GWDS October 2008

Which fancy hotel bar included knock-off iPod Shuffles in its press kits for a gala event recently? Patented in 2007 by Apple Inc, the lookalikes were gratefully received by journos around town who were even more delighted when they discovered the devices arrived pre-loaded with music …. which was unfortunately downloaded off the torrent sites.

Who are the two creative directors who have decided to boycott this year’s Creative Circle Awards, not because they are disillusioned with the high number of scam ads infecting creative shows, but because the CCA’s anti-scam rules make it too hard for their fake ads to slip through? It’s not all doom and gloom, however, the two CDs will enter the international shows.

Which pubic relations agency managing director, at a very exclusive art gallery opening recently, resorted to taking control of the house PA in order to announce to the smattering of local dignitaries and celebrities that he had “lost something” and if anyone found it could he have it back. Nothing more was heard about it, except the museum staff did later find a bag of weed in the gents.

Who is the business magazine publisher who, at posh legal industry event recently, sidled up to three women and said “It’s so lovely to think that lawyers are bringing their secretaries to these events nowadays.” The women, all senior lawyers, stopped speaking for a moment, looked at him, then returned to their conversation leaving the editor pretending to read a text message.

Which creative agency managing director, known for his vanity, brusque nature and nasty habit of cutting down his underlings in public, has an incontinence problem which forces him to don adult nappies? The slightly embarrassing problem, known only to a few, is becoming a key factor at review time as in-the-know staff threaten to go public unless salary demands are met.

Who is the recently-promoted super senior IT industry marketer who has developed a bit of a thing for sleeping pills and has a private doctor she calls regularly for supplies? Questions were raised during a recent round of preliminary agency credentials meetings when the marketer took a bathroom break every twenty minutes.