tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post4830820628860539562..comments2024-03-25T02:51:33.019-04:00Comments on NON-WORKINGMONKEY: I Work In AdvertisingNON-WORKINGMONKEYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-85129934293746016102008-09-22T18:43:00.000-04:002008-09-22T18:43:00.000-04:00If you tell people you are a novelist they normall...If you tell people you are a novelist they normally change the subject, as though you had never spoke. I think it's cos they think you are deluded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-71100943317764634622008-09-20T20:24:00.000-04:002008-09-20T20:24:00.000-04:00If we didn't have ads, there would be no Drumming ...If we didn't have ads, there would be no Drumming Gorilla.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work!Mr Fartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181992797303553788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-54590054110198378562008-09-20T04:11:00.000-04:002008-09-20T04:11:00.000-04:00When I used to tell people that I was an illustrat...When I used to tell people that I was an illustrator they didn't know what one was. When I switched to calling myself a cartoonist people thought I meant I was an animator. Nowadays, mostly, I say that I do "drawing and colouring in" for a living which more or less seems to satisfy without eliciting further enquiry. Result.Dave Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265971917147812508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-86347790888086937122008-09-19T21:21:00.000-04:002008-09-19T21:21:00.000-04:00Hi Nonworking Monkey -I am a first time reader, ju...Hi Nonworking Monkey -<BR/>I am a first time reader, just nipping over from Belgian Waffling where you got a big plug today. Quite a roundabout way to get to you, considering we keep an apartment next to the McGill campus (because we sort of half live in Montreal - it's a long story) and we are likely separated by a single degree - in real life, not counting the highly esteemed Jaywalker. I would just love to know how a person such as yourself; i.e., not Canadian, much less French Canadian, wound up non-working in advertising, of all things, in the distinct society? Great post here. I am off to read more.Kim Velkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729808121762572706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-84730266486783213562008-09-19T17:16:00.000-04:002008-09-19T17:16:00.000-04:00i used to work but it was dull so i have given it ...i used to work but it was dull so i have given it up . actually i was a respiratory care practitioner, i want to kill every one that says oh you were a nurse.i wasn't didn't they listen? no, cos nobody really gives a &#!%punxxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07851703197564265602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-73225117460644755922008-09-19T13:32:00.000-04:002008-09-19T13:32:00.000-04:00Meh. I am a web person type of thing with a large ...Meh. I am a web person type of thing with a large dose of design and a side of marketing and a slender digestive biscuit of programming. I mostly get blank stares and, "oh. So you work on the internets?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, and I have a special sonic screwdriver that lets me do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-79188322520407545972008-09-19T13:27:00.000-04:002008-09-19T13:27:00.000-04:00Indeed, Salvadore this is one difficulty about my ...Indeed, Salvadore this is one difficulty about my not asking policy - it means that I never know what someone's job is, even when I've known him or her for years, and by then it's too late to ask.<BR/><BR/>There was once one fine reply, not long after our baby was born and we took her to a party. The Sage was asked his job and he said he was an auctioneer of antiques. The chap gestured to the 6 week old Weeza and said "that's not an antique. That's a reproduction."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-4498097992786150452008-09-19T12:57:00.000-04:002008-09-19T12:57:00.000-04:00Actually, one of my best and oldest friends does s...Actually, one of my best and oldest friends does something in advertising that is not writing the adverts. But after several years I found that I could not suddenly ask what he did for a living as it might look as though I wasn't listening when he first told me, so when I introduced him to my then new girlfriend she was under strict instructions to find out exactly what it was.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who says that I dumped one girlfriend and started going out with another one just to get this information is lying.Salvadore Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864890429725302449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-1687173563324572552008-09-19T12:53:00.000-04:002008-09-19T12:53:00.000-04:00Z - Or they have a rash.Also cellist - "How do you...Z - Or they have a rash.