April
24th, 2006
As a quick
test to segregate the industry insiders, rank the following
job titles from least to most powerful:
Account
Executive | Account Director | Account Supervisor
| Account Coordinator
Is it just
me, or do they all sound equally authoritative? I mean, who
supervises the Director if not the Supervisor? Or does the Executive
manage them both (under the watchful eye of the Coordinator,
of course)?
The creative
department also has a hierarchy:
1. Creative
Director
2. Everybody else
There's
more to it, of course, but the details are Byzantine and mercurial,
incorporating factors such as whose last ad went to Cannes,
whose next ad is destined for the back page of Ms.
Magazine and, most importantly, whose desk has the best
knick-knacks. The only constant is that action figures will
always trump troll dolls.
(seamless
segue)
Now that
I've won last
week's plastic surgery debate, I'm free to direct you to
these extremely cool tattoos that only show up under blacklight.
Your fawning intern probably has “FUCK YOU” tattooed
on his forehead, and you'll never know unless you run into him
at a nightclub.
This week's
topic: showers.
Not baby. Not bridal. The kind where you rub your naked body.
(If this also describes your bridal shower, please send details
to graham@wordsandpicturesonline.com)
-Graham
