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Deal.
Deal?
tripp
:thumbsup:
Beverley
:thumbsup:
Nikki
:thumbsup:
Beverley
But where can we go where we can be sure no one else from the office will :eyes:?
Nikki
Midtown
tripp
midtown
Beverley
Midtown.
Nikki, pradeep, Louis C
Nikki
Hey @pradeep is it cool if I get you those logo designs tomorrow morning?
pradeep
sure that should be fine
you slammed?
Nikki
I have to leave early.
Louis C
Is everything all right?
Nikki
Oh yeah, it’s just
Tripp
and
Beverley
are
100% FUCKING EACH OTHER.
pradeep
yooooooooooo
Louis C
Do you have confirmation?
Nikki
[Screen Shot 2019-02-04 at 03.16.00 PM]
CONFIRMED
pradeep
omg
Louis C
Yooooooooo
pradeep, gerald
pradeep
I don’t know what I was expecting
gerald
what?
pradeep
Just figured it was worth a shot, you know?
gerald
what was
pradeep
I got hold of a pair of those google glasses
and I brought a VR headset from my apartment
I even borrowed a pair of snapchat spectacles from a friend who got laid off from there a while back and stole a bunch of them on his way out
gerald
I see
to try and, like
pradeep
upload you back in your body
gerald
transfer me back in my body
right
pradeep
yeah
gerald
no luck?
pradeep
I mean, obviously
gerald
I guess I would’ve noticed
pradeep
this was a dumb idea
gerald
no, I think it’s smart
disruptive, as doug would say
pradeep
I don’t know how I thought sticking different wearables on you was going to get you back in your body
gerald
through a headache?
pradeep
idk
I’m gonna leave the glasses on you, though
gerald
because maybe the upload back into my body is like
buffering or something?
pradeep
mostly because it adds a layer between me and your dead-eyed stare
tbh the frames actually fit your face really well
gerald
deepu, man, I appreciate you trying
pradeep
I dunno man, maybe I should just bring you to a hospital
or call Slack tech support
or something
gerald
actually
I think I’m okay
okay exploring what being in here is all about, I mean
for just a little while
I mean if you don’t mind forging some more checks from my checkbook
to cover the time
pradeep
and diapers
gerald
and diapers
pradeep
you sure?
gerald
I think so.
Yeah.
this is
pretty okay
for the moment
pradeep
it’s a lot of diapers
gerald
cut a bigger check
#brainstorming
Louis C
Thank you to everyone who helped craft the final paragraph of the ambassador’s press release about her “childcare incident”
which I was struggling with last week.
The client loved it. Practically no edits to the copy.
A small victory.
lydia
Did they ever find the baby??
Louis C
More importantly, they found her child safe and sound. She was in the Asiatic black bear enclosure.
Fortunately, it’s hibernation season.
lydia
yay!!
kerolyn
:tada:
That’s great news, Louis.
tripp
nice job!!
Louis C
Hold your applause, please. I didn’t find her.
kerolyn
Maybe our press release inspired whoever *did* find the baby
Louis C
Anything is possible.
pradeep
hey all
I know everyone’s pretty swamped today
do folks have a sec to gut-check an idea I have for this memo?
lydia
[memo_time.gif]
posted using /giphy
omg
I’m so glad they had a gif for that!!
kerolyn
go for it!
pradeep
it’s for Schimply
which isn’t a big brand name itself but they make goods and stuff, they’re one of those companies that own a bunch of different brands
tripp
paper towels, dry erase boards, industrial-grade rubber tubing
pradeep
exactly
so Schimply is refreshing their social media presence
“overhaul” is the word they used, actually.
so I want to suggest something Big, you know
Louis C
Makes sense.
tripp
they all love Big ideas until they don’t
pradeep
and minimalism is still in, right?
lydia
kind of…
kerolyn
mostly
where are you going with this?
tripp
I think it’s looped back around
there’s pushback to the pushback against minimalism
you’re probably good for another…six months?
kerolyn
four
tops.
pradeep
that might be all we need.
I’m thinking we change their display name on twitter to “Buy Schimply products”
maybe on the rest of their social media accounts too, but definitely twitter
would LinkedIn let them do that?
Louis C
Not usually.
kerolyn
actually
we might still have some connections over there.
tripp
I have a friend who can help with that
I’ll DM you the
ir number
kerolyn
of course you have a guy
classic.
tripp
:tada:
lydia
lol
Louis C
Please continue Pradeep, I like where this is going.
pradeep
So that’s their display name, right? A call to action to buy their shit
or, products, rather
sorry @kerolyn
kerolyn
go on
pradeep
And for all the copy text on their twitter we just use, like, emojis
like a single emoji
maybe two or three,
tops
and then just add the link to buy whatever product they’re selling in that tweet
idk is that dumb
tripp
yes
it’s also genius.
Louis C
Seconded.
lydia
suuuuuuper bold. but a really inventive strategy!
I think it’s got legs
is there a legs emoji??
kerolyn
you could pull some interesting analytics to learn which emojis garner the highest clickthroughs
put it in the memo.
pradeep
got it
thanks @channel!
lydia
:runner: is probably closest??
idk
we need a legs emoji!
tripp
:thumbsup:
rob
hey all
can anyone give this a quick copyedit?
it’s for Bjärk dog food so it needs a pretty quick turnaround
lydia
exciting!!
