No, Abrdn, you can’t bully a company

Abrdn’s chief investment officer claimed that those who mocked the company’s name were guilty of ‘corporate bullying’. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

It is impressive that a person can rise to the position of chief investment officer of a major financial institution without understanding the difference between a person and a company (Mocking the Abrdn name is ‘corporate bullying’, says chief investment officer, 8 April). People have feelings and mental health, and these are harmed by bullying. Unlike people, companies are accountable to external stakeholders. If Abrdn’s managers don’t want people making fun of the company’s silly name, they shouldn’t have given it a silly name. We’re not obliged to support their decision – and it’s not bullying when we don’t.
Daniel Owen
Great Torrington, Devon

• I’m as puzzled as Emma Joliffe (Letters, 8 April) as to why people assume women are put off by bitter tastes. My husband and I have often found that, having ordered a cappuccino with extra chocolate sprinkled on top (for him) and a double espresso (for me), we are served them the wrong way round.
Leslie Taylor
Cambridge