May 2012
2 posts
“We had to go to Safeway to get cotton balls for the poodles”
– Danaa Zellers, permalancer, on where to pick up party essentials
“I’m 33 weeks pregnant. I know, it’s not a good situation”
– Kris Kepler, on life’s blessings
April 2012
1 post
“I hate all of you. Shut UP!!! Hahahahaha!”
– Kimberly, Project Manager, after being asked to update the project schedule at her first leads meeting post-vacation.
March 2012
5 posts
“We’d get along great if he put his negativity and hate somewhere else.”
– [Source withheld], in an optimistic analysis of team dynamics
“You’ll probably love that, because it’s super-nerdy.”
– Lisa, paying her highest compliment to a colleague
“Isn’t that awful? I feel so bad. Kind of.”
– Sarah, being brutally honest
“They should make a mouthwash you can just drink.”
– Joy, having trouble focusing on digesting roughly 92 financial services research documents
“Leave our bunny alone. Retract your claws!”
– Joy, on protecting the innocents
February 2012
1 post
“None of the BA candidates we have seen cut the cheese”
– Ashwin Sundarrajan, articulating his unique method for judging a BA’s value to the organization
January 2012
2 posts
“Don’t have a baby out of spite.”
– Joy Andrews, giving sage advice
“are you kidding? have you seen the sausages in munich?”
– Sarah Murgel, immediately preceding an awkward silence.
December 2011
2 posts
“Yeah, but it’s funny diarrhea”
– Holly Meyer, justifying her unfiltered verbal stream of consciousness.
“It was Paul Reubens, Not martin short. My (the hamster’s) bad.”
– Holly Meyer, providing context to a comment about a tv character who was a prince with a small hand.
October 2011
2 posts
“I really like the two names with balls in them!”
– Shayla Love, adding value
“So the animation feels like it goes by very quickly. Oh, and we need to shorten...”
– Anonymous client
September 2011
2 posts
“Yeah - but it’s funny diarrhea”
– Holly Meyer, context irrelevent
“I count on you and Patty for snacks. Patty delivers. Can you set up a...”
– Jeff Bond, when disappointed that Sarah’s trail mix did not contain M&Ms
August 2011
1 post
“I’m not hungover. I have wine poisoning.”
– Holly Kasun, Director of Account Planning
July 2011
3 posts
“Oh, there’s already something called Anything-Daddy. I wouldn’t start typing...”
– Rafi Jacoby - Sr. Technical Architect
“Why do you have to go to a Muppet-themed bar to drink Bud out of a can?”
– Adam Connelly, Creative Director
Questioning hipster decision-making. (Expletive deleted)
“The last time someone touched me in the office I married them”
– Malia Supe
99 problems but a man ain’t one
June 2011
9 posts
“Hey. Do you have any chocolate? I mean, I know you have chocolate. So,...”
– Joy, UX Director
Using her very best manners
“Bird. Sounds. Like. Chainsaw.”
– Rebecca Hill, Sr Mgr, Social Media
Conducting a search.
“It’s a soft kind of infiltration.”
– Adam Connelly, Creative Director
on taking over the world
“I always get quarantined”
– Shayla Love, Creative Production Manager
On her relationship with the corporate firewall
“You’ll get what I give you!”
– Kate McCagg, drawing the line when it comes to copy direction.
“I would watch it if they were animals.”
– Rebecca Hill, Associate Director of Social
voicing criteria for quality content
“I just saw some frosted hair the other day, and I was like ‘Really,...”
– Syed Bukhari - Search Manager
“I played in Marilyn Chambers’ back yard when I was 10.”
– Bill Alexander,
Senior Designer
“You know that you’re old when you’re totally ok with sexual...”
– Eujin Hong
Freelance Copywriter
May 2011
9 posts
“Despite my imposing stature and vocabulary, my feelings get hurt like any other...”
– Jeff Bond, Program Director
“Au contraire. I totally understand what I mock.”
– Sarah Murgel
On mocking Jeff Bond
“I can kick really high, so watch out.”
– Tosca Fasso, Content Strategist
Threatening coworkers when they disagree
“Inspire and engage, blah blah blah blah blah.”
– Holly Kasun, Director of Account Planning
“If this email says ‘Thanks!’, I’m going to kill someone....”
– Kate McCagg, on thinking before you hit “Reply All”.
“WHAT’S UP WITH GUYS IN THEIR FORTIES STILL DOING B-BOY?”
– Rebecca Hill, Assoc. Dir. Social Media
“It was clickimania today.”
– Zoe Munsen, designer, conducting brand research.
“It’s like a big tickler.”
– Nora Travis, Designer
Comparing the size of ad units.
“This project’s turning into a real Facepile.”
– Kate McCagg Creative Director
On the avalanche of details associated with “Liking” fake things.
April 2011
19 posts
“It was delicious and painful at the same time.”
– Christina Chan, Experience Designer
Reflecting on her recent culinary adventures abroad
“Publicis allows you to expense generic versions of Xanax if purchased through...”
– Jeff Bond
On the upside of working on a high pressure account
“No. Adjust your thinking.”
– Sarah Murgel
In a response to a hypothetical request to adjust her wireframes
“Excuse me…have you seen Sarah? I need to go directly to her thighs.”
– Sarah Murgel, Director of UX
About the delicious donuts in the office.
“I want a corner office and I don’t know shit.”
– Sarah Murgel, at age 25
“What is this, the Grey’s Anatomy Soundtrack?”
– Adam Connelly, Creative Director
on the perils of sharing an office, and therefore a Pandora station, with a chick
“I will take breaking the time space continuum as an action item.”
– Matt Bouchard, Project Manager
on the challenges of staying on schedule
“I’m trying to figure out if you just made that up, or if it’s...”
– Mickey Slater
on the fine line between creativity and feasibility
“Are you giving up on technology? I just read a great article about that online.”
– Adam Connelly, Creative Director
“If we are going to use me as the example, we will need to boost that number...”
– Mickey Slater
Ensuring the accuracy of his gaming legacy
“I was going to call it ‘Give an Ass-Pat’, but apparently...”
– Sharon Greenwood, Creative Director
Thinking hard about how video gamers give each other credit.