Fun Post Friday Challenge:

Write your best and most improbable “linked-influencer” post. I’ll go first in the comments. Hope this makes y’all laugh together on this struggle bus we all were on at some point this week

Inspo:

My 12 month lease started in September. I am realizing that I signed a pretty bad deal — seems like I may be overpaying by ~$3-400 per month. Definitely my mistake, but any suggestions on how I can make this situation better? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

If you think you're going to be fired should you use your vacation time up or hold onto it?

Are there any pharmacists here who transitioned out of retail?

Laid-off 🐠: If you lost your job this month and contributed to a FSA or HSA, you have until Thursday (4/31) to spend those funds. It’s your pre-tax money, and will disappear if it’s not spend before then. This is something HR seems to fail to mention, and you may have several hundred dollars in that account.

Anyone here own a car? Live in Williamsburg and have always owned a car my life until moving here. I’m a car enthusiast so it will only be for pleasure purposes/weekend drives. What’s your experience been?

Very niche post, but any other ATL people who are fans of the band Nothing But Thieves? Dying to go see them when they are on tour in the US in the next few months and need a buddy to travel to one of their concerts!!

Hey Accenture! You good bro / sis? Didn’t see your Friday post? Today is Friday, right? This week was a blur…

When can I expect joining formalities mail from AT&T ? How many days before the DOJ they will start the process ?
AT&T

I’ll believe it when I actually have it in my hands, but apparently I successfully ordered a PS5 through their Direct lotto system.

Does anyone who works on a DOD project with a clearance know if you can request a phone?

What changes (if any) would you make to your life once you reached Coast FI? Mid 30s, no kids. I like my job but the intensity is unsustainable in the long run.

Anyone from Toronto? Would love to meet some new people!

Does anyone have insight into McKinsey cyber salaries? Analyst? Expert?

Can’t tell if I actually like Cartier love bracelets, or if the marketing exposure has just made me think I should like them. Based on my style and personality, I have reason to believe that maybe, perhaps, I’m more of a VCA gal 🤔 any thoughts on the two brands?

What is something about moving to NYC that no one told you but you wish you’d known?🤠

RFP from startup:
Wiiiide budget range.
CEO needs convincing that advertising is needed + wants to “test” (but rn, no ads = no customers)
Q: How do you charge for planning for noncommittal startups?

“Yeah me too, I always used to fall off the edge of the bed when I was younger."

Man, "What? I'm in a meeting?"
Woman, "Did you leave the refrigerator door open again?"
Man, "I can't right now I'm in a meeting, can you close it"
Woman, "Please, make sure it's shut, how many times do I have to tell you. My breast milk is in there, I'm already taking care of one child I don't need another. I'm not your mother!"
Planner,"Hey man, we wanted to tell you but I guess you couldn't hear us. Your camera was off but you weren't on mute.'

Creative 1: “What’s that smell?”

Creative 2: “Oh, I think it’s me. I went to the bar for like 2 hours at lunch. I’ll just light a candle."

"And they all sit around talking!"

Some jackass referred to a follow up email yesterday as a “tickle email.” I didn’t know whether to be creeped out or punch him in his wannabe buzzword face.

“Everything I know about US history, I learned from National Treasure.” - Junior copywriter

I give the clients gold, but they decide instead, they want me to paint it with sh*t.

Ortho sales reps look like they could be the next contestants on the Bachelor. 💀💀

Today a client announced that they lied to CMS about their benefits program readiness. This, after telling us two weeks ago they rolled out their front-end interface at the start of 2022 (4-5 months before their program will actually be ready) and have unhappy customers now.

Has anyone ever lied about their gpa on a job application? How important is it

I drink to survive.

“Kill the babies, we’ll go ahead and shoot the older kids”

“It puts the em dash in the pitch deck.” Copywriter to art director, Silence of the Lambs style

What is the most annoying “buzzword” you hear on your meetings?

Coworker 1: “Happy Friday!” Coworker 2: “Can we just like not anymore please. Sorry, but come on.”

This was on a conference call with a business partner.

"I am working from home and my kids are able to be at school since it's a private school. I guess that's what white privilege gets us."

Yeah some of us hung up at that point.

Co-worker 1: why are you so mean?

Co-worker 2: I’ll try being nicer if you try being smarter. Deal?

Me👂👂to 1 + 2: 😬🍿😂

“I love to get roasted, but not by drag queens."

Bring your kids to work day edition:

“What I’m really concerned with is a head injury”

“Do you have to go potty before your meeting?”