I was talking to Matey Planner, about how things were going at work. Having spent the first half hour of what was meant to be a friendly and relaxed discussion over a coffee sounding off over the terrible experiences with Travesty of All Things Gay and various other wounds, we turned to things that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Travesty of All Things Gay’
Not India. Just Not India.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Planning, China, Family, India, Planning, Travesty of All Things Gay, Wife on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Taste in My Mouth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Travesty of All Things Gay, Very Big Client, Vindication on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oooh… what’s that taste in my mouth? It’s sweet (indeed, it’s almost honeyed) – and there isn’t even a hint of a bitter aftertaste to it. It’s wholesome, and good and very sustaining. Yes: that’s right – it’s the taste of vindication. Turns out that one of the regional directors for Very Big Client is [...]
A Comeuppance for Travesty Of All Things Gay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Travesty of All Things Gay on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh happy day! Travesty of All Things Gay appears to have been hoist by his own petard! The client from whose business Travesty removed me with such haste has contacted me and asked me out to lunch. According to Enthusiastic Account Guy, when informed by Travesty that I was off their business, the immediate response [...]
On Balance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Travesty of All Things Gay on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have had the strangest week. I have to confess to being torn between enormous disappointment and enormous relief: disappointment because I think I have been treated very shoddily by My Agency; relieved because I am now no longer working with Travesty Of All Things Gay. It’s a truth that Client Services Directors are the [...]
The Wisdom of Edmund Burke
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Edmund Burke, Enthusiastic Account Guy, Travesty of All Things Gay on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“All that is needed for evil to thrive, is for good people to do nothing” wrote the great thinker, author and all-round party boy, Edmund Burke – and the man had a point. On the plus side, my working relationship with Travesty of All Things Gay is at an end. No more subterfuge, no more [...]
Escaping Travesty of All Things Gay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Enthusiastic Account Guy, Travesty of All Things Gay on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like ToATG may not feature in my future to any great extent. The impasse that we appear to have arrived at may well mean that I (and Enthusiastic Account Guy) decide to say “Fuck it!” and move on to the next big challenge – but without the destructive force of Travesty careening off [...]
The Return
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, New Year's Resolutions, Old Friend at Work, Travesty of All Things Gay, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro's Body Creative Director on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My return to work is imminent. I have already had lachrymose e-mails from both Old Friend At Work and Woody Allen in Robert de Niro’s Body Creative Director on this subject – and the consensus is that we are not filled with joys at the impending return, nor are we simply going to go ahead [...]
Farewells – One Fond, One Not So Fond
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Account Manager About Whom I Have Changed My Mind, Best Friend, Christmas, Family, New York, Parents, Sister, Travesty of All Things Gay, Wife on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am loathe to use the term “Annus Horribilis” – primarily because I always try to avoid using terms popularised by in-bred, German midget bigots, but also because it has become such a cliche – but, I will be so glad to see the end of this year. With the exception of Sister’s and Best [...]
Death To Travesty Of All Things Gay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Planning, Pitch Win, Planner, Travesty of All Things Gay on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Travesty of All Things Gay has crossed the line: he has (without consulting me at all) hired two Planners to work into me: one of whom I don’t think is good enough to do the job; the other whom is very good – but who won’t work well with me. So – I have arranged [...]
My Future With Travesty Of All Things Gay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pitch Win, Travesty of All Things Gay on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting how mixed one’s emotions can be at one and the same time. I remember when it was announced at Wife’s second pregnancy that we were having twins, my shock was matched by my delight – so that I netted out somewhere in the vicinity of “numb”. So it was after the announcement this week [...]
