Life in a Northern Town

[tracker7]

Today, the first ambulance-chasing law firm ads arrived.  Three of them are running tomorrow.  All of us in my department are disgusted by this.  Completely.  The ads should not run.  I know the company needs the money, but this is dumping salt in an open wound.

The division vice-president made the decision, and I consider him a soulless heartless coward for it.  This city and community lost loved ones, and our VP has made the decision to trivialize that pain, sacrifice what little good will our newspaper has, and further dent the morale of talented and hardworking designers for the sake of a bump to the bottom line.

Disgusting.

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[cathymg2.livejournal.com]

For starters, I LOVE that song (the one mentioned in your title, that is). I once won a contest because I knew who sung it. I and probably five other people in the universe, not counting the band members.

all in the name of the almighty dollar, huh? The newspaper business is the worst. Publishers (and those like him/her) would sell their soul, if they have not already, for a few meager bucks. That's why I stayed in editorial where I could be all self-rightous. It's easier that way.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I always thought The Dream Academy had a neat sound.

Our advertising VP is a weasel. The VP when I started here was driven as the day is long, but she had a heart. Between the two, we had an ad director for a couple of years, and he was a really good cat. Now he's Ad VP for the Orange County Register organization, and deserves his success.

I've got to get out of that side of the building. Or out of the building entirely.