Funny things your supervisor or client has said. Have there been things someone has said that made you grin or grimace? Let’s hear them!
A former client once explained to a room of creatives that dealing with his tough work responsibilities felt like “an albacore around my neck. “🤣
My personal favorite? My ex-supervisor (AKA the owner of the company’s girlfriend) repeatedly used the phrase, “ It’s a mute point.” I tried politely explaining in private that the word was “moot.” Didn’t matter! 😬

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Us: “do you have any diversity on your team that we could feature in the creative?” Client: “Hmm, well xxxxx is a redhead. Will that work?” Us: 🫠

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My favorite client had a Four Seasons Landscaping background for like 4 months in 2020/2021 but never openly acknowledged it just so he could see everyone’s reactions hahaha

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I had a client ask about a print ad, “How do we know people will read from left to right?” Um, because it’s not written in Hebrew?

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LOLOL I've been saying "mute" this entire time 😂😂😂

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A “mute point” would go without saying. 😉

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“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”

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I have heard this before!

I asked one of my clients for Ai files, he sent Jpgs and said just delete “.jpg” at the end and add “.ai” and you’ll have Ai files. He was serious 😂

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When I gently asked my CD if using an image with a bunch of white ladies in Lululemon yoga clothes was the right fit for a Medicaid audience in Detroit, she told me, "it's aspirational." Who knew that's what the folks in Detroit aspire to be. Now she's leading a new group of writers in a mental health organization. Confident she's doing the same type of "aspirational" work there...

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I love this thread! This is cracking me up!

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My best friend said her leadership had thought she was a "Assistant" for over 2 years of her working there 😅

She was a Manager btw lol

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I have to add this. When I moved to St. Croix to start an ad agency, I ended up partnering with a guy from Norway. Great financial guy; challenging partner.

There were pluses: Jan lived on a 60-foot schooner that he sailed from Norway. Many of our business pitches were held on the boat. We’d take a big client out for the day. Sail out to Buck Island and talk. Snorkel. Eat. Talk. Snorkel. Sail back while talking and drinking rum punches. (Jan could get almost anyone to sign a contract on those trips!)

Jan was an exceptionally hard worker. He was at the office every day at 7 a.m. - a fact that mystified me after I got to know him. He worked practically non-stop till 5 pm.

Minuses: I had to stop Jan from sending out ANY letters to clients. He was an indiscriminate phonetic speller and had about seven ways to spell the word, “Sincerely.” He also once sent a proposal to a Liquor Distributor and misspelled liquor and champagne. It was a constant game of keep away with our correspondence!

Jan was a drunk. Not a drinker; a drunk. I’m not sure how he got to the office every weekday all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but he did. Christiansted, St. Croix is a small town. I walked by the marina area almost every night with friends . “Hey, wait. Is that your business partner passed out on the grass? Is that Jan passed out on that bench? Is that Jan passed out under that bench?”

“Yes, yes, it is. Keep walking.”

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