WELLS FARGO APOLOGIZES FOR AD WHICH SUGGESTS THAT ACTORS AND DANCERS SHOULD GIVE UP THE ARTS AND BECOME ENGINEERS:

Wells Fargo has been forced to apologize after infuriating the arts community by suggesting they should take up more serious careers.

The company released an ad campaign last week, which said that the ballerinas and actors of yesterday could be the botanists and engineers of today.

But the glossy ads, showing young people smiling while holding technical equipment, have angered both professional and aspiring artists.

Who took to social media en masse to attack the ad, resulting in newspaper articles and blog posts (err, like this one) discussing it, resulting in much more exposure than an ad campaign alone would have generated. Very well played, Wells Fargo.