Friday, October 01, 2004
the one with no brains
inspired by my colleague who's been undergoing many unfortunate episodes of working for a fruitcake.what do you do when you're working with someone of a frivolous mind? i've had that opportunity at my ex agency and this was our conversation. [it was SO GOOD i remembered the details till today.]
Note: she came to our agency as client services director with ZERO agency experience.
"i had a fantastic meeting with xx today."
"really?" [skepticism showing in my tone]
"you should always give your clients the "extra mile" so they'll appreciate you."
[DUH. do i look like an intern to you? i dun need you to tell me that right?]
"when XX told me they're planning to do a new attraction [some floral thingy], i immediately told them i used to take flower arrangement classes."
[HUH???? so what the fuck?]
"see, i was adding value to them in every possible way, so that they can see my added value in flowers."
"....oh what did she (client) say then about your lovely flower arrangement skills?" [sarcasm dripping, no wonder she thought me insolent]
"oh, she was very appreciative."
[yeah right. whatever]
good grief. do you honestly think there's any relevance of flower arrangements to detailed landscaping?HULLO. Think. [or mayhaps i was biased. maybe there is a relation between ikebana and an acre of green land to work with.] i couldn't bring myself to further the conversation. i believed then it would be asking too much of someone with limited processing capabilities to delve into the relevant details.
and to think the entire servicing department reports to the one without the brain. again, what the fuck was upper management thinking? the only optimistic compensating factor is her stylish taste in clothes. i mean, how wrong can prada and tiffany be?
but should any of you wonder...she Her Chic Grace was fired within two weeks.
bee wrote this at 9:01 AM