<BR/><BR/>Also cellist - "How do you get that under your chin" etc...Salvadore Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864890429725302449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-76579562438220438162008-09-19T10:31:00.000-04:002008-09-19T10:31:00.000-04:00Also, this struck something of a chord with my mot...Also, this struck something of a chord with my mother, who fondly remembers wearily trying to explain to random party guests that no, she didn't write the adverts, and no, she wasn't an account execketiff, she was an Account Group Director, and what that meant was that she <I>controlled account groups</I>. But then she's an evil twisted blackhearted money-driven monster (ret.), just like you and all your evil advertising cohorts.Katy Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623177126862869055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-9027300379858463822008-09-19T10:01:00.000-04:002008-09-19T10:01:00.000-04:00Cathedral City cheddar is mine, by the way. I onl...Cathedral City cheddar is mine, by the way. I only wish they'd do a feature-length one.Katy Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623177126862869055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-40564743819422883182008-09-19T09:59:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:59:00.000-04:00Oh, you work in advertising? I had no idea you we...Oh, you work in advertising? I had no idea you were so morally bankrupt. OK that's not true. I knew you were morally bankrupt ages before I knew you worked in advertising. <BR/><BR/>Lawyers, by the way, tend to get "How can you sleep at night making money defending paedophiles and rapists and murderers?", even if they specialise in tax law.Katy Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623177126862869055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-51122524335981269412008-09-19T09:37:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:37:00.000-04:00Well I think that advertising is morally wrong and...Well I think that advertising is morally wrong and a waste of money and my favourite has puppies in it*.<BR/><BR/>But so what? I work(ed) in computers** and most people hate them. With good reason. I do too. And anyway I know too many interesting people who work in advertising to go around shouting at them about it, I'd lose loads of friends if I did.<BR/><BR/>*That's not true, my favourites have acrobats in, although it's gettinga bit tiresome that everyone is using them these days. But I still like them. Especially the tiny ones. And I am amazed that there hasn't been any kind of moral outrage at the acrobat farm there must surely be somewhere in the world that is genetically engineering teeny-tiny acrobats.<BR/><BR/>**Yes, right inside them. I am a genetically-modified tiny-person but shhhh, you'll have people up in arms*** about it all.<BR/><BR/>***I could do that too, if I wanted. Climb inside pople's arms and fix their broken bits. I am <I>that</I> tiny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-41091946621729426652008-09-19T08:51:00.000-04:002008-09-19T08:51:00.000-04:00Oh, don't get me started. Ad people, doctors, lawy...Oh, don't get me started. Ad people, doctors, lawyers: your plights are a gnat's fart compared to mine. It's not like I go to cocktail parties, but when I have no choice but to answer the truth ("veterinarian") to the dreaded job question, only the strongest of constitution can sustain me through the inevitable discourses about Fluffy's elimination habits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-10854058068325292462008-09-19T05:06:00.000-04:002008-09-19T05:06:00.000-04:00I am a lawyer and don't mind if someone asks me ab...I am a lawyer and don't mind if someone asks me about their neighbour's hedge. I don't like it when they punch me in the face with their massive cocktail rings though.Wafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907816708805451116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-37131711181747062922008-09-19T04:18:00.000-04:002008-09-19T04:18:00.000-04:00I never ask people what they do for a living, unle...I never ask people what they do for a living, unless they or I are at work and it's relevant. It's not a subject for a social conversation unless you know the person concerned very well and actually have some faint interest in their day-to-day life.<BR/><BR/>Mostly, people who ask that question are trying to gauge how much you earn and how far up the corporate ladder you are.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-28951194489523028772008-09-19T04:03:00.000-04:002008-09-19T04:03:00.000-04:00That is very useful as I am trying to compile a li...That is very useful as I am trying to compile a list of what not to say to people when you hear in a social situation what they do for a living. Mainly by irritating things that people have said to me, or faux pas that I have made to other people. So far I have:<BR/><BR/>Doctor - anything where you try to get an immediate diagnosis such as "Could you look at my rash now?"<BR/><BR/>Lawyer - see above, but trying to get free legal advice, eg "A lawyer? That's interesting. You know, I've actually got a problem with my neighbour's fence..."<BR/><BR/>IT - "I'm having problems with my broadband" or "I'm thinking of buying a new laptop - what sort should I get?"<BR/><BR/>Comedy writer - "Tell us a joke".<BR/><BR/>However, there are some professions, such as quantity surveyor, where I have not yet even identified the wrong thing to say, let alone the right thing, as I don't really know what they do. Perhaps your readers could help me?Salvadore Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864890429725302449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-85920993413685287462008-09-18T22:59:00.000-04:002008-09-18T22:59:00.000-04:00So good, that monkey. So good. That is my favourit...So good, that monkey. So good. That is my favourite. "That's not ON, monkey."NON-WORKINGMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011705498839215687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30933938.post-47291147163020950152008-09-18T22:56:00.000-04:002008-09-18T22:56:00.000-04:00"That's not on." Ahhh, Monkey, you've given me a s..."That's not on." Ahhh, Monkey, you've given me a stitch, you wicked, wicked Monkey.Icy Mt.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04041841213313766221noreply@blogger.com