"She got off the hook and slipped away"

Yesterday was a shitty day in my sales world. 2 deals fell through in the matter of about 10 minutes. all done over email, which is bullshit. i mean, if i have to pitch you in person, if i have to slave away and swallow my pride and kiss your ass in person to get you to listen to me, at least pick up the phone and tell me why it is you cant fit my plan into your plan. both marketing concepts i devised, were flawless. they were cheap. they were creative. they reached EXACTLY who they were trying to reach, but at the end of the day, going with something new just doesnt sit well with people.

So deal 1 was for this auto show. that alone has red flags all over it. anything with the car industry is sleazy by nature, and in this day and time, has no money. however, the ad agent i was working with has been around since the stone ages, legit is about 80 years old, and in theory, works by the old boys network codes. this means, if i do him a solid, he does me a solid. this simple concept made it only right for him to throw me a bone.

a few months back i had our editorial department to cover his client on some bullshit story. it was not news worthy, but they did it anyway because money was promised from this future HUGE event.

i worked back and forth with him and handed him EXACTLY what he wanted. the last meeting we had, he was repeating "we can only do our best" and shit like that, which is now a clear red flag.

anyhow, he said he met with the sleaze balls, and they passed on our "great idea". the dude emailed me this, and basically screwed me over.

deal number 2, with a new development tonight, may not totally be dead, and this is ONLY because i reasoned with the marketing director and my idea was literally too good to pass up. This is too boring of a story, so I will just keep you on the edge of the seat to see if any cash money comes out of it.

Anyhoo, when i forward these to Chaz, he came running to my office, and kinda cracked me up. he was screaming "damnit. she came off the hook! She came loose. Lets get it back on"

He also told me he will break the old dudes balls because he totally effed us on this whole "scratch my back, i scratch yours".