Drop your best Haiku about life working in Advertising. Remember the old rule: 5-7-5

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It looked so shiny
An advertising career
Alas, it was rust

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Pitch time is crazy
How’d it go? It went so well!
Guess we must have lost.

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A glamorous life
But only on the outside
Inside it's despair

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One of those haiku generators just gave me this, which I found a little on the nose: Icey wintertime /
A free, advertising run /
betrayed by the joy

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Here's the golden rule
After you hang up the phone
Check for dial tone

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My portfolio
Behold its magnificence
Haha just kidding

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Meeting bagels left?
Run for f*ck’s sake run quickly!
All gone, I hate the interns.

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1. Not 5-7-5.
2. They were delicious, thank you.

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“Boy, that pitch was fun!”
Said the beloved GCD
Who went home at 6

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“Beloved GCD who goes home at 6” is my dream job

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YAY Storytelling
It only takes 6 seconds
Hope you like Kool-Aid!

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Young cheap creative
Decades late nights honing craft
Forty-five too old

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"conference phones"

we've been to the moon,
sent cars into space, and yet
i still can't hear you

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Burger King. K F
C what I did here? Not me
I make banner ads

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Maybe one day soon
I can stop stocking the beers
And start drinking them

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“Triple bid” isn’t
“Bid six companies but then
award to in-house."

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You available?
I am! Thanks for reaching out.
RGA: crickets

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Omg same 3 times in 2 months lol

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Saving world problems
Is the story Lions tell
So sharks dream easy

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I don’t work that hard
But think I deserve it all
Shut up and learn code

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Don't even bother
Coming in Sunday if you're
Not here Saturday

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Tired, overworked
A catered meeting ends, then
The vultures descend

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My mom always asks
What I do for a living.
How do I explain?

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Aerosmith’s “Cryin’”
On 31st floor bathroom
radio. Great song

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Underrated

“It must be bigger”
I hoped it was the budget
... it was the logo

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Just make it bigger,
Said the account manager.
Oh for fucks sake guys!

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