If
you’re like us, you never cease to be amused at how capriciously the fates can
impart potency to any bullying goon or braying jackass in this business.
Not so
amusing is having to deal with these demoralizing despots once they assume a position of power... watching
an alpha male display his virility as he lumbers around his office, thumping his
chest and overturning furniture, or having one of your Fome-Core-mounted comps
flung at you at high velocity by a shrieking executrix can dampen even
the heartiest spirit.
Which
brings us to this perfectly dreadful tale sent in by one of our readers:
Dear Edwina,
I don’t know if you publish non-fiction, but this is a true
story I heard from an AE I worked with at --------. This AE had gone to show
some revised comps to a client - a real asshole of a veep at one of the
studios. The AE arrives at the office just as the veep’s Big Boss walks in. The
Big Boss ignores the AE and the veep’s assistant and storms directly into the
veep’s office and proceeds to rip the veep a new one at full volume.
The Big Boss goes into a screaming blowout - firing a shitload of
insults and f-bombs at the veep so loud you can hear it in the outer office.
After about 10 minutes of this, the AE realizes there’s no way she can face her
client after this semi-public humiliation so she leaves the comps with the
assistant, asking her to tell the veep that a messenger dropped them off and
she tiptoes out the door.
The AE goes back to her office and calls the veep and trying to
sound all casual, she asks if he received the revisions.
The
veep asks why she sent them by messenger instead of bringing them over herself and, before the AE can make up an excuse, the veep starts screaming - firing a shitload of insults and f-bombs at her.
Signed, Trickle Down Theory
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