Overheard: First Date

Via AgencySpy:

Last night one of our spies was standing in line outside the Union Square Theater on East 17th Street to see a show when he/she noticed that he/she and his/her significant other were surrounded by people on first dates. On of those people was a complete jackass, and we have some fun quotes from the evening.

"The men were mostly talking about themselves and the women were standing about two feet away from them with their arms crossed," says spy. "Which is when we picked up the fact that the short 26-year-old...man behind us also worked in advertising."

This outta be good:

"This city is full of agencies, I can name like 3 agencies in the surrounding 5 blocks."

"I'm basically in charge of advertising for ____."

"Okay, so there's basically 2 types of advertising, there's the crazy brand advertising which is like 'oh look at us, look at us' and then there's the direct marketing which is like 'this is how much this product costs'...which is way more effective."

"There was an article on media net, you wouldn’t know it because you;re not in media, and it was like all the people working in digital are young. We grew up in a digital era. The old guys didn't get it, it's the guys who are 25, 26 like me, managing more money than I've ever seen. It's a lifestyle."

"Have you ever seen Mad Men? It's about what advertising use to be like it's like being treated with all this lavish stuff, going to crazy dinners and stuff, smoking Cuban cigars and just drinking scotch all day."

"We still get treated all lavish, like my AOL rep gave me tickets to this band Phoenix. Have you heard of them? They're from France, they're so hot right now."

"It's like being treated like 5 social classes above you."
(talking about clients taking you out)

Back to our spy: "Normally, I wouldn't care, it would have been fun to just stand there and listen to that Hindenburg of a date nosedive into the ground."

Let this be a lesson to all of you: don't be that guy.

Spy: "If you're not into brands than you shouldn't have mentioned ____, you should have told her 'There's a new phone for $99 with a 2 year contract...wanna fuck?" Hahahaha.

Love it.

Dance Tribe Forms

Watch after the 3rd guy joins.

DTBDRHH -- Number 9

Photo by Richard Masoner.

DT's Burning Daylight Rolling Happy Hour (DTBDRHH) is going to be held on Friday June 19, 2009. This is a rain or shine event. Please mark you calendars.

The drill, as usual, will be to meet at Washington's Crossing State Park in New Jersey at the parking lot by the river with bicycles ready prior to 5:00 PM EDT, because we will leave promptly at 5:00. The goal, also as usual, is to ride to Lambertville and New Hope and stop in several of the establishments for refreshments and then ride back to Washington's Crossing before it gets completely dark.

Keep in mind that we have never made it back before dark, and at least one time it wasn't clear we would even make it back by dawn.

If you don't have a bicycle, or can't ride, or simply refuse to ride, this is OK. You should come out anyway and meet up with us in New Hope and/or Lambertville; we would love to see you. Also please tell anyone and everyone you know about it. We would love to see them too.

If you don't want to be bothered, let me know and you will be removed from any additional e-mail for this year, or forever (please specify).

Details on the actual route, actual bars, the evening's fight card, mile marker location of the traditional "rolling" craps game (now in its fifth year), and other assorted ride details will be sent in the coming days. And just in case you forgot, eff CPL.

At your service,
Ska