Lunch meetings.

Lunch is my only escape from TV station, well to some extent. I guess i can "go on a call" whenever i want, but there is a lot of accountability for that, so you really dont want to burn those fake calls unless you realllllly need to.

so, our station is in the ghetto of City. We have to drive to lunch if you dont bring a lunch. i have yet to bring a lunch because, i need to get the fuck out of dodge for an hour or so every day. today, i had to work at lunch, i had to meet a potential client. buzz kill.

i went to this place called "The old Crab Shack". It is within walking distance to my office. Need i say more, or did i not mention we are in the "ghetto." It actually, according to YELP, had great reviews. my porcelain and 1br apt beg to differ. If you have been blessed to visit Rye, NH, there is a place there called Petie's. This is the west coast Petie's. Look out.

Long story short, i dread having to sell during my sacred lunches, but this dude was cool. He was about 35, and he inquired about advertising on our site. Everything i said, he agreed with. Was he sold on the product, or was he just really nice and didnt want to shoot me down. I dont think he can afford anything we can offer him, which sucks. i can sense a sort of struggle in his voice, and he wants to get his company to grow, and i think he has the skills, not the overhead. I give this a 50% close probability. I hope for his sake, I can work something out. He had a kid who was 18. i know he was 37. do the math, i can only feel for the dude.

i got back to the office, and was in nap mode due to the fried shit i just put in my belly. i started working on our "assignment" (what are we in fucking high school). we all are assigned to a TV station in our market. There are 8. We are battling for the bottom. All others but one are an affiliate (FOX, NBC, CBS, etc). We have to look at all their programming, the sales staff there website, and all revenue generators, and see where we beat them, and where we can beat them.

Shh, dont tell the teacher Barbie, i already know the answers. WE DONT BEAT THEM AT ANYTHING. Maybe we beat them at one thing. TV20 has Runner and Will Loman slanging Ice for them...