Memo: Shipping Guy’s Tie Caught in Shredder
Memo from Hector to Meeve…
Hector: Big problem down in shipping. Alex Buffer got his tie caught in the shredder. Any suggestions?
Meeve: I have told that bonehead a thousand times–bow ties only in shipping. Send Mary Mounds down there. She has a way of straightening things out.
By the way, I am still waiting for our profit and loss statement. I was listening to an old tape of President Bush and he was saying that our economy is strong! I love that guy. Glad he is still president. We all have to be more in touch with things in our business, like W.
— Meeve, director of marketing, graduate of state school with non descript degree in business admonition
Hector: I will pass this along tut suite or sweet tooth, but I have reservations. In fact, I have reservations in 15 minutes, so I’ll have to pass this along next week. Maybe Swanson will come down there with Mary and unravel this tie business. I also put in a requisition for a new shredder that does not ake to neckties. We put up a notice about the bowtie ordinance and taped it to the Men’s room door.
Meeve: Do you think having a sign about bowties on the men’s room door is weird? Swanson never gets anything right and he is always muttering about potpies. That is such a dumb idea. It will never sell. I know because I have marketing in my blood. Tell him to stick to our core product ideas like the new turkey shaver we are working on. Because no one wants hair on their turkey.