Zenith to Ad Sellers: Please Order Food
Ad sellers frequently complain that agency buyers demand gifts and entertainment from them. Here’s a good example.
This morning, a Zenith Media supervisor sent a blind email blast (published below) to a number of vendors asking them to pay for food to be delivered to a downtown bar. It’s svp James Kiernan’s last day with the company, and the agency wants to celebrate. It just doesn’t want to pay for or arrange the the wings and tater tots.
The email was sent at 10.14 this morning.
“Hello party people,
Looking forward to seeing you all tonight!
I have two favors that I hope you can help me with – as it is James’ going away party, everyone is already expecting it to be 1000000x crazier than any other going away party. Also, [downtown bar] is known to serve all cocktails in a 16 oz beer glass, so double the alcohol for everyone!
1) Would a few of you mind pre-ordering food this evening (delivery time around 7-8) to be delivered to the bar? Want to make sure no one gets too tanked at 7 pm
2) Would another kind saint deliver some Gatorades and greasy breakfast sandwiches to the agency tomorrow morning around 9:30 (I can be the point of contact)? As it’s Thursday and not a Friday, we can’t have work productivity start at 3 pm.. when the hangovers go away! We need to make sure our collective campaigns are on track! We have a dept of around 90 people…
Thanks in advance and see you tonight!”
