a cretin.
    His apology is fake and nothing more than an attempt at damage limitation, and he is so condescending in thinking that we are stupid enough to fall for it

  11. Did he not say he was entitled to the hat because he was faster than the kid? Looks like he, or more likeley someone at his company, must have hired someone that specializes in reputation management.

    I hope he ends up being truly accountable for his actions, unfortunateley, we all know this is never going to happen.

  15. You can tell by the video he knew what he was doing. Snatched it. He reached in front of the kid to take it, crossing into his personal space. He handed it behind him to a woman who put it right in a bag, like this is something they’ve done before and probably have a sports memorabilia business going. When the kid persisted to attempt to get the hat back, the guy turned his back on him and tried to smack the kids hand away.

  16. Fuck that guy, forever. He’s only apologizing because his company is feeling the blowback for his actions. If anything, he should be stepping down.

  17. So he rowed back from the ” I am strong ,I took it ,get over it ” statement that he made in Polish?
    I hope he gets prosecuted , for theft .And his wife , as an accessory .

  18. Yesterday he was suing, today he is apologising…. Thats pressure from Stake holders and board members in his Company. He is just sorry because he got caught.

  20. His card is marked now, forever he will be judged as the selfish rich c**t that steals from kids.

  21. I hope he returned the hat to the child, in person, with the press present to document his shame! This sort of behaviour should never be tolerated or excused!

  23. As I’ve quoted in another post: “When people show you who they are, believe them.”

  24. Nah, it’s time we stop letting CEO’s get away with everything. Don’t stop pressuring and talking about this dirtbag. He’s stepped on honest, hard-working people all his life and now it’s time to pay

  26. Like it was a bad thing, and the Internet thinks that that’s exactly what CEO should do, but then he did a worse thing later which is brag about it:

    Quote: Posted around 3:26 p.m. on 30 August 2025, it read: ‘Yes, I took it. Yes, I did it quickly. But as I’ve always said, life is first come, first served… Let’s not turn this into a global scandal. It’s just a hat. If you were faster, you would have it. Regarding online hate, I remind you that insulting a public figure is subject to legal liability.’

  27. But that s not a mistake lmao. A mistake it s something u do well…by mistake. When you snatch the cap from a kid it s because u want to do that 🤦🏻‍♂️

  28. It’s probably the first time he’s been held accountable for his behavior.

  29. Every time he reaches for a drink someone should snatch it out of his hands just as his fingertips gets to it. To the fastest person, after all.

  31. Yeah, after the statements he made? Dude is 100% not sorry.

  32. If the initial posts were fake and not by him, it makes it even more strange that he didn’t post a response to the incident at all until now.

  33. Finally he engaged a PR company to manage this shitstorm. His first response in the polish forums was clearly something he had crafted himself

  34. Now it’s a grave mistake . Before it was “fk them kids” lol.
    the spiked dildo of consequences is mighty powerful

  35. Regrets, I’ve has a few,

    but then again,

    only when three are repercussions to my shitty actions.

    And only if I get caught.

    – NOT Frank Sinatra

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