Crazy story right here.

You remember the big hubbub about Amazon opening a second headquarters? All of these cities were interested in landing that massive project, because it was supposed to bring a bazillion jobs to their respective areas and create a huge economic boost. Tons of cities threw their figurative hats into the ring, and Amazon ultimately went with the Northern Virginia area.

Now, in a recent book from journalist Brad Stone, it’s revealed that Philadelphia was among the top choices, but we got dissed because of a NFC East rivalry.

It’s summed up by the Inquirer’s Jacob Adelman:

When Philadelphia was given to senior Amazon officials as one of the search team’s top recommendations, one executive quipped that he and his employees would never want to live in Philadelphia, enemy of his favorite team, the Giants, Stone writes in his book, Amazon Unbound.

That executive was Andy Jassy, leader of Amazon Web Services, who is slated to become the company’s chief executive after founder Jeff Bezos steps aside later this year. Philadelphia is paying the division, one of Amazon’s biggest moneymakers, more than $500,000 this fiscal year to host property data and provide other online services, a city spokesperson said.

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At the June 2018 meeting where Philadelphia was recommended for the office complex — alongside Chicago and Raleigh, N.C. — Jassy “opined that he disliked the city, which was the bitter rival of his favorite football team, the New York Giants,” Stone writes in his book about Amazon and Bezos, citing the recollections of an unidentified participant.

Although Jassy seemed to be joking, the remarks marked a turning point, where an earnestly conducted, data-driven vetting process gave way to what search team members saw as “the arbitrary personal preferences of senior executives.”

Yeah? Well if this is true then Andy Jassy can get lost. Take a hike, pal.

How did you like getting bounced from the playoffs because of the Philadelphia Eagles, huh? How about that time the Birds jumped over the Giants to select Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith? Huh? HUH?

Mr. Jassy seems like a typical New York Giants fans. Bitter. Entitled. Petty. Always looking down on the great city of Philadelphia in the great Delaware Valley. Put Andy Jassy in the bagster.