o brother. i am so close: 99% of the way to getting an ad to go out to a company who make printers, faxes and the like. a company whose name translates as "male sibling".

bossman has just called to say the media company are concerned there's a gay connotation to part of the headline. ie: You should see My Brother. the accompanying visuals for the ( Read more... )

am meant to be reassured by this latest message from a colleague regarding our bosses (currently overseas):

"Don't worry, they will be disgusting in Bangkok."

in a resturant, in the pool, or in their room... i don't find it hard to imagine the two of them will indeed be disgusting. but i'd really rather not think about it -- especially how it ( Read more... )

today's entries to the office lingo list:

aburped [a-BURP 'ed]: exceedingly sudden and unexpected; surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
dateline: the point in time at which something must be completed (NOT: imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approx) 180th meridian)
giftaways [GIFT-a'ways]: something given away at ( Read more... )

you insist something is to be done and i've been asking for time to do it for three weeks but it's not given. cassandra says "but..." - an extinguished butt. and you fly into a tiz when you realise what was prophesised by me has happened. and ask where is it where is it when five minutes before i said i need to do it and you said no no do this ( Read more... )

am shown the design of my namecard after well over a year working in same place (although i am told yesturday that it's not officially a year of working for (?) for them, so i don't qualify for an annual perf bonus laddie... o thanks).

my job designation is given on the namecard thus:

Copy Writer

same day there was lots of talk & emails about ( Read more... )

OFFICESPEAK: "Means, must assured them is health ( Read more... )

quicktype note-to-self when I can't seem to hold a pen / colleagues' eyes less batted if i am typing (hoorah the court stenographer from D.C. writing 'her' book while court in session saying no-one reads her work ( Read more... )

What they wouldn't let me change today:

"Try (our beauty product). Because beauty doesn't have to come with a great price."

There's obviously simply too much at stake for the client to replace "come with a great price" (meaning good, decent?) with "at a high price". Their logic: "Is good enough for us when the previous agency done it, so please ( Read more... )

no worries about letting muslim colleagues out of the office to break their fasts at the appropriate time, because -as of monday morning- i have no muslim colleaguesall gone after a friday night purge. not been told why. but then their daring to suggest better ways of doing things; their anticipating problems the boss and accounts gals might have ( Read more... )

class. called in again and asked if there's some problem, but before i can speak boss launches into a monologue where he's wondering where the 'old' me - the one they hired - went to. he's on about my being 'fatigued' and suggesting i take "a day" break sometime. then leaps to next topic after i point out i just had some leave rejected. that'd be ( Read more... )