I pity your clients

What’s that line about “ink by the barrel” again?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Dear PR Flack,

Nobody told you that recipes can’t be copyrighted? So you decided to bully a blogger who adapted your client’s recipe?

And then, when the mainstream media comes calling, you claim you never said all those nasty things?

How charming you are!

xoxo,
- All 347 of your client’s (former) subscribers

Mamma Mia, indeed

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Dear PR Flack:

You have two different spellings of the movie “Mamma Mia!” in your subject line and the body of the email, and you didn’t even spell the word “gourmet” properly. On top of all that, there’s nothing at all newsworthy about the email you sent me, so I’m not even sure what the purpose of this email could have been. Oh wait — I do know. You needed to bill your client — an independent businesswoman who trusted you to know your stuff — for work, and this is the best you could come up with. Not cool. Not cool at all.

xoxo,
- Carol