Derided by some (Piers Morgan pilloried Greggs for being " pc-ravaged clowns" ) the company said the publicity had boosted sales of its other " iconic sausage rolls" and food.
Big Western auction houses, often pilloried for enabling sales to anonymous billionaires, demand the same sort of provenance assurances as they do for fine art and antiquities.
And there have also been others who have been accused of arrogance and conflict of interest, pilloried in the press and subject to financial and reputational hits.
In one widely pilloried video, Kris Krohn, a business coach, details how he wakes at 4 in the morning to " align the pharmacy of the body and over-dopamine the mind" .
For Hetty looked out from her secret misery towards the possibility of their ever knowing what had happened, as the sick and weary prisoner might think of the possible pillory.
After investigations by the eminent scholar Dr. Samuel Johnson, among others, the ghost was found to be a hoax, and the owner of the house was sent to the pillory.
If a man had delivered the same message or even gently pointed out that women might be taking actions that limited their options, he would have been pilloried.