I can look
kerolyn
yeah I can look
Louis C
Running to an on-site meeting but I can give it a quick glance-over on mobile.
rob
thanks all
just going to copy-paste it here
[BJÄRK INSTAGRAM CAPTION: UNPUBLISHED DRAFT]
Head out to the dog park, Deena. Bring your dog. If you don’t have a dog yet, get one, and justify your obsession with talking shit about our dog food on the internet. Then take a walk out to the dog park. Meet yourself a man. Or a woman. Neither, both, some. Whatever you’re into, Deena, just get all up in it. Get married. If you’re already married, and we both know you’re not, but even if you are, simply start an affair, ruin your preexisting marriage—don’t worry, you have a new and healthy and well-fed dog who’s getting their Six Key Nutrients™ to get you through the divorce proceedings, Deena!!—and get married again. Anything to take up your time. Anything to keep you from retweeting conspiracy theories about the Bjärk CEO’s vendetta against Pomeranians stemming from a traumatic dog show incident in his childhood. Deena. Deedee. Can I call you Deedee? Deedee. Listen. Please. [LINK TO BJÄRK WEBSITE IN BIO]
…
thoughts on this??
lydia, gerald
lydia
hey!! sorry, I’m running a little late today
I totally missed my alarm! Mega-super-ultra overslept!
But I was up super late last night!!
gerald
was it because of the howling
lydia
there was all this *howling* still!
Yes!
How did you know?
gerald
do you live near an animal shelter, or something?
lydia
I can feel the echoes in the hollow of my chest! It’s coming!
gerald
what?
lydia
Sorry, I’m on the train in right now, so cell service is a little spotty!
Anyway! We need 200 tweets for Bjärk
gerald
what??
lydia
oh no, did my message not go through?
gerald
200 tweets?
lydia
it did go through! whew.
You and Rob are doing SUCH good work and I think it’s really important we *totally* impress the client with options for their social platforms! Hundreds and hundreds of options!
gerald
that’s so many tweets
lydia
It’s so many tweets!
Bummer! My train just stopped
I think we’re close enough to a stop that I still have service, are you seeing this message?
gerald
yeah no you’re good
lydia
It found me!
Even down here, cradled deep beneath the earth, it found me!
The howling found me!
Bummer!!
gerald
is everything okay?
lydia
The lights went out!
The train is stopped!
The tunnel is full of howling and the train car is full of howling and my marrow! is full of howling!!
I still really need you to write those tweets though!!
gerald
I mean, sure
I’m on it
do you want me to mention the howling in the copy, or
lydia
It’s like it’s hunting me! Haunting me! Hunting me! Haunting me!!
gerald
when did you say you need the tweets by?
Beverley, tripp
Beverley
Bowling?
lol
tripp
are you asking?
I :thumbsup: bowling
Beverley
*You* were going to ask *me* to go bowling.
tripp
looks like *you* just asked *me* to go
I’m actually pretty :thumbsup: at bowling
Beverley
:eyes:
yeah?
tripp
we had a league back in college
but we never :thumbsup: a tournament because my friend Allan would intentionally roll gutterballs
so he could hustle other students for $$$ at the lanes after we lost
Beverley
That’s :dusty-stick:
tripp
he mostly wound up beating engineering grad students
and weirdly a lot of them paid in bitcoin instead of cash
before bitcoin’s value exploded
Allan cashed out of the market a few years ago for something in the mid-seven figures
so it actually :thumbsup: for him
Beverley
Is that why you :thumbsup: go bowling?
tripp
*I* wanted to go bowling?
Beverley
Nikki told me.
tripp
she shared those messages with you??
Beverley
You :eyes: in her DMs!
tripp
lol it was an accident!
Beverley
But I get why you wanted to go bowling next week.
It’s like an un-valentine’s day thing, right?
tripp
I think it could be :thumbsup:!!
Beverley
With the added benefit that we can avoid any :eyes: about us?
tripp
do you :eyes:
any :eyes: about us?
Beverley
:dusty-stick:
Do *you* :eyes: any :eyes: about us?
tripp
:dusty-stick:
Beverley
:thumbsup:
tripp
:thumbsup:
Beverley
That’s a relief.
tripp
same
Beverley
I :thumbsup: this.
whatever “this” is.
tripp
same!
so are you :thumbsup: monday for bowling?
Beverley
lol
tripp
is that a :thumbsup:?
#bjärk-dog-food
rob
@here hey all, quick process question
kerolyn
what’s up
rob
I know we don’t technically manage the Bjärk social media channels full-time
kerolyn
correct.
not within our scope of work.
rob
Right, but I was just scheduling some of our posts for them
and I saw they had a few unanswered DMs
idk, this is weird
one of them is from a woman named Margie
doug smorin
hmm
sounds like scope creep
kerolyn
yeah one-on-one social media interaction with their customers isn’t in scope
rob
I didn’t respond to her message or anything, I just thought it was funny because of the customer profiles from the brief, you know
anyway I read the DM she sent to the Bjärk account and she said she was “the Margie”
*the* Margie
which like, how could she have even known about the Margie thing without reading the brief
kerolyn
did you respond?
rob
no
kerolyn
good
doug smorin
no scope creep
rob
I just thought I’d flag it here
kerolyn
it’s out of scope
rob
see if we wanted to do anything about it
kerolyn
it’s out of scope
rob
:thumbsup:
#nyc-office
doug smorin
has anyone noticed
did the bodega next door to our building close
pradeep
Food Palace Beer Lotto 24/7?
doug smorin
yes
pradeep
yeah it closed
lydia
nooo!!
kerolyn