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(1). What your boss with the B.A. in Sociology tells people when asked where he went to B-School.
“Well, I consider myself a student of the industry. Why, I remember when we were still making cold calls on a rotary phone! So, you said your dad’s a CFO of something or other? Would love to meet him sometime!”
(1). Because saying “schedule” isn’t sexy enough to bring all the boys to the yard.
“Alright Megan, how about we calendarize that pow wow for next month in Washington. What? We can’t say pow wow anymore? We can’t call them the Redskins anymore? Hmm, ok so let’s calendarize that meeting for next month in Washington. What? Ok ok, I’ll stop saying calendarize. Let’s schedule that meeting next month in Washington.”
Props to DF for the submission!
(1). The failure to stop talking after a client has already agreed to whatever it is you wanted them to do, often causing them to rethink their decision, which in turn results in you going home empty-handed.
“So, the meeting was going great…they agreed to move forward and I was pulling out the paperwork for them to sign…and then here comes Henry! He wouldn’t shut up! He just kept going and going. I can’t remember what he said exactly, but they told us they needed to ‘think about it some more’ and that’s where the meeting ended…talk about grabbing defeat out of the jaws of victory!”
