Tuesday, May 6, 2008

They're Magically Delicious!


RS about an Irish schoolteacher she spoke with for a client: "I want to adopt him."
TC: "You know you can get the same thing in a box of Lucky Charms."

Monday, May 5, 2008

Where's The Love?

Scene: Two colleagues reunite for a client project and haven't worked together in almost a year. A line from a recent phone conversation.

TC: You gettin' a lot of TC love today dude, whatcha gonna do with all this love?
RM: I'm gonna store it for a TC love winter.

Friday, May 2, 2008

So Boutique...

Scene: Training exercise on counseling clients to go digital. After Team 1's role playing session Team 2 is asked to critique their performance. Team 2 was critiqued pretty harshly about a half hour earlier by Team 1. So it goes...

Trainer: So PK what did you think?
PK: I felt it wasn't integrated, not part of a worldwide firm. It felt boutique, it was boutique to me.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Fish Tales


Scene: Via IM discussing a client event and the possibility of seeing the mythical whale shark.

DC (3:22:17 PM): do you think we'll get to go to the welcome event at the aquarium?

DC (3:22:25 PM): or should I go to the aquarium on Friday if I want to see that

NYC (3:22:32 PM): haha

NYC (3:22:34 PM): i think we can prob go...

DC (3:23:26 PM): :)

DC (3:23:29 PM): I mean

DC (3:23:29 PM): they have whale sharks

DC (3:23:47 PM): does that make me a loser?

NYC (3:24:03 PM):

(an awkward silence...)

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Boy Meets Boy


TC on client call: "I'll go ahead and introduce you guys. Joe, meet Michael. Michael, meet Joe."
MW: "What is this, Match.com."
LL: "It's okay to look."

Friday, April 18, 2008

Be a leader...

Scene: At Mio Blackberry continously vibrating on the bar.
TC: "Your blowin' up."
PKP: "I'm a leader now."

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Winery?

Scene: At Mio

LTS to LL: "Do you know of any wineries in the area?"

LL: "I do know a lot of b!@?#'s upstairs I work with that whine."

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