The post I did a couple of days ago, taking the piss out of Draft/FCB for their "Big Win" of the airline Web site bullshit, certainly got a lot of comments (30 at the last count.) A couple of readers took me to task for picking on Draft/FCB. One even claimed I was hurting the moral of the workers. The vast majority of comments supported my point of view. OK, so I'm not going to tell those two to fuck off (well maybe later, after a few drinks) No, I'm going to explain what I am doing here.
First... I don't just pick on Draft/FCB... I pick on everyone if they deserve it. I pick on JWT, and Bob Jeffrey is a pal. I pick on O&M, and Steve Hayden is a mate. He even wrote the forward to "MadScam" for Christ's sake... Have you bought it yet??? I hammer The Poisoned Dwarf, The Wizened of Oz, The Shogun of Redwood shores, Julie & Sean, and nothing gives me more pleasure than kicking the shit out of CP+B's latest frat boy humor campaign. So, I have no favorites.
Second... I've freelanced for FCB in the past, but I've never worked at Draft/FCB, although I know a lot of people there, and everyone hates it... Where the fuck do you think I get all the memos and videos from, for fucks sake?
Third... Hughie, Dewey & Louie deserve everything I (and others) say about them. They are no-talent wankers. But what's worse is that the whole Wal-Mart/Julie/NoBu/Effen shit, the Cannes "Lion Ad," and their general declase' behavior simply reinforces the impression in a great many people's minds that like the fucking horrible AMC series, "Mad Men," people in advertising, are a bunch of low life, classless scumbags.
Fourth... As a couple of people have pointed out, H, D & L, must be avid readers of AdScam... The minute I post one of their inane memos or videos, they take them down. Maybe they'll improve their communication skills. After all, that's the fucking business they're supposed to be in!
Finally... They didn't lay anyone off today, as I had forcast in a post a couple of days ago. I got this from a very reliable spy... So, does this mean they wanted to prove me wrong? Could I have saved a few jobs? No such luck for the poor bastards who work there... It'll happen, but they'll probably do it in one's and two's, so they can avoid the impact of a mass firing.
On a final note, even worse than Huwey, Dewey & Louie is IPG, Wanker In Chief, Michael Roth... 'cos he's the guy that started this whole fucking mess!
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Would that be the "School for Scandal?"