So I've been fortunate enough to sell work and go on shoot a few times. And something that annoys any and all of the bejeezus I might still contain is the drinking habit of 30+ advertisers. Somehow, a corporate tab mixing with a lack of personal responsibility is a perfect storm that results in holy-shit pretense that's too damned thick to be cut with the fucking Ginsu knives used in the hoity-toity, self-important, upscale Benihana knock-offs they insist on eating at every night on production. Me, my partner (also under 30), our CD, producer, and director have dinner and between the three elders--whoops!--there goes $800 for four bottles of wine.
The real reason American's gives so little to civic causes abroad? The money exists, but it's given to 30+ advertisers who are less in touch with world issues than their apparent wine appreciation classes. Fuckers.
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I don't know what's worse. Senior Creatives that go overboard on their vineyard splurging, or the ones that closely monitor your ordering methods to help "save the client money."
we spend all this time talking to "regular people" about cheezy poofs or whatever & yet all thse fucking creative directors order $800 bottles of wine. ivory tower assholes.
hey under 30 person. give yourself a few years of being raped in advertising and you'll cherish these few moments of good wine and drinks. they are few and far between these days.
Hey over 30 person: i'd rather contribute something to society than live to excess unnecessarily. Might be hard to keep in mind, but living without regard for future consequence is harder for us young'ns. Especially because we'll STILL BE ALIVE.
hey under 30 person: not sure what dots you're connecting, but having a nice dinner has nothing to do with contributing to society or forgoing future consequences for the world. do you think the clients donate their leftover money to worthy causes? no. they use it for profits and bonuses to their execs.
trust me, if i could give the balance of my jobs to charity i would. what a great idea. but that's not the case.
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