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.