Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Swallow or Spit?

When it comes to "client instructions" there are many that make me question the DNA on the other end.
Possibly?

"We want an article about [insert esoteric job in a ghost town]." As though I know all about Sally Allison's Salon on 45th Street, featuring Whale Masks! Did I mention that job was labeled under 'literary?'

So, I don't know what's worse. The not-instructing instructions or these:

"VE VILLe CHECK EVERYZING!
TO MAKEe SURE IT IS ORIGINAL!
AND NO GRAMMAR MEZTAKES!!
VE DO NOT TOLERATEe ZAT!
FOUR BUCKS IS SO MUCH MONEY!
YOU CAN HAVE HALF A SALAD,
OR MAYBEee ONE WHOLE BIG MAC!!!" 

I needed to take a breath
to wipe the spit off me.








  

(dramatization)*

Those instructions were for a description of a teen soap opera.
I spent too much time on it.
But, at the end of the day, they took my reconstituted swill. So, they weren't that particular.

*read: I have a lot of those. Is anything real? 

2 comments:

  1. Hey, I got to your site through reddit, and I like it. It is relevant to my interests. I have just started writing for these evil sites as well. Keep up the good work!

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    1. Thanks! I hope my ranting provides some catharsis. I just posted a new tirade: http://writingforthedevil.blogspot.com/2012/08/coincidences-in-medicority-and.html

      It's a little late in the making. I should update my site more.

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